Just Plain WEIRD #2
A bad feeling can trigger behavior that leads to something better. Rawpixel/iStock via Getty Images Plus – By Heather Lench, Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Texas A&M University Published: 2024 Feb 08 – Remember the sadness that came with the last time …
The US was joined by several other countries’ intelligence agencies in announcing the hack. Photograph: Dado Ruvić/Reuters – Guardian staff and agencies Last modified on 2024 Feb 08 – A group known as Volt Typhoon, geared toward sabotage, quietly burrowed into critical US …
Dietary supplement labels can be misleading. Charday Penn/iStock via Getty Images – By Emily Hemendinger, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus And by Katie Suleta, PhD Candidate in Medicine and Health, George Washington University Published: 2024 Feb 06 – Dietary …
Condensation and cold combine to create that layer of ice on car windshields in winter. Tomasz Sienicki/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA – By Suresh Dhaniyala, Bayard D. Clarkson Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, Clarkson University Published: 2024 Feb 02 – If you …
Research reveals SARS-CoV-2, unlike other common-cold-causing coronaviruses, can break down into tiny particles that overstimulate the immune system causing severe or persistent disease. Depositphotos – By Rich Haridy 2024 Feb 05 – Following the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 in 2020 there are now seven different …
Researchers have 3D printed brain tissue that grows and functions like regular brain tissue. Yan et al./UW-Madison – By Paul McClure 2024 Feb 04 – Researchers have used a novel technique to 3D print brain tissue whose cells developed into functional neurons that communicated …
Only one of these guys deserves to be in timeout. Wild Horse Photography/Moment via Getty Images – By Jon Garthoff, Professor of Philosophy, University of Tennessee Published: 2024 Feb 02 – People talk to their pets every day: offering praise when they’re good, …
A satellite image shows a powerful atmospheric river hitting the U.S. West Coast on 2024 Jan 31. NOAA GOES – By Qian Cao, Hydrologist, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes, University of California, San Diego Updated: 2024 Jan 31 – Millions of …
Experiments have shown common clownfish are more aggressive towards fish models painted with patterns like their own. Photograph: Wolfgang Polzer/Alamy – Nicola Davis Science correspondent @NicolaKSDavis Published 2024 Feb 01 – Researchers say they have found how anemonefish identify unwelcome guests of their …
The front entrance sign for Anderson Air Force Base in Yigo, Guam Photograph: Tassanee Vejpongsa/AP – Guardian staff and agencies First published 2023 May 24 – Targets include US military facilities on Guam that would be key in an Asia-Pacific conflict, say …