Monthly Archive: July 2019
By Rich Haridy – Researchers isolated a specific molecule in cilantro that was shown to underpin the anticonvulsant properties previously associated with the herb. (Credit: Dream79/Depositphotos). Cilantro, also known as coriander, has been traditionally used as a folk medicine for thousands of years, …
By Matt Kennedy – Research suggests that gull embryos can communicate important environmental information to each other before hatching. (Credit: vetal1983/Depositphotos). We know baby birds communicate, often loudly, and mostly about food, but a new study suggests they can also communicate with each …
By Rich Haridy – Researchers have discovered the immune system can directly alter populations of certain bacteria in the gut that affect how dietary fats are absorbed. (Credit: animaxx3d/Depositphotos). An impressive new study from scientists at the University of Utah has described how …
By Rich Haridy – 2nd Place, Panorama. Monument, Monument Valley, iPhone 6S. “View from Artist’s Point in Monument Valley, where the ground falls away steeply and the flat land stretches ahead for many miles, punctuated by the peaks of buttes, mesas and pinnacles …
By Rich Haridy – 2nd Place, Big Nose. Myjava, Trenčín, Slovakia. “This tiny snout beetle is actually a ‘true’ weevil of the family Curculionidae. I located it at about 6am in the morning in Myjava when I shot in manual mode to …
By David Szondy – Dragonfly brains could serve as models for more efficient missile defenses. (Credit: OndrejProsicky/Depositphotos). Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories led by computational neuroscientist Frances Chance are looking to the common dragonfly for clues to develop smaller, more efficient missile …
Three experts explain the popular diet’s impact on aging and disease. By Alexandra Pattillo – Intermittent fasting: diet trend, Silicon Valley practice, religious ritual, and now, maybe, long-term health regimen? Intermittent fasting (IF) has been around for centuries but only penetrated the mainstream …
By Michael Irving – Evidence of two unknown, archaic human species has turned up in our DNA. (Credit: sprestiges/Depositphotos). Fossils are the most reliable way we can piece together the history of humans, but some clues have been inside us all along. …
By Nick Lavars – Not a weird mushroom, but a solar steam generator that desalinates water using sunlight. (Credit: Yun Xia/Monash University). Current approaches to water desalination are tremendously expensive and energy-intensive, so the search is very much on for new technologies that can get …
By Mike Hanlon – The first car to reach Rouen was a De Dion-Bouton steam tractor and single-axle passenger trailer driven by Count Jules-Albert de Dion himself, but was disqualified because it needed someone to tend the boiler. (Credit: Mercedes-Benz). This week …
