Just Plain WEIRD #2
Wiping away tears, Nita Battise, vice chairperson of the tribal council of the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, reacts to the Supreme Court ruling upholding a law that gives Native American families priority in adoptions and foster care placements of tribal children. Mandel Ngan/AFP …
Has he got news for you … Bryan Cranston stars as the Host in Asteroid City. Photograph: Pop. 87 Productions/Focus Features – Movies Interview – By Xan Brooks His role as The Host in Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City sees the actor return to …
An AI-generated image constructed by the researchers illustrates what the lifeforms in the “Protosterol Biota” may have looked like. Orchestrated in MidJourney by TA 2023 – By Michael Irving 2023 Jun 14 – Scientists have discovered evidence of a “lost world” of previously unknown …
The 13-foot-long Cedar Ridge Vega 2.0 XT packs tiny and expands into a comfy base camp upon arrival. Cedar Ridge Campers View gallery – 14 images – By C.C. Weiss 2023 Jun 13 – Cedar Ridge Campers has released one of the most functional …
Travel to Miami, and you might hear people say ‘get down from the car’ instead of ‘get out of the car.’ Miami Herald/Getty Images – By Phillip M. Carter, Associate Professor of Linguistics, Florida International University Published: 2023 Jun 12 – “We got …
Olmec culture deeply shaped later Mesoamerican civilizations like the Aztecs. Danny Lehman/The Image Bank via Getty Images – By Karl Taube, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Riverside Published: 2023 Jun 07 – An extremely important 1-ton sculpture, sometimes referred to by …
Researchers have found that the naturally occurring amino acid taurine appears to play a role in aging in animals. Depositphotos – By Paul McClure 2023 Jun 08 – Aging is an inevitable part of living. But inevitable as it is, many are keen to …
A new study has found that some viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, cause brain cells to fuse, which may explain the ‘brain fog’ some people experience after contracting COVID. Depositphotos – By Paul McClur 2023 Jun 08 – New research has found that viruses such as …
A closeup showing the honeycomb structures made by S. sputigena growing atop S. mutans bacteria. Hyun (Michel) Koo – By Michael Franco 2023 Jun 08 – For the first time, researchers have found a bacterium that forms superstructures when it gets caught in sticky …
Artificial blood vessels could help doctors deal with the troubling rate of cardiovascular disease around the world. Depositphotos – By Michael Franco 2023 Jun 07 – Researchers in the Netherlands have combined two different 3D-printing techniques to produce artificial blood vessel prototypes. The process …
