Monthly Archive: April 2020
Fears around the pandemic are causing sleep patterns to change and strange dreams to linger in people’s memories. An ongoing study by the Lyon Neuroscience Research Center has found a 35 percent increase in dream recall and a 15 percent increase in negative …
By Carly Silver Updated 2019 Nov 05 – You probably know Joan of Arc as a tough-as-nails warrior maiden from France, but there’s a lot more to the rags-to-riches-to-rags story of this smart soldier than just that. So who was Joan of …
By Michael Irving 2020 Apr 29 – One of the most eye-catching shots Spitzer ever took, showing the Helix Nebula, a cloud of dust two light-years wide, with the bright red center hiding a dying star shrouded in its own disk of debris. NASA, …
By Nick Lavars 2020 Apr 26 – Plastic bottles are a huge source of waste, but scientists may have uncovered a way to put them to use in next-generation batteries. chaoss/Depositphotos. – Efforts to improve on today’s battery technology has scientists turning to all …
By Ben Coxworth 2020 Apr 27 – The microneedle patch (red) has been successfully trialed on plants such as tomatoes. MIT. – When it comes to safer, less painful, slow-release alternatives to the hypodermic injection of medications, “microneedle patches” show a lot of promise. …
The legendary trail has carved itself into American history—and, in some places, into the earth itself. A painted depiction of the Oregon Trail by Albert Bierstadt 1869. (Creative Commons) – By Jennifer Billock, SmithsonianMag.Com – A painted depiction of the Oregon Trail by …
The researchers gathered data from 166 surveys of insect abundance around the world, mostly conducted since the 1980s. A new analysis of insect abundance surveys finds the decline may not be as dire as previously thought. (Photo by Charles J Sharp via Wikimedia …
By Nick Lavars – 2020 Apr 26 – A new discovery paves the way for novel drugs that could help safeguard DNA and slow the aging process. Sashkin7/Depositphotos. – Central to a lot of scientific research into aging are tiny caps on the ends …
By Katherine Ripley – Updated 2019 Jun 11 – If Abraham Lincoln had heeded the warnings that his life may be in danger, the course of history may have been very different. In fact, if you look back through history, you’ll find …
By Rich Haridy 2020 Apr 22 – Potent antibodies from recovered patients may be cloned and turned into novel COVID-19 treatments. kasto/Depositphotos. – As researchers rekindle a more than 100-year-old therapy, using blood from recovered COVID-19 subjects as a treatment for newly infected patients, …
