WEIRD FACTS
Financial bubbles are frequently depicted as manias. Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images – By Gayle Rogers, Professor and chair of English, University of Pittsburgh 2021 Apr 30 – In the late 1990s, America experienced a dot-com mania. In the 2000s, the housing …
The Green New Deal, formerly seen as radical, is now in mainstream debate. And renewable energy becomes more efficient every day. Power-generating windmill turbines at sunset near Larnaca, Cyprus. Photograph: Yiannis Kourtoglou/Reuters – By Rebecca Solnit Last modified on 2021 May 01 – …
A novel lawsuit is taking advantage of a local ‘rights of nature’ measure passed in November in an effort to protect wetlands. The Florida lawsuit is part of a growing trend around the world of laws protecting rights of nature. Photograph: Jupiterimages/Getty Images …
Companies could soon tailor what they try to sell you based on the mood conveyed by the sound of your voice. CSA-Printstock via Getty Images – By Joseph Turow, Robert Lewis Shayon Professor of Media Systems & Industries, University of Pennsylvania 2021 Apr …
Scheme involving ‘ bee hotels’ and ‘bee stops’ reaps rewards as census shows no strong decline in urban population. A ‘bee hotel’ in a city park. The structures have helped urban bee populations to thrive by providing cavities for solitary bees to nest. …
KARS929/TripAdvisor – By Courtnie Erickson Posted by Only In New Mexico – At Kokopelli’s Cave Bed and Breakfast just north of in Farmington, New Mexico, you will feel like you’ve stepped into an episode of “The Flintstones.” This bed and breakfast is not …
Tomatoes drawing by Lucille Clerc, from Around the World in 80 Plants. Photograph: Lucille Clerc – Did you know that tomatoes respond to a high C note? Or that the prickly pear made red fabric popular, and yams helped create the contraceptive pill? …
Cloudscape of Haikou is situated on the coastline in Hainan Province, facing the South China Sea. Archexist View 11 Images – By Adam Williams 2021 Apr 23 – MAD Architects wowed us with its initial concept for the Wormhole Library and happily the finished …
Lava tubes in Hawaii, which may be similar to caves on Mars, where new research suggests microbial life could be living today. volgariver/Depositphotos By Michael Irving 2021 Apr 22 – One of the main goals of NASA’s Perseverance rover is to scour the surface …
Scientists have created human-monkey chimera embryos for the first time. everett225/Depositphotos – By Michael Irving 2021 Apr 15 – In a breakthrough new study, scientists have created human-monkey chimera embryos for the first time. These chimeras pave the way for more accurate models of …
