WEIRD FACTS
By Amanda Sedlak-Hevener – Who was Victoria Woodhull? You might not know her name, but once you hear her story, you’ll never forget her. She was the first woman to run for President of the United States, and as a third-party candidate, no …
After a month of record-breaking temperatures, a kind of snow algae that turns ruby-hued in warm temperatures thrives. So-called ‘watermelon snow’ sounds better than it looks and tastes; do not eat the pink snow. (Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine) By Lily …
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia – Map showing the source languages of state names – The fifty U.S. states, the District of Columbia, the five inhabited U.S. territories, and the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands have taken their names from a wide variety of …
By Ben Coxworth – To turn this into even stronger concrete … just add lignin? mettus/Depositphotos. – Production of the cement used in concrete is a huge source of CO2 emissions, so the more that we can recycle existing concrete, the better. That’s where …
By David Szondy – The Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Crop Trust. – The Svalbard Global Seed Vault has received a major a new deposit of seeds from several hundred plant species. In a formal ceremony on February 25, 2020, hosted by the Norwegian Prime …
How can you tell the news from the noise? pathdoc/Shutterstock.com – By Elizabeth Stoycheff, Associate Professor of Communication, Wayne State University – You might have fallen for someone’s attempt to disinform you about current events. But it’s not your fault. Even the most …
By Loz Blain – The Czinger 21C will have 1,250 hybrid horsepower and a 1.9-second 0-62 sprint time. – Czinger has released more details, pics and video of its upcoming 21C hybrid hypercar, including the two crucial figures we’ve been waiting for: 1,250 …
The ultimate soft and chewy American-style cookie with the added bonus of chocolate chips. Meera Sodha @meerasodha – Meera Sodha’s vegan chocolate chip cookies. Photograph: Louise Hagger/The Guardian. Food styling: Emily Kydd. Prop styling: Jennifer Kay. The biscuits of my youth – bourbons, …
By Joel Berger, Colorado State University and Jon Beckmann, University of Nevada, Reno – Bighorn sheep on grassland in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Joel Berger, CC BY-ND. – In the grip of winter, the North American prairies can look deceptively barren. But many …
Draft of Brown study says findings suggest ‘substantial impact of mechanized bots in amplifying denialist messages.’ By Oliver Milman in New York, @olliemilman – The researchers examined 6.5m tweets posted in the days leading up to and the month after Trump announced the …
