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Woolly Mammoth. Its cells, 28,000 years-old, were reactivated by science.
A team of Japanese and Russian scientists has successfully “reawakened” cells from a 28,000-year-old woolly mammoth, according to a study published recently in Scientific Reports. The cells came from an extraordinarily well-preserved woolly mammoth discovered in Siberian permafrost in 2012 and nicknamed “Yuka”. Using …
Seabubbles brings its electric, self-stablizing, hydrofoiling Bubble Taxis to Miami
By Loz Blain – – Top speed of the production boat while hydrofoiling will be around 20 knots, or 23 mph. (Credit: Seabubbles). Raising boats out of the water on hydrofoils makes them much more comfortable and efficient – and this French design …
Infinity Seat is barely there, but it’s big on comfort
By Ben Coxworth – – The Infinity Seat E2 hit the market this year. (Credit: Ben Coxworth/New Atlas). It was back in 2013 that California chiropractor and triathlete Vincent Marcel took to Kickstarter, to finance production of his bizarre-looking but supposedly very comfortable …
One-third of all slavery is visible from space
Advances in satellite imagery are shining a light. By Matt Davis – – Today, there are 40.3 million slaves on the planet, more than the number of people living in Canada. Slavery can be hard to find, but it commonly occurs in several …
The Story of the Real Pocahontas Disney Didn’t Tell You
Stephan Roget – – The real Pocahontas was nothing like the Pocahontas depicted in Disney’s 1995 animated classic. There are a multitude of ways that Disney lies about, or at the very least exaggerates, the life of Pocahontas, but they’re not the only culprits …
Mastodon bones push arrival of early humans in America back by 115,000 years
By John Anderson – – Artist depiction of an American mastodon. (Credit: Charles R. Knight, via Wikimedia Commons). When did humans arrive in America? It’s been a hot topic in scientific circles for the last 20 years or so, pegged anywhere from 13,500 …
Bold study claims humans may have arrived in Australia 120,000 years ago
By Michael Irving – – A bold new study suggests that Aboriginal Australians have lived on the southern continent for as long as 120,000 years – almost twice as long as previously thought. (Credit: lucidwaters/Depositphotos). Australia’s Aboriginal population is said to be the …
Kiwano rolls out updated self-balancing monowheel electric scooter
By Paul Ridden – – The Kiwano KO1+ has a 1,000 watt hub motor that rolls the electric monowheel up to 12 mph over grass, sand, dirt or pavement. (Credit: Kiwano). When launched in 2017, the KO1 monowheel scooter – a kind of …
Another use for your unwanted eggshells – energy storage
By Ben Coxworth – – Researchers study the eggshell material, with some help from a scanning electron microscope. (Credit: Daniel Messling, HIU/KIT). They’ve been used as a rubber additive, a carbon-capture medium and a bioplastic ingredient. Now, discarded eggshells may have yet another use. …
Cahokia: North America’s massive, ancient city
It was a sprawling civilization. By Matt Davis – – Near modern-day St. Louis, Missouri, you can find towering mounds of earth that were once the product of a vast North American culture. Cahokia was the largest city built by this Native American …
Electric Mountain Cart takes disabled riders off-road
By Paul Ridden – – The EV4 Mountain Cart was developed with input from a disabled extreme athlete, and has been tested in snowy Polish mountains and on jump tracks. (Credit: EV4). Jack Skopinski’s rivet-packing electric trikes and four-wheelers like to tilt. It’s become something …
DNA study shows bacteria mixing and matching genes to survive
By Michael Irving – Researchers have found a new way to study the genes that bacteria swap to give each other new skills. (Credit: wasja/Depositphotos). The smallest creatures can have some of the biggest impacts on the planet. You can get a sense of …
Pal-V shows off limited edition flying car in Geneva
By Nick Lavars – – The Pal-V Liberty Pioneer is based on the same flying car shown off last year, but with a few extra trimmings to give its limited run of 90 an extra air of exclusivity. (Credit: C.C. Weiss/New Atlas). After …
Architectural abstractions – the seductive geometry of buildings from above
By Rich Haridy – – Volume 3 of an ongoing series called Aerial Facades from Camilo Monzón Navas in Colombia. (Credit: MonzoonPhoto Behance CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). View gallery – 42 images. Architects have long embedded geometrical patterns into their designs that lay hidden from the view of …
Hands-free flight with EEGSmart’s mind-controlled UDrone
By Loz Blain – – The UDrone uses hands-free “mind controls” via a sensor-heavy headset. (Credit: Tyson Clugg/New Atlas). How much more fun could drones be if you got fiddly hand controllers out of the way and flew them with your mind? That’s …
The Speeder: Jetpack Aviation opens pre-orders on jet powered flying motorcycle
By Loz Blain – – Jetpack Aviation is taking orders now on its US$380,000 jet turbine-powered flying motorcycle. (Credit: Jetpack Aviation). Jetpack Aviation has leap-frogged its own flying car project with the announcement that it’s taking pre-orders now on a self-stabilizing, jet turbine-powered …
Enriched mouse house may make for happier lab mice – and scientists
By Ben Coxworth – – Autonomouse is claimed to be able run for over a year, with little human intervention. (Credit: Andrew Erskine). If you want to study a mouse’s natural behaviour, then perhaps it isn’t best to grab the animal and place …
All hail!
San Francisco’s monarch who once “ruled” America. Joshua Norton lost his wealth and his mind before declaring himself Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico in 1859. His first act as emperor was to abolish Congress and the Republican …
Jordan Peterson on why you need to clean your room
Sometimes the basics really matter. By Derek Beres – Jordan Peterson believes that only by taking care of your immediate environment can you then move onto bigger challenges. The idea stems from millennials who want to change capitalist economic structures though can …
Putting coal in its place
Scientists can now turn CO2 in the air into solid coal. Scientists have created a method to convert carbon dioxide back into solid coal, a breakthrough that could change the ways carbon is removed from the atmosphere and permanently stored. “While we can’t …
10 Mysterious Ancient Inventions Science Still Can’t Explain
By Kellen Perry – 1.4M views 10 items – Googling “mysterious ancient discoveries” or “unexplained ancient inventions” leads to dozens of sites listing artifacts supposedly so baffling the only possible answer could be aliens, time travel, the paranormal, the Iluminati, or aliens. Wait – did …
Highlights from the record-breaking 2019 Retromobile car auctions
Excerpts from the extensive article by Mike Hanlon – – In selling for $19 million to an American collector, this 1939 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 B Touring Berlinetta became the third most expensive pre-war car ever to sell at auction. (Credit: Artcurial …
Global Warming Could Strip Away Clouds, Suggests Controversial Study
Clear skies ahead — and that’s not a good thing. By Yasmin Tayag – Here is a small sampling of the many things climate change has already ruined: Greenland, human mental health, and the very cute bramble cay. Now, as scientists predict in …
Australian startup plans a proper long-range, road-drivable VTOL flying car
By Loz Blain – Macchina Volantis is planning an electric VTOL aircraft with space for five seats. (Credit: Macchina Volantis). Another flying car company is preparing to join the race to the skies, as Australia’s Macchina Volantis gears up to build a prototype of its road-drivable …
“Bugpocalypse” Study Reveals What Will Happen if All the Insects Disappear
Forty percent of the world’s insect species could go extinct over the next few decades. By Stuart Reynolds, The Conversation – There are an awful lot of insects. It’s hard to say exactly how many because 80 percent haven’t yet been described by …
Ultra-simple tiny house built for under $1,500
By Adam Williams – – As you’d probably guess, the $1,500 cost doesn’t include the purchase of any land and Greenfield has his tiny house installed in someone else’s garden in Orlando. (Credit: Rob Greenfield). Adventurer, environmental activist and “Dude Making a …
3D bioprinter patches up wounds using a patient’s own skin cells
By Michael Irving – – A close up view of the skin bioprinter nozzle developed by researchers at Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine. (Credit: WFIRM). While the advent of 3D printers is commonly thought of as a revolution for manufacturing, it could …
3 Itsy Bitsy Reasons Spiders Aren’t Out to Get You
Don’t believe the web of lies. By Gerhard J. Gries and Andreas Fischer – – Lycosa tarantula, also known as the “true tarantula.” It’s early in the morning. The buzzer goes off, you switch on the light, and immediately panic: a large spider …
Therapeutic human protein grown in tobacco plants
By Ben Coxworth – – Tony Jevnikar (left) and Shengwu Ma are affiliated with both Western University and the Lawson Health Research Institute. (Credit: Western University). Made by our kidneys, interleukin 37 (IL-37) is a protein that has powerful anti-inflammatory and immune-suppressing …
Lab-Grown Meat Is Actually Bad for the Climate Too, Warn Scientists
A new report hits pause on the petri dish patty craze. By Yasmin Tayag – Climate change has forced us into an age where burger-lovers must reckon with the notion of lab-grown meat. Cattle farms, with row upon row of hungry cows burping …
Two massive genetic studies home in on the origins of insomnia
By Rich Haridy – – The research examined over a million people finding hundreds of genes that could be associated with insomnia. (Credit: photographee.eu/Depositphotos). Two massive new studies have homed in on the genetic foundations of insomnia. The rigorous analyses reveal novel …
Hybrid fiber combines strength of metal and elasticity of rubber
By Ben Coxworth – – A sample of the fiber is stretched in the lab – the silver sections are the gallium core, which shows numerous breaks. (Credit: Michael Dickey, North Carolina State University). Metal fibers are strong, but can’t be stretched …
“Zombie deer disease,” a mad cow-like infection spreading in the US, explained
A mad cow-like infectious disease that can turn the brains of deer, elk, and moose into “Swiss cheese.” By Julia Belluz @juliaoftorontojulia.belluz@voxmedia.com – – Officially known as chronic wasting disease, the illness is spread in deer, elk, and moose by prions, zombie-like pathogens …
Cryptocurrency in 2019: Things to Expect
Image Source. Cryptocurrencies continue to surprise us with their behavior through the years. Amidst all the instability and unpredictability in terms of performance, trading, litigation, regulation, and taxation, miners and investors brave the odds and explore what these cryptocurrencies have to offer. …
Meet Lise Meitner, the physicist who discovered how to split an atom
Her discovery of nuclear fission led the way to nuclear power—and the Cold War A version of this story originally appeared on The Conversation By Timothy J. Jorgensen, Public Health, Radiation Biology, and Cancer Epidemiology – Georgetown University – – Nuclear fission …
Why Are Georgia O’Keeffe’s Paintings Breaking Out in Pimples?
A new handheld tool lets scientists diagnose the chemical reaction behind “art acne”—and learn how it can be prevented. By Lily Strelich Smithsonian.com – American artist Georgia O’Keeffe poses outdoors beside an easel with a canvas from her series, ‘Pelvis Series Red With …
The world’s watersheds, mapped in gorgeous detail
Hungarian cartographer travels the world while mapping its treasures. By Frank Jacobs – – Simple idea, stunning result: the world’s watersheds in glorious colors. The maps are the work of Hungarian cartographer Robert Szucs. His job: to travel and map the world, one …
We have a new global tally of the insect apocalypse. It’s alarming.
When insects go extinct, other species follow. By Brian Resnick @B_resnickbrian@vox.com – “Help.” Brice Nihiser/Barcroft Images/Barcroft Media via Getty Images. Insects are the most abundant animals on planet Earth. If you were to put them all together into one creepy-crawly mass, they’d …
New drug stops cancer growth by disrupting its cellular circadian clock
By Rich Haridy – – In mouse experiments, a new drug essentially jammed the cancer cells’ circadian clock so the tumor stopped growing. (Credit: vitanovski/Depositphotos). A new study by scientists at the University of Southern California and Nagoya University has revealed an …
Circularden makes growing veggies indoors even easier than before
By Paul Ridden – – The OGarden Smart has launched on Kickstarter to raise production funds. (Credit: OGarden). Living in a crowded inner city means that many residents don’t have a garden of their own, so are unable to grow their own fruit …
Woolly Mammoth. Its cells, 28,000 years-old, were reactivated by science.
A team of Japanese and Russian scientists has successfully “reawakened” cells from a 28,000-year-old woolly mammoth, according to a study published recently in Scientific Reports. The cells came from an extraordinarily well-preserved woolly mammoth discovered in Siberian permafrost in 2012 and nicknamed “Yuka”. Using …
Seabubbles brings its electric, self-stablizing, hydrofoiling Bubble Taxis to Miami
By Loz Blain – – Top speed of the production boat while hydrofoiling will be around 20 knots, or 23 mph. (Credit: Seabubbles). Raising boats out of the water on hydrofoils makes them much more comfortable and efficient – and this French design …
Infinity Seat is barely there, but it’s big on comfort
By Ben Coxworth – – The Infinity Seat E2 hit the market this year. (Credit: Ben Coxworth/New Atlas). It was back in 2013 that California chiropractor and triathlete Vincent Marcel took to Kickstarter, to finance production of his bizarre-looking but supposedly very comfortable …
One-third of all slavery is visible from space
Advances in satellite imagery are shining a light. By Matt Davis – – Today, there are 40.3 million slaves on the planet, more than the number of people living in Canada. Slavery can be hard to find, but it commonly occurs in several …
The Story of the Real Pocahontas Disney Didn’t Tell You
Stephan Roget – – The real Pocahontas was nothing like the Pocahontas depicted in Disney’s 1995 animated classic. There are a multitude of ways that Disney lies about, or at the very least exaggerates, the life of Pocahontas, but they’re not the only culprits …
Mastodon bones push arrival of early humans in America back by 115,000 years
By John Anderson – – Artist depiction of an American mastodon. (Credit: Charles R. Knight, via Wikimedia Commons). When did humans arrive in America? It’s been a hot topic in scientific circles for the last 20 years or so, pegged anywhere from 13,500 …
Bold study claims humans may have arrived in Australia 120,000 years ago
By Michael Irving – – A bold new study suggests that Aboriginal Australians have lived on the southern continent for as long as 120,000 years – almost twice as long as previously thought. (Credit: lucidwaters/Depositphotos). Australia’s Aboriginal population is said to be the …
Kiwano rolls out updated self-balancing monowheel electric scooter
By Paul Ridden – – The Kiwano KO1+ has a 1,000 watt hub motor that rolls the electric monowheel up to 12 mph over grass, sand, dirt or pavement. (Credit: Kiwano). When launched in 2017, the KO1 monowheel scooter – a kind of …
Another use for your unwanted eggshells – energy storage
By Ben Coxworth – – Researchers study the eggshell material, with some help from a scanning electron microscope. (Credit: Daniel Messling, HIU/KIT). They’ve been used as a rubber additive, a carbon-capture medium and a bioplastic ingredient. Now, discarded eggshells may have yet another use. …
Cahokia: North America’s massive, ancient city
It was a sprawling civilization. By Matt Davis – – Near modern-day St. Louis, Missouri, you can find towering mounds of earth that were once the product of a vast North American culture. Cahokia was the largest city built by this Native American …