WEIRD FACTS
Wind quickly spread a blaze that burned homes near Flagstaff, Ariz., in April of 2022. Coconino National Forest via AP – By Molly Hunter, Associate Research Professor in Environment and Natural Resources, University of Arizona Published: 2022 May 04 – New Mexico and …
Ukraine destroyed a railway, shown on 2022 Apr 02, to prevent passage from Transnistria to Ukraine. Andrea Mancini/NurPhoto via Getty Images – By Tatsiana Kulakevich, Assistant Professor of Instruction at School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, Affiliate Professor at the Institute on Russia, University …
Scientists have used a protein derived from corn as the basis for a potential vaccine for Alzheimer’s. Depositphotos – By Nick Lavars 2022 May 03 – Among the many ways scientists hope to be able to tackle Alzheimer’s is by preventing it from taking …
A toxic green pigment was once used to color everything from fake flowers to book covers. Now a museum conservator is working to track down the noxious volumes. During the 19th century, emerald green pigment was all the rage in fashion and home …
The system already utilizes M18-size screws, and should soon be available in M20 and M36. Fraunhofer – By Ben Coxworth 2022 May 02 – It’s easy to forget that structures such as bridges, wind turbines and scaffolding are held together by screws which could …
Artist’s concept of a ship-mounted laser weapon. Lockheed Martin – By David Szondy 2022 Apr 17 – The US Navy has shot down its first drone, representing a subsonic cruise missile, using an all-electric high-energy laser. At the US Army’s High Energy Laser Systems …
A portrait of Harriet Tubman in 1878. Library of Congress/Getty Images – By Kate Clifford Larson, Visiting Scholar Women’s Studies Research Center, Brandeis University Published: 2022 Apr 28 – Harriet Tubman was barely 5 feet tall and didn’t have a dime to her …
Researchers have created and tested a light field camera with the greatest depth of field ever demonstrated, keeping everything between 3 cm and 1.7 km from the lens in focus. NIST – By Loz Blain 2022 Apr 29 – In photography, depth of field …
Artist’s impression of a superconducting chip. TU Delft – By Loz Blain 2022 Apr 28 – A TU Delft team has demonstrated a one-way superconductor that gives zero resistance in one direction, but blocks current completely in the other. The discovery, long thought impossible, …
An artist’s illustration of how the newly discovered large megaraptor Maip macrothorax might have looked in life. Agustín Ozán – By Michael Irving 2022 Apr 28 – Paleontologists have discovered the largest raptor dinosaur ever found. The new species, known as Maip macrothorax, was …
