WEIRD FACTS
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, …
The hotter it gets, the more urban emissions you get from hot asphalt, according to a new Yale study. Krivosheevv/Depositphotos – By Loz Blain 2020 Sep 04 – The more we work to get emissions down from motor vehicles and power generation, the more …
A ground-based search for human remains in a thick forest like this would be quite challenging. khlongwangchao/Depositphotos – By Ben Coxworth 2020 Sep 04 – It can be hard enough for search parties to find human remains on open ground, but in dense forests, …
Fifty years ago, few scientists believed a drug could fight viruses with low side effects. Then Gertrude Elion showed the doubters “what I could do on my own.” Born in 1918 in Manhattan, Gertrude Elion developed the drug acyclovir, a potent inhibitor of …
Scientists have found a potential new weapon against breast cancer in the venom of honeybees. Nowhereman/Depositphotos – By Nick Lavars 2020 Sep 01 – The natural world is full of compounds that can do us harm, but medical scientists continue to show us how …
Deceased post-hatchling loggerhead sea turtle next to plastic pieces found in its stomach and intestines. Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, CC BY-ND – Authors David Duffy, Assistant Professor of Wildlife Disease Genomics, University of Florida Catherine Eastman, Sea Turtle Hospital Program Coordinator, Whitney Laboratory …
Voters in Nashville, Tennessee, faced long lines in March 2020. AP Photo/Mark Humphrey – Author Morgan Marietta, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell 2020 Aug 26 – If you’re looking for the right to vote, you won’t find it in …
Breaking down a geographical technicality. Semisopochnoi Island, top right, is the easternmost point of the United States. Photo from Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon (NASA Earth Observatory) using Landsat data provided by the United States Geological Survey, via Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain. …
