Just Plain WEIRD #2
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 …
There was a top secret plan during World War II to seal a group of soldiers inside the rock. – Inside a gallery on the Rock of Gibraltar, engraved by Joseph Constantine Stadler by Rev. Cooper Willyams – Entrance to the Prince’s …
A woman holds a phone in front of the office of NSO Group, which makes a tool that can see and hear everything a phone is used for. Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images – By Bhanukiran Gurijala, Assistant Professor of Computer Science & …
Some who stop eating meat continue eating fish in the belief that it’s good for them and that fishing is less cruel and destructive than farming – nothing could be further from the truth. While fish continues to be labelled a health food …
A horror movie proved an unlikely source of inspiration. Pelling in the kitchen with asparagus, the veggie that inspired his work on spinal cord injuries. Andrew Pelling – By Cari Shane 2021 Aug 04 – His lab is filled with apples, asparagus, broccoli, …
Archaeologist and paleoenvironmental researcher Isaac Hart of the University of Utah surveys a melting ice patch in western Mongolia. Peter Bittner, CC BY-ND – William Taylor, Assistant Professor and Curator of Archaeology, University of Colorado Boulder 2021 Aug 11 – In the world’s …
Gravity feels like it’s pulling everything toward Earth, but why? AdventurePhoto/E+ via WikimediaCommons – By Mario Borunda, Associate Professor of Physics, Oklahoma State University 2021 Jul 26 – Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question …
