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Not all space debris burns up in the atmosphere before it makes it back to Earth. PaulFleet/iStock via Getty Images – By Matthew Ray, Professor of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Stout And by Reese Hufnagel, Research Assistant, Department of Chemistry and Physics, University of Wisconsin-Stout Published: …
The 2016 survey of the Dragon Hole revealed its immense depth. Huanqiu View 6 Images – By Bronwyn Thompson 2025 Dec 28 – In the South China Sea, near the Paracel Islands, the aqua-colored waters of an expansive shallow reef platform suddenly gives way …
The Dogosophy Button can be operated with the push of a nose or a paw. The Open University – By Maryna Holovnova 2026 May 12 – Tens of thousands of people rely on service dogs every day. They assist people with visual impairments, mobility …
Andy Craddock/Unpslash – By Karen Stollznow, Research Fellow of Linguistics, Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Griffith University; University of Colorado Boulder Published: 2026 Apr 30 – You’ve probably seen it on social media before: a paragraph of scrambled text that looks like …
DOERS/Shutterstock – By Stuart Thompson, Senior Lecturer in Plant Biochemistry, University of Westminster Published: 2026 May 11 – Researchers at MIT have suggested that rice seeds can hear the sound of rain, according to a new study. MIT calls it “the first direct evidence …
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder is a severe form of premenstrual syndrome. By Eliza Zhitnik, PhD Student in Health Policy and Management, UMass Amherst And by Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Assistant Professor of Health Promotion and Policy, UMass Amherst Published: 2026 May 08 – People with premenstrual dysphoric …
Redacted documents from the Jeffrey Epstein files can fuel conspiracy thinking. Brendan Smialowski via Getty Images – By Matthew N. Hannah, Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Politics and Culture, University of Wisconsin-Madison Published: 2026 May 08 – Jeffrey Epstein’s death on 2019 Aug 10, …
The Fitbit Air is light as a feather, promises a week of battery life on a full charge, and is competitively priced. Google – View 4 Images – By Abhimanyu Ghoshal 2026 May 08 – Google’s just launched the Fitbit Air, a screenless wearable …
The Thing is from the fictional Yancy Street in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, where creator Jack Kirby was raised. Richie S/flickr, CC BY – By Miriam Eve Mora, Managing Director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, University of Michigan Published: 2026 May 07 – …
Two widely hyped peptides for fitness are sometimes marketed together and nicknamed the ‘Wolverine stack.’ Tom Werner/DigitalVision via Getty Images – By Flynn McGuire, Resident in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Utah Published: 2026 May 07 – It’s tough to avoid the current …
