Monthly Archive: November 2018
It’s an asteroid, it’s a comet, it’s actually a spacecraft? By Robby Berman – Original: ESO/M. KornmesserDerivative: nagualdesign – Derivative of http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1737a/ – ‘Oumuamua is an oddly shaped, puzzling celestial object because it doesn’t act like anything naturally occurring. The issue? The unexpected …
The barrier to solar energy has always been storage. Now, bottled sunshine has a shelf-life of 18 years. By Robby Berman – Researchers have invented a liquid isomer that can store and release solar energy. The team has solved problems other researchers have …
New psychological research suggests that psychopaths are attracted to others with their same disposition. By Mike Colagrossi – A study found that people with psychopathic traits are more likely to be attracted to others on the same psychopathic spectrum. Psychopathic qualities include lack …
From time-traveling billiard balls to information-destroying black holes, the world’s got plenty of puzzles that are hard to wrap your head around. By Matthew Davis – – While it’s one of the best on Earth, the human brain has a lot of trouble …
Rich Haridy – Overall winner, and winner of People and Space category: Transport The Soul, from Brad Goldpaint (Credit: Brad Goldpaint). The winners of the incredible Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year awards have been revealed showing off spectacular work from the world’s …
Immigrants’ gut bacteria “westernize” soon after they move to the U.S., which might influence obesity in immigrants and Americans alike. By Olga Khazan – A Vietnamese woman of Hmong ethnic tribe carries a grass basket on a terraced rice paddy field during …
Florida-based Simple Health Plans LLC has collected more than $100 million with deceptive schemes targeting Americans in need of coverage. At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal judge temporarily shut down a Florida-based operation that allegedly collected more than …
The Centennial State has 697 sides‚ not four. Frank Jacobs – Colorado looks like a rectangle. It isn’t. The Centennial State has not four, but 697 sides. That makes it a hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagon. Does that make Wyoming the only real rectangular state? Well, about …
Substance use comes with cognitive repercussions. By Sarah Sloat – While the recreational use of marijuana is an increasingly legalized activity, the exact science of what the drug does to the brain isn’t yet conclusive. In an effort to understand what happens to the …
You know those posters businesses must hang up with information about labor laws? You can get them for free from the U.S. Department of Labor. If someone tries to charge you for them, it’s a scam. And this is only one way government …
