WEIRD FACTS
Researchers in Japan have broken the data transmission speed record. Depositphotos – By Michael Irving 2022 Jun 01 – Researchers in Japan have clocked a new speed record for data transmission – a blistering 1.02 petabits per second (Pb/s). Better yet, the breakthrough was …
A section of the seagrass meadow that’s now been found to be the largest plant in the world. University of Western Australia – By Michael Irving 2022 May 31 – Researchers have discovered what seems to be the largest plant in the world – …
Direct sound printing uses ultrasound to create microscopic oscillating bubbles, which in turn cause resin to solidify at specific locations. Depositphotos – By Ben Coxworth 2022 May 31 – 3D printing typically involves depositing layers of molten plastic, laser-melting powdered metal, or using UV …
Researchers still don’t know precisely how many get long Covid, what causes it or how best to treat it. Many long haulers report fatigue, brain fog, and a range of other symptoms for months after their infection. Photograph: VioletaStoimenova/Getty Images – By Eric …
Several Pacific nations reportedly want to defer action on the draft agreement or have it amended. Henry Puna (2nd R), secretary general of the Pacific Islands Forum, holds a meeting with Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi (3rd L) in Fiji’s capital city of …
Predicted wind gusts could cause fire to jump containment lines as crews in New Mexico try to stop growth of US’s biggest wildfire. Crews in northern New Mexico cut and clear containment lines around nearly half of the perimeter of the nation’s largest …
The Afreda S6’s front linkage allows the two front wheels to tilt into corners, and to independently move straight up and down by up to 11 inches. Afreda – By Ben Coxworth 2022 May 18 – Although electric scooters are becoming extremely popular, the …
Researchers estimate the city, which features the Mayan Puuc style of architecture, to have been occupied from 600 to 900 AD. The ruins of a Mayan site, called Xiol, have been uncovered on a construction site near Mérida, México. Photograph: Lorenzo Hernández/Reuters – …
Starliner parachutes down in New Mexico. Boeing – By David Szondy 2022 May 25 – Boeing’s Starliner passenger spacecraft has successfully returned to Earth. At 4:49 pm MDT, the uncrewed capsule landed at the US Army’s White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico at …
Monkeypox causes lesions that resemble pus-filled blisters, which eventually scab over. CDC/Getty Images – By Rodney E. Rohde, Regents’ Professor of Clinical Laboratory Science, Texas State University Published: 2022 May 20 – On 2022 May 18, Massachusetts health officials and the Centers for …
