WEIRD FACTS
The discovery adds to our knowledge of Makuria, which ruled a vast region of Africa for six centuries. The excavation site, on the eastern bank of the Nile. Courtesy Artur Obłuski, Polish Center of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw. – by Matthew Taub …
Facial recognition is popping up at our favorite stores, but customers are largely unaware. Rite Aid had deployed facial recognition in at least 200 stores over eight years, before ditching the technology last year. Noam Galai/Getty Images – By Rebecca Heilweil 2021 Jul …
Juniper trees, common in Arizona’s Prescott National Forest, have been dying with the drought. Benjamin Roe/USDA Forest Service via AP – By Daniel Johnson, Assistant Professor of Tree Physiology and Forest Ecology, University of Georgia and Raquel Partelli Feltrin, Postdoctoral Scholar in Botany, …
Wildfires filled Seattle with smoke in September 2020. Lindsey Wasson/Getty Images – By Luke Montrose, Assistant Professor of Community and Environmental Health, Boise State University 2021 Jul 15 – Something unusual happened this year in Idaho. Fire and health officials began issuing warnings …
A new “super glue” uses enzymes from the venom of the lancehead snake to stop bleeding. ammmit/Depositphotos – By Michael Irving 2021 Jul 15 – During surgery or traumatic injury, quickly stopping bleeding can save lives. Now, scientists have recruited an unlikely ally to …
Exclusive: Documents suggest Russia launched secret multi-agency effort to interfere in US democracy Support independent Guardian journalism Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. The documents appear to confirm the Kremlin possesses compromising material on Trump. Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP – Luke Harding, Julian Borger and …
The worldwide fascination with UFOs started in the late 1940s after a few incidents made the news in the U.S. David Zaitz/The Image Bank via Getty Images – By Greg Eghigian, Professor of History, Penn State 2021 Jul 08 – On 2021 Jun …
A person looks from a viewpoint, Sunday, 2021 Jul 11, in Death Valley National Park, Calif. Death Valley in southeastern California’s Mojave Desert reached 128 degrees Fahrenheit (53 Celsius) on Saturday, according to the National Weather Service’s reading at Furnace Creek. The shockingly …
The absence of audio recording technology makes “when” a tough question to answer. But there are some theories as to “why.” Photo from Getty Images. – By Matt Soniak of Mental Floss – There are many, many evolving regional British and American accents, so …
Plastic fragments washed onto Schiavonea beach in Calabria, Italy, in a 2019 storm. Alfonso Di Vincenzo/KONTROLAB /LightRocket via Getty Images – By Christopher Ruf, Professor of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan 2021 Jul 09 – Plastic is the most …
