Did you know that in addition to capturing innumerable selfies and pictures of your meals, your iPhone camera works as a translator, too? While the march of technology is truly marvelous, we all know innovation and easy access to a software boost are no substitute for actual knowledge. So if you want to really know […]
We Regret To Inform You That Seals Have Nails
Seals get a good rap as one of the cutest marine predators swooshing through our oceans, but did you know that they have nails? Zookeepers become occasional manicurists for their seals and sea lions, many species of which have nails similar to those on our toes and fingers on their flippers. Curiously, the seal nails […]
How Brain Protein Research Led Scientists To Develop Shock Absorbing Armor
Proteins have been used to generate a material able to absorb supersonic impacts, a new study shows. The research, which is yet to be peer-reviewed, reports on how the material can absorb shots at 1.5 kilometers per second (3,355 mph) while preserving the projectile so that it can be easily removed. The protein in question […]
Woman Finds The Bots Are Very Much Still On Twitter With Two Word Test
Elon Musk has made a lot about how he is going to rid his newly-acquired social media site Twitter of the bots. On Sunday, part of that clean-up happened according to Musk, who triumphantly tweeted in emoji form that the bots were now dead. For a test of his own personal Twitter feed, Musk asked […]
Major US Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough Set To Be Announced Tomorrow
The U.S. Department of Energy and scientists at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are expected to deliver a big announcement related to nuclear fusion. It appears that the NIF has finally created nuclear fusion ignition, producing more energy than is put in by the lasers. The news of the successful […]
Is That You, Santa? Christmas Asteroid Will Cruise The Skies This Month
Take a look a look through a telescope this week and there’s a chance you might make out a glowing dot edging across the night sky. Could it be a certain Saint prepping for his annual trip across the globe? Or perhaps the celestial omen of a new messiah? Unfortunately, there’s nothing supernatural going on […]
Orion Is Safely Back On Earth After Smooth Splashdown
On December 11, the Artemis I mission concluded with the successful splashdown of the Orion capsule in the Pacific Ocean. The end of this mission came on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 17 moon landing – the last time humans walked on the surface of the Moon. The Artemis program aims to land humans, […]
World-First Research Gets Closer To Creating Northern White Rhino Egg Cells To Save Species
The Northern White Rhinoceros is a subspecies on the very edge of existence. Just two individuals remain alive after catastrophic poaching has wiped out the population. The last two surviving rhinos are both females; 33-year-old Najin, and her daughter, 22-year-old Fatu. You might think this would mean the end of the species entirely – but […]
Moose Seen Over 500 Kilometers From Home In Southwest Washington For First Time
A lone moose was spotted wandering around Mount Rainier National Park in southwest Washington for the first time last week, some 563 kilometers (350 miles) from where large numbers of the species can be found in the Selkirk Mountains. Rangers from the Mount Rainier National Park shared a photo of the moose as it trampled […]
Six Percent Of Earth’s Mass Was Brought By Asteroids From The Outer Solar System
Two years and one week ago, the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa-2 delivered to Earth a special cargo: samples of material collected on Asteroid Ryugu. Analysis of the precious few grams of soil from the surface and subsurface of the asteroid has revealed new insights into the past of our planet and the whole solar system. An […]
Can You Be Allergic To The Cold Weather?
Winter has arrived in many places, and for some, this comes with frosty and magical winter mornings. Unfortunately, for a few people, the mystical time can also bring a sense of pain – their bodies can experience more than just cold toes and fingers, but an allergic reaction to the freezing weather. This allergy […]
We’re Finally Starting To Understand The Sixth Sense – Proprioception
Genes facilitating the sixth sense – proprioception – have been described in a new study in mice. The sixth sense, often overlooked in favor of its five more famous counterparts, is the sense of body position in space on which our ability to perform coordinated movements depends. Proprioception, unlike the senses of sight, hearing, smell, […]
Did You Find All NASA’s “Easter Eggs” Hidden In Orion’s Capsule?
Last week, NASA announced that members of the Artemis I mission had hidden several easter eggs around the capsule for people to solve. We have to admit that some had us stumped and we even dismissed one as part of the design rather than an actual puzzle to solve. The puzzles were tributes to late […]
TikTokker Explains Why It Feels Colder In The UK Than In Canada, Even Though It Isn’t
A TikTokker has explained to the masses why the UK can feel colder than Canada, even though it definitely isn’t, after another who has lived in both countries posed that exact question. “Ok someone please tell me how I was able to survive Canadian winters for 25 years of my life,” Megan Ruthie said on […]
Experimental Gene Therapy Cures Teen’s “Incurable” Cancer
Thanks to a new experimental gene therapy, one teen’s previously incurable leukemia is now entirely undetectable, marking an incredible breakthrough in genetic immunotherapies. Alyssa, 13, from Leicester in the UK, was told that the only remaining options were end-of-life care to ensure she was comfortable as the aggressive T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia took hold – […]
Magic Mushroom Compound Ameliorates Some Cognitive Deficits In Autistic Rats
Microdoses of psilocybin – the psychoactive compound in magic mushrooms – have been found to normalize certain elements of cognitive performance in young rats with autism. And while it’s far too early to say if the drug produces the same benefits in humans with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the fact that larger doses of psilocybin […]
Are Real Or Plastic Christmas Trees More Environmentally Friendly?
While getting ready to deck the halls and put up the Christmas tree this year, you may have been wondering what’s better for the planet: slashing down a natural tree or buying a synthetic reusable one made out of plastic. It’s a bit of a fiddly question, but real trees are marginally better for the […]
Man’s Problems Caused By Worms Dancing Inside His Scrotum
A man who showed up to the doctors with fevers and swelling discovered that his problems were caused by worms dancing around in his scrotum. The 26-year-old man had been suffering from low-level fever, and pain and swelling of his scrotum for around a month before he was seen at an outpatient clinic at a […]
Deal of the Day on Microsoft Office Professional for PC — Only 24 Hours!
You know what we love about the holiday season? The savings! And our love of savings means you get to score even more throughout December, with new deals dropping all the time — like this 24-hour Green Monday flash sale that’ll help you upgrade your PC’s productivity software. Today only, you can get the entire […]
How To Watch Orion Splash Down Back To Earth
In just a few hours, the Orion spacecraft will come back to Earth. It will be performing a maneuver that no other craft designed to carry humans has done before, a skip entry. This will allow for greater control over where the capsule will re-enter. As NASA announced on December 8, Orion will splash down […]
