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Gladys West is one of the reasons why you can receive driving directions from your phone or tag a photo location on Instagram. By Lauren Mackenzie Reynolds, Neuroscience, McGill University – Whether you are getting driving directions from your phone or tagging …
“We may encourage people who usually add chiles to their food to continue doing so.” By Emma Betuel – If you happen to enjoy the burn of a hot pepper as it blazes through your digestive system, there’s some good news. It’s increasingly …
What she found in a tiny crevice in Gypsum Cave rewrote the history of humans in North America. By Ashley Marranzino, Marine Biology, University of Rhode Island – In the desert near Las Vegas, Nevada, Bertha Parker completed her daily tasks of cooking, cleaning, …
Unalaska Island in the remote Aleutian archipelago was part of an epic, but now mostly forgotten, military campaign during World War II. By John Zada – A remote outpost Situated where the northern Pacific Ocean meets the Bering Sea, the remote US …
Native Americans, English sailors and pirates all came together on Ocracoke Island in North Carolina to create the only American dialect that is not identified as American. By Brian Carlton – (This year, we published many inspiring and amazing stories that made us …
… A notorious class of chemicals could have invisible effects that take a toll over time. By Emma Betuel – You may not remember the last time you sprayed a carpet to make it waterproof, but those chemicals are likely still floating around …
By Mike Rothschild – It’s time to find the real stories behind Christmas legends and holiday myths. With over 2,000 years of history, the Christmas holiday comes with a host of myths, legends, lies, misconceptions, and commonly believed things that are just …
Scientists surprised by haul of crustaceans and tardigrades in undisturbed subglacial lake. Ian Sample Science editor @iansample – Tardigrade, a tiny aquatic invertebrate, is also known as a ‘water bear’. Photograph: Steve Gschmeissner/Getty Images/Science Photo Library. Scientists have found the remains of tiny, …
Merry Christmas, indeed! By Johnathan J. Dalzell – Christmas and mistletoe: Have you ever simply asked yourself … why? I have studied plant parasites like mistletoe for almost 10 years, and I’m here to tell you that the answer is absolutely fascinating. In …
Physicist plans to karate-chop them with super-fast blasts of light. By Robby Berman – (Oleksiy Mark/Borys Magierowski/Shutterstock/Big Think) Gérard Mourou has already won a Nobel for his work with fast laser pulses. If he gets pulses 10,000 times faster, he says he can …
