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By Michael Irving – Evidence of two unknown, archaic human species has turned up in our DNA. (Credit: sprestiges/Depositphotos). Fossils are the most reliable way we can piece together the history of humans, but some clues have been inside us all along. …
By Nick Lavars – Not a weird mushroom, but a solar steam generator that desalinates water using sunlight. (Credit: Yun Xia/Monash University). Current approaches to water desalination are tremendously expensive and energy-intensive, so the search is very much on for new technologies that can get …
By Mike Hanlon – The first car to reach Rouen was a De Dion-Bouton steam tractor and single-axle passenger trailer driven by Count Jules-Albert de Dion himself, but was disqualified because it needed someone to tend the boiler. (Credit: Mercedes-Benz). This week …
“We are starting to have enough information about them to certainly be concerned.” By Sarah Sloat – American girls are now going through puberty significantly earlier than in decades prior, a trend that’s been linked to physiological and psychological risks. The various …
By Nick Lavars – Peloton calls its newly announced technology Automated Following. (Credit: Peloton). Trucking is an industry that could be shaped significantly by autonomous vehicle tech in the coming years, and enabling heavy haulers to roll along in tight formations known …
“YouTube, for many people, is the new Wikipedia.” By Sarah Sloat – YouTube provides a buffet of content to its one billion users. That content isn’t always information, even if it appears to be at first glance. Through its algorithm, the video-sharing website …
The most common man-made pollutant does more than just litter sidewalks. By Sarah Sloat – The most pervasive form of plastic pollution on Earth isn’t plastic bags or even plastic straws. It’s cigarette butts. Every year, an estimated 4.5 trillion cigarette butts, containing …
By Rich Haridy – Honorable mention, Landscape. The Whale’s Mouth Cloud, the cloud that appears when the first gust front of a storm is passing over, photo captured while on a storm chasing trip in South Dakota, US. (Credit: Fredrick Muscat). The art …
By P.K. Newby, ScD Harvard – Scientist, Science Communicator, and Author, Harvard University – Do you feel like nutritionists are always changing their minds? Do you want science-based information about diet but don’t know whom or what to believe? If you’re nodding …
With a Grain of Salt – CFJ_Nuanced_Cecil.baeef534. – By Candice Darden – It turns out that we still use quite a few outdated phrases, many of them commonplace. Ever found yourself saying, “Take it with a grain of salt” when warning someone …
