Just Plain WEIRD #2
Scientists have studied the chemical components of everyday plastics such as drink bottles, and found that many contribute to fat cell development in mice. Depositphotos – By Nick Lavars 2022 Jan 31 – Obesity rates around the world are on the rise, almost tripling …
Scientists have developed a promising new technique to heat up and destroy tumors from within. Depositphotos – By Nick Lavars 2022 Feb 02 – One promising possibility for next-gen cancer treatments involves infiltrating tumors with specially-designed particles and heating them up to destroy the …
Formerly rare high temperatures now covering half of seas and devastating wildlife, study shows. Pedalos on the banks of the Marmara Sea covered with sea snot. As the climate crisis heats the seas, plankton are on the move, with potentially profound consequences for …
The Guardian picture essay House of bears: polar bears living in an abandoned weather station in Kolyuchin. Photograph: Dmitry Kokh – Photographer Dmitry Kokh discovered polar bears living in an abandoned weather station in Kolyuchin, in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of the Russian …
Coronal mass ejections (CMEs), like this one photographed in 2015, can cause geomagnetic storms on Earth. Solar Dynamics Observatory, NASA – By Michael Irving 2022 Jan 27 – The Sun is capable of some worryingly powerful outbursts. In ice cores from both ends of …
The longspine squirrelfish is just one of many fishes that has something to say. Depositphotos – By Ben Coxworth 2022 Jan 28 – We generally don’t think of fish as being a vocal bunch – after all, anglers don’t typically use “fish calls” to …
A group of German, Austrian and Swiss immigrants has implanted an ideologically driven settlement in one of the country’s poorest regions. The entrance to El Paraíso Verde, 12km from the town of Caazapá. Photograph: William Costa – By William Costa in Caazapá Last modified …
Those with a large gap between measured retinal age and their chronological age were more likely to die early. Peshkova/Depositphotos – By Rich Haridy 2022 Jan 19 – A new study has proposed that a simple retina scan could indicate whether a person is …
The Civil Aviation Division of the Transport Authority of Slovakia has granted a Certificate of Airworthiness to Klein Vision’s AirCar. Klein Vision – By Paul Ridden 2022 Jan 24 – Following its maiden flight toward the end of 2020, and flying city-to-city for the …
Most U.S.-grown soybeans are genetically modified, so products containing them may be required to carry the new ‘bioengineered’ label. Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images – By Kathleen Merrigan, Executive Director, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems, Arizona State University 2022 Jan 21 – …
