WEIRD FACTS
Beehive Geyser, in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park. Thomas S. Bremer – By Thomas S. Bremer, Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies, Rhodes College Published: 2025 Jul 24 – Nearly 5 million travelers come to Wyoming to visit Yellowstone National Park each …
Humans building thousands of dams over the past century have changed the planet’s mass distribution, shifting the globe’s axis. Depositphotos – By Jay Kakade 2025 Jul 30 – Over the past two centuries, the construction of thousands of dams has done more than just …
New research has traced the evolutionary origins of the modern potato all the way back to an interbreeding event with tomatoes nine million years ago. Made with Google AI – By Jay Kakade 2025 Jul 31 – Tracing the potato’s deep ancestry, researchers have …
Kamchatka Krai earthquake location. USGS – By Dee Ninis, Earthquake Scientist, Monash University And by John Townend, Professor of Geophysics, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Published: 2025 Jul 30 – Today at about 11:30am local time, a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck …
Ethical concerns – like the mistreatment of content creators decried by this protester – drive both veganism and resistance to using AI. Mario Tama/Getty Images – By David Joyner, Associate Dean and Senior Research Associate, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology Published: 2025 …
Some probiotics help gut recovery, while others harm it. Depositphotos – By Paul McClure 2025 Jul 26 – Not all probiotics are created equal. A new study found that one commonly available strain made a gut infection worse, while another helped stop it in …
In this proof-of-concept tattoo, lettering changes from yellow to red when exposed to the date rape drug GHB. Adapted from ACS Sensors 2025, DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.4c03737 – By Ben Coxworth 2025 Jul 26 – While it’s very important to know if a “date rape” drug …
Not for profit: Gilead, with the Global fund, is waving royalties from the breakthrough drug to reach two million people worldwide. Depositphotos – By Bronwyn Thompson 2025 Jul 26 – An epidemic that’s been sustained for 44 years might finally be quelled, with the …
A researcher at the Jackson Laboratory working on examining biological markers to identify chronic fatigue syndrome. Jackson Laboratory – By Michael Franco 2025 Jul 25 – While it’s estimated that millions worldwide suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome, a test for the condition still doesn’t …
Breakthrough: Novel fat-burning drug advances to next human trial stage. Depositphotos – By Bronwyn Thompson 2025 Jul 23 – The first human-tested weight-loss drug that burns calories through creatine-based heat generation, without reducing appetite, has successfully completed its Phase I trial. Scientists from the …
