Just Plain WEIRD #2
The discovery adds to our knowledge of Makuria, which ruled a vast region of Africa for six centuries. The excavation site, on the eastern bank of the Nile. Courtesy Artur Obłuski, Polish Center of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw. – by Matthew Taub …
A new “super glue” uses enzymes from the venom of the lancehead snake to stop bleeding. ammmit/Depositphotos – By Michael Irving 2021 Jul 15 – During surgery or traumatic injury, quickly stopping bleeding can save lives. Now, scientists have recruited an unlikely ally to …
The worldwide fascination with UFOs started in the late 1940s after a few incidents made the news in the U.S. David Zaitz/The Image Bank via Getty Images – By Greg Eghigian, Professor of History, Penn State 2021 Jul 08 – On 2021 Jun …
A person looks from a viewpoint, Sunday, 2021 Jul 11, in Death Valley National Park, Calif. Death Valley in southeastern California’s Mojave Desert reached 128 degrees Fahrenheit (53 Celsius) on Saturday, according to the National Weather Service’s reading at Furnace Creek. The shockingly …
The absence of audio recording technology makes “when” a tough question to answer. But there are some theories as to “why.” Photo from Getty Images. – By Matt Soniak of Mental Floss – There are many, many evolving regional British and American accents, so …
Plastic fragments washed onto Schiavonea beach in Calabria, Italy, in a 2019 storm. Alfonso Di Vincenzo/KONTROLAB /LightRocket via Getty Images – By Christopher Ruf, Professor of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan 2021 Jul 09 – Plastic is the most …
A lack of light has little to do with it. The dark night sky, as seen from Arches National Park in Utah (Image credit: Pascal Fraboul / EyeEm via Getty Images) – By Tiffany Means 10 days ago – Look up at the …
Women in north and central regions of country stage demonstrations as militants make sweeping gains nationwide. One of the biggest demonstrations was in central Ghor province, where hundreds of women turned out over the weekend. Photograph: Facebook – by Emma Graham-Harrison in Kabul …
A two-inch-long ant that once roamed Wyoming rivals today’s hummingbirds in size. (Image credit: Bruce Archibald) – By Stephanie Pappas – Almost 50 million years ago, ants the size of hummingbirds roamed what is now Wyoming, a new fossil discovery reveals. These giant …
Life was already getting harder for dinosaurs before an asteroid wiped them out. metha1819/Shutterstock – Fabien Condamine, Chercheur au CNRS en Phylogénie et Evolution Moléculaire, Université de Montpellier 2021 Jun 30 – Some 66 million years ago, on the Yucatán peninsula in México, a …
