About the size of your hand with a lot of legs and a huge set of mandibles, it’s unsurprising that camel spiders aren’t exactly welcomed with open arms by everybody. They aren’t actually spiders at all but a closely related group of arachnids that sits between them and scorpions. However, their tendency to chase people […]
Why You Shouldn’t Charge Your Phone With Its Case On
Hi, we’re IFLScience. You may remember us from such articles as Why You Shouldn’t Charge Your Phone Overnight, and Please Don’t Stick Frozen Potatoes Up Your Butt To Treat Medical Conditions. We’re back with another tip on avoiding getting caught up during the everyday and mundane to tell you why it’s a good idea to […]
Indigenous Amazonian Soil Technology Key To Restoring Rainforests Worldwide
A small-scale trial of rainforest restoration has met with success when performed using Amazonian dark earth (ADE), also known as terra preta, but failed using ordinary soil. A 1:4 mix of ADE and other soils saw some, but not all, species establish themselves. Bringing back devastated forests is likely to be one of the key […]
Teen Marijuana Use Declined When It Was Legalized, Finds CDC Study
When marijuana is legalized, it becomes easier to buy it and more people begin using it, right? Maybe not, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study that suggests teens in high school are continually using marijuana less frequently even as states are making it legal to buy from vendors. It’s […]
Is Aluminum Foil Bad For You?
Anyone who has baked fish, roasted vegetables, or tried to keep meat juicy in the oven has likely used aluminum foil in their efforts. This household convenience has been used in many homes across the world for decades, but there has been some hype on the internet about it being harmful to our health. So, […]
The Mysterious Interior Of The Moon Has Been Revealed At Last
Human exploration of the Moon brought some important instruments to the surface of our natural satellite: seismographs. Thanks to these, scientists discovered moonquakes, and those quakes have revealed much about what’s inside the Moon. Over the last two decades, it’s become clear that the Moon has a fluid core, but new modeling shows that there’s […]
Best Message To Encourage COVID-19 Vaccination Among Hesitant Parents Found By New Study
The COVID pandemic has impacted many lives, but has had a significantly negative effect on historically marginalized groups, especially those from underrepresented ethnic and racial groups. These same groups have been among those most likely to express hesitancy and skepticism towards vaccinations against COVID-19. Now researchers have found that parents who have unvaccinated children can […]
Four Moons Of Uranus Might Have Oceans
Moons and dwarf planets with buried oceans are fascinating worlds – the presence of an ocean implies internal activity, and there could be a chance that they are habitable. There is a lot we don’t know about their formation and evolution. New studies suggest that they could be a lot more common, including around the […]
Does Watching A Lot Of Porn Give You “Pea” Brain?
You’ve heard the scaremongering tales about the perils of excessive masturbation, and the warnings about the “addictive” power of smartphones and the internet. Put them together and what do you get? Drum roll please: watching too much porn can actually shrink your brain! You may dismiss this as just another moral panic, but there’s more […]
Measles Infections Have Dramatically Increased In The UK In 2023
The United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has published data this week showing a significant increase in the number of measles cases in the UK. There have been 49 cases in the European country between January 1 and April, a significant increase compared to last year. In 2022, there were 54 cases in total. Of […]
Is The “Woolly Umbrella” The New Cannabis?
A plant that is totally unrelated to cannabis has been found to produce large numbers of cannabinoids, the compounds responsible for the various pharmacological effects of weed. Known as the woolly umbrella (sometimes spelled “wooly”), the plant makes several of the same molecules present in cannabis as well as dozens of previously unknown cannabinoids, some […]
Why Is Himalayan Pink Salt Pink, And Why Do We Care?
Himalayan pink salt, not so long ago solely the preserve of rather bougie establishments – at least, in the West – has exploded in popularity, being touted as everything from a tastier or healthier version of regular salt to an honest-to-goodness miracle panacea. The truth, as ever, is far more complex. Aside from its pretty […]
Skyrim ChatGPT Mod Lets Player Talk To NPCs And Gives Those NPCs A Memory
“I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow in the knee.” If that sentence is forever seared into your brain through sheer repetition, you may have played Skyrim a little too often. Games can only contain so much recorded dialogue and so many dialogue options, so even in huge games […]
Woman Spends 500 Days Alone In A Cave – How Extreme Isolation Can Alter Your Sense Of Time
A year and a half alone in a cave might sound like a nightmare to a lot of people, but Spanish athlete Beatriz Flamini emerged with a cheerful grin and said she thought she had more time to finish her book. She had almost no contact with the outside world during her impressive feat of […]
Martian Meteorites Don’t Take Much To Be Launched Off The Red Planet
Martian meteorites found on Earth provide crucial insight into the Red Planet. Until the Mars Sample Return missions come back next decade, they are the best way to study Martian materials. They are believed to have been sent flying into the solar system and eventually to Earth by asteroid impacts. Now, new research reveals that […]
Previously Unknown Form Of Electrical Activity Inside Cells May Power Key Reactions
The connection between electricity and life has been known since Luigi Galvani made frogs’ legs twitch. Cells harnessing electricity to communicate is one of the things that makes complex life possible – cells’ insides, however, were thought to be predominantly electricity-free zones. New research challenges that, and suggests electrical activity may be the basis for […]
“Mad Honey” Once Poisoned An Entire Roman Military Column, With Deadly Consequences
In one of the most cunningly brutal ambushes of all time, an entire Roman military column was once slaughtered by enemy soldiers who poisoned the legionaries with a type of hallucinogenic honey that is produced by bees living along the Black Sea coast. Known as “mad honey“, the intoxicating treat causes severe yet temporary discombobulation […]
A Deadly Plague Strain Was Once Found In A 4,900-Year-Old Tomb
As the biological bomb that was King Casimir’s tomb taught us, structures built to house the dead can be home to more than just human remains. Certain pathogens have been found in tombs aged from a few years, to a few centuries, to even a few thousand years old, though whether they still carry a […]
Why You Shouldn’t Charge Your Phone Overnight
Charging your phone at night might seem like the most logical time, but did you know that doing this can actually negatively affect your device’s battery life over time? Nothing is more frustrating than charging your phone only to have it drop off seemingly instantly and protecting your battery is the best way to avoid […]
Art Historian May Have Solved Mystery Of The Mona Lisa’s Location
An Italian art historian claims to have identified the bridge in the background of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, solving the mystery of where it was painted. Silvano Vinceti, who worked on the project with the Le Rocca cultural association, looked at newly discovered historical documents and compared the current landscape with the painting using […]
