Monthly Archive: September 2019
By Michael Irving – The new whale species, Berardius minimus, in the wild. Tadasu K. Yamada et al., Scientific Reports. – New species turn up on Earth with surprising regularity, but most of the time they’re small, like ants and tarantulas. You’d be forgiven …
Apple Pay, but for crypto? By Mike Brown – Is cryptocurrency coming to the iPhone? While Apple’s smartphone supports apps that provide access to wallets and exchanges, recent comments from an executive have suggested the company could offer deeper integration. “We’re watching cryptocurrency,” …
By David Szondy – High-resolution mapping of the distribution of elements in a sample from the 2,000-year-old Temple Scroll, as shown by the colors at the right of this image, is providing insight into the scroll’s ancient fabrication method. James Weaver. – A …
Researchers at Texas A&M University want to make batteries a bit more eco-friendly. By Mike Brown – Organic batteries that use protein to transfer electrons could one day hold the future of power storage. Researchers at Texas A&M University have discovered a means …
The helmet could offer more vital information faster. By Mike Brown – Ready to leap into action, Iron Man-style? Hypergiant Industries took the wraps off its prototype augmented reality helmet Thursday, which can be used by firefighters and rescue teams to help save …
By Jack Crosbie – The internet is about to become a vicious, chaotic battlefield, and Elon Musk says advanced A.I. could make the carnage even worse. According to a short exchange on Musk’s Twitter feed, the systems that keep the internet running are …
Yo-yoing between eating well during the week and binging on junk food over the weekend is likely a bad idea. By Margaret Morris – A relatively healthy but complex community is living together peacefully until an unruly mob of hooligans begins unsettling the …
By David Szondy – You can’t get more whimsical than a clock set on metal legs modeled from the bones of an actual Tyrannosaurus Rex. MB&F. – For their 11th collaboration, MB&F and Swiss clockmaker L’Épée 1839 have gone prehistoric: meet the T-Rex desk …
By Ben Coxworth – Pomegranates – and their juice – are rich in polyphenols. Is992007. – Affecting one out of every 10 infants that are still in the womb, intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is a potentially-serious condition that can limit brain development. According …
By Michael Irving – Researcher Mathieu Prévot with water collected from the new device that can wring water out of even very dry air. Grant Glover, University of South Alabama. – As vital as clean water is for human life, unfortunately it’s not always …
