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“YouTube, for many people, is the new Wikipedia.” By Sarah Sloat – YouTube provides a buffet of content to its one billion users. That content isn’t always information, even if it appears to be at first glance. Through its algorithm, the video-sharing website …
The most common man-made pollutant does more than just litter sidewalks. By Sarah Sloat – The most pervasive form of plastic pollution on Earth isn’t plastic bags or even plastic straws. It’s cigarette butts. Every year, an estimated 4.5 trillion cigarette butts, containing …
By Rich Haridy – Honorable mention, Landscape. The Whale’s Mouth Cloud, the cloud that appears when the first gust front of a storm is passing over, photo captured while on a storm chasing trip in South Dakota, US. (Credit: Fredrick Muscat). The art …
By P.K. Newby, ScD Harvard – Scientist, Science Communicator, and Author, Harvard University – Do you feel like nutritionists are always changing their minds? Do you want science-based information about diet but don’t know whom or what to believe? If you’re nodding …
With a Grain of Salt – CFJ_Nuanced_Cecil.baeef534. – By Candice Darden – It turns out that we still use quite a few outdated phrases, many of them commonplace. Ever found yourself saying, “Take it with a grain of salt” when warning someone …
Scientists uncover two explanations for its dramatic final act. By Emma Betuel – Zombification may be the stuff of science fiction for humans, but for insects, getting zombified is a very real threat. Scientists and Planet Earth afficionados may recall the cases …
“Comfort eating is something that can actually comfort you.” By Sarah Sloat – At UCLA, there’s a lab that zigs where others zag. It’s the Dieting, Stress, and Health Laboratory — DISH, for short — and inside, researchers look into the what and …
Michael Irving – A Berkeley Lab team has created the first magnetic liquid droplets. (Credit: Xubo Liu et al./Berkeley Lab). Magnets as we know them are always solid, but the closest thing we have to a magnetic liquid is a class of …
By Rich Haridy – What kept our ancient ancestors from starvation may be exactly the same evolutionary mechanism that makes it so hard to lose weight and keep it off now. (Credit: fffranzzz/Depositphotos). A few years ago scientists examined the metabolic activity …
An animal behaviorist explains the science behind a “dogpersonship.” By Paul McGreevy – The news of a fatal dog-bite incident in Melbourne recently has shocked dog lovers around the country. A 61-year-old man was dead by the time police arrived at the …
