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Despite itself, this collection of awful cartography may just make a few useful observations. By Frank Jacobs – Since 2016, Terrible Maps has been collecting, well… terrible maps. They’re awful, pointless and stupid, but also funny (and sometimes even instructive). Here are 10 …
The part of your brain responsible for ASMR catalogs music, and appears to be a stronghold against Alzheimer’s and dementia. By Ned Dymoke – Some music inspires you to move your feet, some inspires you to get out there and change the world. …
TheTrueSize.com offers hours of fun while you stretch and shrink countries and states all over the globe. By Frank Jacobs – Our world maps lie to us: North America and Europe aren’t really that big and Africa really is much bigger. It’s all …
The bold technique involves surgically implanting a so-called microneedle patch directly onto the heart. By Stephen Johnson – Heart attacks leave scar tissue on the heart, which can reduce the organ’s ability to pump blood throughout the body. The microneedle patch aims to …
A new study flies in the face of anecdotal evidence and raises questions about how we read data. Scotty Hendricks – Scientists working at medical schools across the United States discovered that parachutes don’t lower the death rate of people jumping out of …
Two new papers say everything we knew about black holes was wrong. By Paul Ratner – Scientists calculate that black holes don’t have singularities at their centers. Instead, the theory of loop quantum gravity predicts that black holes shoot out matter across the …
Going mad with Christmas cheer? Try one of these alternatives. By Scotty Hendricks – Christmas is an all consuming holiday, celebrated even in cultures where Christianity never took root. However, some people just can’t take it anymore. Some of them even invented new …
A theory from cosmology claims the Universe could rip apart to shreds. By Paul Ratner – A cosmological model predicts that the expanding Universe could rip itself apart. Too much dark energy could overwhelm the forces holding matter together. The disaster could happen …
Researchers find an amazing amount of often-weird forms of life below the planet’s surface. By Paul Ratner – Scientists found a rich ecosystem deep inside the planet. The “deep biosphere” contains mostly bacteria and microbes. The amount of life below the surface is …
Attenborough told the audience at COP24 that climate change is “our greatest threat in thousands of years.” By Stephen Johnson – David Attenborough spoke recently at the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, also known …
