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By Ben Coxworth – – It may not be much to look at, but it could conceivably spare a child from colitis. (Credit: decade3d/Depositphotos). Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) isn’t good for anyone to have, but it’s particularly hard on children – it can …
By Michael Irving – – Harvard researchers have uncovered the chemical chain reaction that links a lack of sleep to cardiovascular disease. (Credit: suriyaphoto/Depositphotos). Responsible for a staggering 31 percent of all deaths worldwide, cardiovascular disease is the number one killer in the …
By Michael Irving – – Physicists have measured how long it takes particles to quantum tunnel through barriers, and found it to be effectively instantaneous. (Credit: fredmantel/Depositphotos). If you throw a ball at a wall, it’s going to bounce back at you – …
A team of Japanese and Russian scientists has successfully “reawakened” cells from a 28,000-year-old woolly mammoth, according to a study published recently in Scientific Reports. The cells came from an extraordinarily well-preserved woolly mammoth discovered in Siberian permafrost in 2012 and nicknamed “Yuka”. Using …
By Loz Blain – – Top speed of the production boat while hydrofoiling will be around 20 knots, or 23 mph. (Credit: Seabubbles). Raising boats out of the water on hydrofoils makes them much more comfortable and efficient – and this French design …
By Ben Coxworth – – The Infinity Seat E2 hit the market this year. (Credit: Ben Coxworth/New Atlas). It was back in 2013 that California chiropractor and triathlete Vincent Marcel took to Kickstarter, to finance production of his bizarre-looking but supposedly very comfortable …
Advances in satellite imagery are shining a light. By Matt Davis – – Today, there are 40.3 million slaves on the planet, more than the number of people living in Canada. Slavery can be hard to find, but it commonly occurs in several …
Stephan Roget – – The real Pocahontas was nothing like the Pocahontas depicted in Disney’s 1995 animated classic. There are a multitude of ways that Disney lies about, or at the very least exaggerates, the life of Pocahontas, but they’re not the only culprits …
By John Anderson – – Artist depiction of an American mastodon. (Credit: Charles R. Knight, via Wikimedia Commons). When did humans arrive in America? It’s been a hot topic in scientific circles for the last 20 years or so, pegged anywhere from 13,500 …
By Michael Irving – – A bold new study suggests that Aboriginal Australians have lived on the southern continent for as long as 120,000 years – almost twice as long as previously thought. (Credit: lucidwaters/Depositphotos). Australia’s Aboriginal population is said to be the …
