Monthly Archive: April 2021
A map of the Milky Way gathered from Gaia data. ESA/Gaia/DPAC – By Michael Irving 2021 Apr 28 – Antimatter is the strange, evil twin of regular matter, and it’s thought to have been mostly banished from our universe. But could it still be …
Companies could soon tailor what they try to sell you based on the mood conveyed by the sound of your voice. CSA-Printstock via Getty Images – By Joseph Turow, Robert Lewis Shayon Professor of Media Systems & Industries, University of Pennsylvania 2021 Apr …
Scheme involving ‘ bee hotels’ and ‘bee stops’ reaps rewards as census shows no strong decline in urban population. A ‘bee hotel’ in a city park. The structures have helped urban bee populations to thrive by providing cavities for solitary bees to nest. …
KARS929/TripAdvisor – By Courtnie Erickson Posted by Only In New Mexico – At Kokopelli’s Cave Bed and Breakfast just north of in Farmington, New Mexico, you will feel like you’ve stepped into an episode of “The Flintstones.” This bed and breakfast is not …
Tomatoes drawing by Lucille Clerc, from Around the World in 80 Plants. Photograph: Lucille Clerc – Did you know that tomatoes respond to a high C note? Or that the prickly pear made red fabric popular, and yams helped create the contraceptive pill? …
Cloudscape of Haikou is situated on the coastline in Hainan Province, facing the South China Sea. Archexist View 11 Images – By Adam Williams 2021 Apr 23 – MAD Architects wowed us with its initial concept for the Wormhole Library and happily the finished …
Lava tubes in Hawaii, which may be similar to caves on Mars, where new research suggests microbial life could be living today. volgariver/Depositphotos By Michael Irving 2021 Apr 22 – One of the main goals of NASA’s Perseverance rover is to scour the surface …
Scientists have created human-monkey chimera embryos for the first time. everett225/Depositphotos – By Michael Irving 2021 Apr 15 – In a breakthrough new study, scientists have created human-monkey chimera embryos for the first time. These chimeras pave the way for more accurate models of …
Aerial view of Lake Powell on the Colorado River along the Arizona-Utah border. AP Photo/John Antczak – By Robert Glennon, Regents Professor and Morris K. Udall Professor of Law & Public Policy, University of Arizona 2021 Apr 19 – Interstate water disputes are …
Understanding how other animals dream could help us figure out why it’s so important to the human brain, and why it may have been preserved throughout history. Photograph: Alamy – By Sara Harrison 2021 Apr 16 07:00 AM – Fruit flies, octopuses, birds, …
