Just Plain WEIRD #2
Mining cryptocurrency requires lots of cheap energy and many miners have settled on Texas as their destination. Hundreds of machines more powerful than the average computer will soon be housed in this 320-acre mining facility in Dickens county, Texas. Photograph: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock – …
A close-up of the head of a leafcutter ant, Atta cephalotes, showing the metal-infused teeth on its mandibles. Ryan Garrett, CC BY-ND – By Robert Schofield, Research Professor in Physics, University of Oregon 2021 Sep 01 The Research Brief is a short take …
Credit: Bjarke Ingels Group and Bucharest Studio – Written by Oscar Holland, CNN Updated 2021 Sep 06 – The cleanliness of Tokyo, the diversity of New York and the social services of Stockholm: Billionaire Marc Lore has outlined his vision for a 5-million-person …
Cerro Azul is one of three sites featuring ancient rock paintings that was discovered in recent years in Colombia’s Serranía La Lindosa. Photo: Courtesy Vive Guaviare/Marcel Reina – Editor’s Note — CNN Travel series often carry sponsorship originating from the countries and regions …
For too long we’ve been shortsighted, mistaking our cleverness for wisdom. Now, it’s time for politics to take a longer view. ‘The future depends on what you do today,’ Gandhi cautioned us.’ Photograph: Paper Boat Creative/Getty Images – By Kim Heacox 2021 Aug …
Abdullah Gohar, a researcher at El Mansoura, university works on renovating the 43 million-year-old fossil of a previously unknown four-legged amphibious whale called “Phiomicetus Anubis”, that helps trace the transition of whales from land to sea, which were discovered in the Fayum Depression …
The skeletal remains of an ancient teenage Toalean woman were nestled among large rocks, which were placed in the burial pit discovered in a cave on Sulawesi. – Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating …
Groundbreaking research shows that extremist attackers are often united in their violent misogyny, whatever their ideology. Flowers at an entrance to Fryent Country Park, in Wembley, north London, where Nicole Smallman and Bibaa Henry were killed. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA – By Joan Smith …
Are these people interacting in some virtual world? Lucrezia Carnelos/Unsplash – By Rabindra Ratan, Associate Professor of Media and Information, Michigan State University – And Lei, Yi-Ming, Doctoral student in Media and Information, Michigan State University – 2021 Aug 12 – The metaverse …
KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images – By Elizabeth Yuko 2021 Aug 22 – Felines served a useful purpose in ancient Egyptian households and were eventually associated with deities. Along with hieroglyphics, obelisks and geometric patterns, cats feature prominently in ancient Egyptian art, reflecting …
