WEIRD FACTS
The hotel ‘goes far beyond just sustainable, plant-focused grub: everything here is vegan, from the booze in the hotel bar to the cleaning products’ – The hotel won National Geographic’s ‘GOOD EGG’ award (Photo: Supplied) – By Liam Gilliver 2020 Sep 05 – …
A visitor looks at the faces of some of the victims of the Oklahoma City bombing at the Oklahoma National Memorial museum in Oklahoma City. Joe Raedle/Getty Images – Authors Jeff Gruenewald, Associate Professor and Director of the Terrorism Research Center, University of …
Migraine-suffering test subjects were exposed to green light for one to two hours a day, over a 10-week period. Kris Hanning/The University of Arizona Health Sciences – By Ben Coxworth 2020 Sep 10 – Three years ago, scientists from the University of Arizona reported …
GettyImages. Peter Dazeley/Getty Images – By Yelena Ionova, Postdoctoral Fellow in Quality of Medical Products, University of California, San Francisco 2020 Sep 11 – There are many more ingredients in every pill you take than what is listed on the bottle label. These …
A county election worker gets mailed-in ballots ready to be counted, in this file photo from 2016. AP Photo/Don Ryan – By Priscilla Southwell, Professor Emerita of Political Science, University of Oregon 2020 Sep 03 – Oregon voters have long cast their ballots …
Once you get the hang of it, the CLR can reportedly be set up in one minute. Daniel Schult – By Ben Coxworth 2020 Sep 09 – If you want a kayak (that isn’t inflatable), you typically also need a car with a suitable …
Wildlife is under pressure from habitat loss, including deforestation. Image copyright Getty Images – By Helen Briggs BBC Environment correspondent 2020 Sep 10 – Wildlife populations have fallen by more than two-thirds in less than 50 years, according to a major report …
Guidance issued on the payroll tax deferral action 00:49 – Opinion by Nancy Altman Nancy Altman, a lawyer, is president of Social Security Works and chair of the Strengthen Social Security coalition. Her latest book is “The Truth about Social Security.” The opinions …
A bag from Bolt Threads, made using leather derived from fungi materials. Bolt Threads – By Rich Haridy 2020 Sep 07 – A new review article, from an international team of material scientists, is suggesting a leather-like material made from mushroom-derived biomass has …
In August 2020, the RAS Institute of Oil and Gas Problems, supported by the local Yamal authorities, conducted a major expedition to the new crater. Skoltech researchers were part of the final stages of that expedition. Credit: Evgeny Chuvilin – By Katie Hunt, …
