Just Plain WEIRD #2
Xiulin Ruan, a Purdue University professor of mechanical engineering, and his students have created the whitest paint on record. – By Doyle Rice 2021 Sep 17 — The whitest paint in the world has been created in a lab at Purdue University, a …
Tools and bones in Moroccan cave could be some of earliest evidence of the hallmark human behavior. The Contrebandiers Cave on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, where the bone tools and bones were found. Photograph: Contrebandiers – By Nicola Davis Science correspondent @NicolaKSDavis …
These 19 extraordinary errors will make you feel better about your next slip-up. By Kerry Wolfe 19 Places Everybody makes mistakes. Some go relatively unnoticed—fleeting blips soon forgiven and forgotten. But others last, adding a quirky kind of charm to the attractions they …
For centuries, societies have used visions of the afterlife to discipline people’s behavior. DEA / G. Nimatallah/De Agostini via Getty Images – By Meghan Henning, Associate Professor of Christian Origins, University of Dayton 2021 Sep 08 – In the opening of Netflix’s popular …
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 …
