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Globalization really started 1,000 years ago
‘The Meeting of Two Worlds,’ a sculpture at L’Anse aux Meadows, commemorates the meeting of Vikings and Native Americans around the year 1000. D. Gordon E. Robertson/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA – Author Valerie Hansen Professor of History, Yale University 2020 Jun 11 – …
Hegra, an Ancient City in Saudi Arabia Untouched for Millennia, Makes Its Public Debut
The archaeological site, now open to tourists, offers clues about the mysterious empire that built it and its more famous sister city of Petra in Jordan. Once a thriving international trade hub, the archeological site of Hegra (also known as Mada’in Saleh) has …
Travel back in time with the best historic photography of the year
Shortlisted. Poulnabrone Dolmen, Ireland Todor Tilev View 25 Images – By Rich Haridy 2020 Nov 25 – An evocative shot of the century-old Brighton Palace Pier has won this year’s Historic Photographer of the Year Awards. In its fourth year, this unique contest offers …
Lower Protein Diet May Lessen Risk for Heart Disease
Researchers determined that diets with reduced sulfur amino acids — which occur in protein-rich foods, such as meats, dairy, nuts, and soy — were associated with a decreased risk for cardiovascular disease – By Penn State University 2020 Feb 03 – A plant-based …
Can Drinking Cocoa Make You Smarter?
Cocoa Flavanols Found to Boost Brain Oxygenation and Cognition – By University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2020 Nov 24 – The brains of healthy adults recovered faster from a mild vascular challenge and performed better on complex tests if the participants consumed cocoa …
The Myths of the Thanksgiving Story and the Lasting Damage They Imbue
In truth, massacres, disease and American Indian tribal politics are what shaped the Pilgrim-Indian alliance at the root of the holiday. Chief Ousamequin shares a peace pipe with Plymouth Governor John Carver. (California State Library ) – By Claire Bugos SmithsonianMag.Com 2019 Nov …
Direct Visualization of Quantum Dots Reveals Shape of Quantum Wave Function of the Trapped Electrons
Researchers used a scanning tunneling microscope to visualize quantum dots in bilayer graphene, an important step toward quantum information technologies. Visualization of quantum dots in bilayer graphene using scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy reveals a three-fold symmetry. In this three-dimensional image, the peaks …
P.T. Barnum Isn’t the Hero the “Greatest Showman” Wants You to Think
His path to fame and notoriety began by exploiting an enslaved woman, in life and in death, as entertainment for the masses. Hugh Jackman in “The Greatest Showman.” (20th Century Fox) – By Jackie Mansky SmithsonianMag.Com 2017 Dec 22 – Some five decades …
Utah helicopter crew discovers mysterious metal monolith deep in the desert
Authorities say they don’t know how or why the monolith was placed there. – By Leah Asmelash, CNN 2020 Nov 23 – What started as routine wildlife assistance took an extraterrestrial turn for Utah’s Department of Public Safety after officers stumbled upon a …
Scientists Defy Nature: Making Diamonds in Minutes at Room Temperature
The RMIT team’s pictures showed that the regular diamonds only form in the middle of these Lonsdaleite veins under this new method developed by the cross-institutional team. Credit: RMIT – By Australian National University 2020 Nov 20 – An international team of scientists …
Don’t Miss It – Jupiter and Saturn Will Look Like a Double Planet for the First Time Since the Middle Ages
By Jade Boyd, Rice University 2020 Nov 22 – Just after sunset on the evening of December 21, 2020, Jupiter and Saturn will appear closer together in Earth’s night sky than they have been since the Middle Ages, offering people the world over …
Shipwreck Exposed by Erosion on Florida Coast Could Be 200 Years Old
Archaeologists think the vessel was likely a 19th-century merchant ship. Researchers will continue studying the timbers in an effort to determine their age and origin. (Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program) – By Livia Gershon SmithsonianMag.Com 2020 Nov 19 – Erosion on a Florida beach …
A Carrier Pigeon’s Military Message Was Delivered a Century Too Late
A couple in Alsace, France, stumbled onto a capsule containing a cryptic note dated to either 1910 or 1916. A couple hiking in the Alsace region of northeastern France spotted the tiny aluminum message capsule in a grassy field in September. The note, …
How Pink Salt Took Over Millennial Kitchens
It’s not healthier for you. It doesn’t technically come from the Himalayas. But pink salt’s appeal has exploded nonetheless. Photo by Morinka / Shutterstock – By Amanda Mull, The Atlantic – For decades, I was under the impression that salt is white. Table …
PNM Scam Alert
Good morning everyone, please see the below news release and attached examples of the scams that are running rampant in New Mexico right now. Please help spread awareness so less people fall victim to this crime. Thank you! Shannon Jackson, Spokesperson PNM …
Lions, tigers, bears, Oh my!: Agora’s best animal photos of 2020
‘Baby monkey’ by @prabuds (Indonesia). prabuds View 23 Images – By Rich Haridy 2020 Nov 14 – Photography social network Agora’s latest contest focuses on the most incredible shots of animals from all around the globe. Baby monkeys, ferocious lions and a herd of …
Pottery Fragments May Hold Clues to Roanoke Colonists’ Fate
Disputed findings suggest some residents of the “Lost Colony” settled 50 miles west of their original home. Two new research ventures appear to support the idea that Roanoke’s colonists split into two or more groups after abandoning the North Carolina settlement. (Public domain …
Graphene tractor beams could one day redirect lightning strikes
A new study has demonstrated how a tractor beam containing trapped graphene microparticles could one day redirect lightning strikes. Anettphoto/Depositphoto – By Michael Irving 2020 Nov 12 – Lightning strikes are a major trigger for wildfires, including the record-breaking blazes that devastated Australia, California …
Scientists Are Detecting More Gravitational Waves Than Ever Before
The LIGO and Virgo teams have spotted 50 total cosmic signals since 2015. This visualization shows the merging of two black holes, which emit gravitational waves. (© N. Fischer, S. Ossokine, H. Pfeiffer, A. Buonanno (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics), Simulating eXtreme …
Why This New Technology Inspired by Camel Fur Is Super Cool
A two-layered material that mimics the animals’ sweat glands and insulating fur chills surfaces 400 percent longer than traditional methods. Camels stay cool through a combination of sweat and insulating fur. (Balint Meggyesi / Getty Images) – By Corryn Wetzel SmithsonianMag.Com 2020 Nov …
Decomposing Bodies in the 1720s Gave Birth to the First Vampire Panic
How superstition collided with public health concerns to create a modern monster. Vampires came when folk tradition filled the void of scientific knowledge. In this illustration, men gather at a gravesite to kill a purported vampire. (Leemage / Corbis via Getty Images) – …
The Reason Why Huskies Like to Talk
By Henry Steinman+ Some dog breeds rarely make a sound. Others never shut up. Huskies are most definitely in the second category. As anyone who’s ever met one will tell you, huskies like to talk. A lot. Sometimes they howl, sometimes they whine. …
Dawn of a new extreme sport: The world’s first electric wingsuit
Austria’s Peter Salzmann powers through the air in his 300-km/h, twin-impeller electric wingsuit. BMW View 9 Images – By Loz Blain 2020 Nov 08 – Wingsuit flying certainly captured folks’ attention when it first hit the mainstream around the turn of the millennium, sparking …
The complicated origin of the expression ‘peanut gallery’
Children in the live audience of ‘Howdy Doody’ were seated in what was known as the peanut gallery. NBC Television via wikimedia.org – By Roger J. Kreuz, Associate Dean and Professor of Psychology, University of Memphis 2020 Nov 09 – “No comments from …
Continuously breathe quality air with this 4-layer purifying mask
2020 Nov 05 – As we are all aware, wearing face coverings while out in public is now strongly recommended – and in some areas even mandated. So it may be time for an upgrade. The Electric Respirator LED Fan Mask brings you …
Companion Collar combines Bluetooth and GPS to track pets near and far
The prototype Companion Collar uses Bluetooth and GPS to keep tabs on pets. vvvita/Depositphotos – By David Szondy 2020 Nov 05 – A new prototype Companion Collar smart collar is being developed by the CSIRO’s digital specialist arm, Data61, and agtech company Ceres Tag …
With Kamala Harris, Americans yet again have trouble understanding what multiracial means
Kamala Harris, the Democratic vice presidential nominee. Michael A. McCoy/Getty Images – By Jennifer Ho, Professor. Asian American Studies, University of Colorado Boulder 2020 Sep 01 – News that Sen. Kamala Harris was Joe Biden’s choice for the 2020 Democratic vice presidential nominee …
The Bittersweet Story of Vanilla
The Bittersweet Story of Vanilla
Watch an Amazing Time-Lapse of Growing Mushrooms
A mesmerizing 10,000-shot video captures the dramatic life cycles of several species – photographed by Owen Reiser. By Corryn Wetzel SmithsonianMag.Com 2020 Nov 02 – Owen Reiser was running through the nature preserve around his college campus when he spotted some “crazy looking …
Self-watering SMAG-soil pulls moisture from the air
Radishes grow in the SMAG-soil, on the roof of the Cockrell School’s Engineering Teaching Center building at UT Austin. The University of Texas at Austin – By Ben Coxworth 2020 Nov 04 – Generally speaking, you don’t see a wide variety of crops being …
Why Covid-19 Patients Are Suffering From Distorted and Phantom Smells
Why Covid-19 Patients Are Suffering From Distorted and Phantom Smells
Researchers discover how gut bacteria can protect from radiation damage
In a new study, mice with certain gut bacteria populations were found to be protected from the adverse effects of radiation. crystaleyemedia/Depositphotos – By Rich Haridy 2020 Nov 01 – We know radiation therapy is an aggressively toxic treatment methodology for fighting cancer. Gastrointestinal …
Long Before Trees Overtook the Land, Earth Was Covered by Giant Mushrooms
24 feet tall and three feet wide, these giant spires dotted the ancient landscape. Digging up a Prototaxites fossil (University of Chicago) – By Colin Schultz SmithsonianMag.Com – From around 420 to 350 million years ago, when land plants were still the relatively …
Astonishing snaps from the 2020 Siena International Photo Awards
2nd Place, The Beauty of Nature. ‘El Cordón Caulle II’, a dirty storm that occurred during the furious eruption of the Cordón Caulle, located in the region of Los Ríos and the Parque Nacional Puyehue, Chile. Francisco Negroni – View 20 Images – …
Painting Wind Turbine Blades Black Help Birds Avoid Deadly Collisions
A recent study found the simple intervention reduced bird mortality by 72 percent. Researchers found that painting one blade black was enough to encourage the birds to alter their flight path. (Photo by Julian Stratenschulte/picture alliance via Getty Images) – By Alex Fox …
Smallest rogue planet discovered seems to be a free-floating exo-Earth
A simulated image of how microlensing works, where the gravity of a foreground planet distorts the light from a background star. Jan Skowron/Astronomical Observatory, University of Warsaw – By Michael Irving 2020 Oct 29 – While almost every planet we’ve ever found orbits a …
US hospital systems facing ‘imminent’ threat of cyber-attacks, FBI warns
An alert said malicious groups are targeting the healthcare sector with attacks designed to lock up information systems and steal data. The FBI warned that the US healthcare system is facing an ‘imminent’ cybercrime threat. Photograph: J David Ake/AP – By Guardian staff …
Ares turns the C8 Corvette into a jaw-dropping roofless hypercar
A long, low, mean look for the Project S1 Spyder. Ares Design View 10 Images – By Loz Blain 2020 Oct 29 – The 2020 Corvette C8 Stingray is absolutely one of the most exciting supercars on the market at the moment, largely because …
Five Reasons to Love Bats
From leaf-engineering to complex social circles, there’s more to bats than flying and echolocation. (Charles J Sharp) – By Erin Malsbury 2020 Oct 27 – Bats have had a rough year. Brought into the limelight by the coronavirus pandemic, their already spooky public …
Pal-V Liberty flying car is now street-legal in Europe
Yes, that’s a license plate on the back of the Pal-V Liberty, which this Dutch company claims is the world’s first production-model flying car. Pal-V — View 13 Images – By Loz Blain 2020 Oct 28 – Dutch company Pal-V has celebrated a milestone …
Globalization really started 1,000 years ago
‘The Meeting of Two Worlds,’ a sculpture at L’Anse aux Meadows, commemorates the meeting of Vikings and Native Americans around the year 1000. D. Gordon E. Robertson/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA – Author Valerie Hansen Professor of History, Yale University 2020 Jun 11 – …
Hegra, an Ancient City in Saudi Arabia Untouched for Millennia, Makes Its Public Debut
The archaeological site, now open to tourists, offers clues about the mysterious empire that built it and its more famous sister city of Petra in Jordan. Once a thriving international trade hub, the archeological site of Hegra (also known as Mada’in Saleh) has …
Travel back in time with the best historic photography of the year
Shortlisted. Poulnabrone Dolmen, Ireland Todor Tilev View 25 Images – By Rich Haridy 2020 Nov 25 – An evocative shot of the century-old Brighton Palace Pier has won this year’s Historic Photographer of the Year Awards. In its fourth year, this unique contest offers …
Lower Protein Diet May Lessen Risk for Heart Disease
Researchers determined that diets with reduced sulfur amino acids — which occur in protein-rich foods, such as meats, dairy, nuts, and soy — were associated with a decreased risk for cardiovascular disease – By Penn State University 2020 Feb 03 – A plant-based …
Can Drinking Cocoa Make You Smarter?
Cocoa Flavanols Found to Boost Brain Oxygenation and Cognition – By University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2020 Nov 24 – The brains of healthy adults recovered faster from a mild vascular challenge and performed better on complex tests if the participants consumed cocoa …
The Myths of the Thanksgiving Story and the Lasting Damage They Imbue
In truth, massacres, disease and American Indian tribal politics are what shaped the Pilgrim-Indian alliance at the root of the holiday. Chief Ousamequin shares a peace pipe with Plymouth Governor John Carver. (California State Library ) – By Claire Bugos SmithsonianMag.Com 2019 Nov …
Direct Visualization of Quantum Dots Reveals Shape of Quantum Wave Function of the Trapped Electrons
Researchers used a scanning tunneling microscope to visualize quantum dots in bilayer graphene, an important step toward quantum information technologies. Visualization of quantum dots in bilayer graphene using scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy reveals a three-fold symmetry. In this three-dimensional image, the peaks …
P.T. Barnum Isn’t the Hero the “Greatest Showman” Wants You to Think
His path to fame and notoriety began by exploiting an enslaved woman, in life and in death, as entertainment for the masses. Hugh Jackman in “The Greatest Showman.” (20th Century Fox) – By Jackie Mansky SmithsonianMag.Com 2017 Dec 22 – Some five decades …
Utah helicopter crew discovers mysterious metal monolith deep in the desert
Authorities say they don’t know how or why the monolith was placed there. – By Leah Asmelash, CNN 2020 Nov 23 – What started as routine wildlife assistance took an extraterrestrial turn for Utah’s Department of Public Safety after officers stumbled upon a …
Scientists Defy Nature: Making Diamonds in Minutes at Room Temperature
The RMIT team’s pictures showed that the regular diamonds only form in the middle of these Lonsdaleite veins under this new method developed by the cross-institutional team. Credit: RMIT – By Australian National University 2020 Nov 20 – An international team of scientists …