Monthly Archive: February 2020
A microbial organism pulls electricity from water in the air. By Robby Berman – Image source: ncristian/daniiD /Shutterstock/Big Think – Hidden in the mud along the banks of Washington D.C.’s Potomac River may be a profound new source of electricity. The microbe makes …
FTC Sends Refund Checks to Tech Support Scam Victims The Federal Trade Commission will begin sending refunds totaling more than $1.7 million to consumers who were victims of a tech support scam. The scam tricked consumers into buying tech support services by claiming …
A volcano in California is a hot spot for conspiracy theorists. By Paul Ratner – Lenticular cloud over Mount Shasta. February 12, 2020. Photo Credit: Shasta-Trinity National Forest. Unusual UFO-shaped formations were observed in the skies over Mount Shasta. These were actually lenticular …
A colored electron microscope image of MRSA. NIH – NIAID/flickr. Sriram Chandrasekaran, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan – Imagine you’re a fossil hunter. You spend months in the heat of Arizona digging up bones only to find that what you’ve …
By Loz Blain – The Czinger 21C will have 1,250 hybrid horsepower and a 1.9-second 0-62 sprint time. – Czinger has released more details, pics and video of its upcoming 21C hybrid hypercar, including the two crucial figures we’ve been waiting for: 1,250 …
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The ultimate soft and chewy American-style cookie with the added bonus of chocolate chips. Meera Sodha @meerasodha – Meera Sodha’s vegan chocolate chip cookies. Photograph: Louise Hagger/The Guardian. Food styling: Emily Kydd. Prop styling: Jennifer Kay. The biscuits of my youth – bourbons, …
A cave in France contains man’s earliest-known structures that had to be built by Neanderthals who were believed to be incapable of such things. By Robby Berman – Image source: yannvdb/Wikimedia Commons – In a French cave deep underground, scientists have discovered what …
A new study suggests that the type of alarm clock you use might affect the severity of sleep inertia you experience. By Stephen Johnson – Columbia Pictures – Sleep inertia is a physiological state that describes the period between waking up and …
By Loz Blain – Australian company HB11 says it’s well on the way to nuclear fusion energy generation without the radioactive fuels or super-high temperatures. kuligssen/Depositphotos. – “We are sidestepping all of the scientific challenges that have held fusion energy back for more than …
