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Michael Irving – Researchers have traced back the evolutionary history of the cocoa tree to a single domestication event 3,600 years ago (Credit: studioM/Depositphotos). It’s kind of hard to imagine life today without chocolate, and now we have a better idea of who …
Loz Blain – 2019 Ducati Panigale V4R: runs advanced wheelie control, so this is clearly on purpose (Credit: Ducati). Ducati has just debuted the most extreme petrol-powered supersport bike in history on the eve of EICMA in Milan. The new king …
It’s an asteroid, it’s a comet, it’s actually a spacecraft? By Robby Berman – Original: ESO/M. KornmesserDerivative: nagualdesign – Derivative of http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1737a/ – ‘Oumuamua is an oddly shaped, puzzling celestial object because it doesn’t act like anything naturally occurring. The issue? The unexpected …
The barrier to solar energy has always been storage. Now, bottled sunshine has a shelf-life of 18 years. By Robby Berman – Researchers have invented a liquid isomer that can store and release solar energy. The team has solved problems other researchers have …
New psychological research suggests that psychopaths are attracted to others with their same disposition. By Mike Colagrossi – A study found that people with psychopathic traits are more likely to be attracted to others on the same psychopathic spectrum. Psychopathic qualities include lack …
From time-traveling billiard balls to information-destroying black holes, the world’s got plenty of puzzles that are hard to wrap your head around. By Matthew Davis – – While it’s one of the best on Earth, the human brain has a lot of trouble …
Rich Haridy – Overall winner, and winner of People and Space category: Transport The Soul, from Brad Goldpaint (Credit: Brad Goldpaint). The winners of the incredible Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year awards have been revealed showing off spectacular work from the world’s …
Immigrants’ gut bacteria “westernize” soon after they move to the U.S., which might influence obesity in immigrants and Americans alike. By Olga Khazan – A Vietnamese woman of Hmong ethnic tribe carries a grass basket on a terraced rice paddy field during …
Florida-based Simple Health Plans LLC has collected more than $100 million with deceptive schemes targeting Americans in need of coverage. At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal judge temporarily shut down a Florida-based operation that allegedly collected more than …
The Centennial State has 697 sides‚ not four. Frank Jacobs – Colorado looks like a rectangle. It isn’t. The Centennial State has not four, but 697 sides. That makes it a hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagon. Does that make Wyoming the only real rectangular state? Well, about …
