WEIRD FACTS
Female white-tailed deer at sunrise. Gary Gray/Getty Images – By Allan Houston, Professor of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Tennessee Published: 2022 Jun 10 – Chronic wasting disease, a deadly neurological infectious disease that affects deer, elk and moose, is spreading across …
The three-jointed finger heals in a cell culture medium after its skin was intentionally cut. Shoji Takeuchi – By Ben Coxworth 2022 Jun 09 – We’ve been hearing a lot about synthetic skins designed for robotic hands, which would give the devices more …
The vast majority of high-profile big tech whistleblowers in recent years have been women. Elke Meitzel/Image Source via Getty Images – Francine Berman, Director of Public Interest Technology and Stuart Rice Research Professor, UMass Amherst Jennifer Lundquist, Professor of Sociology, UMass Amherst Published: …
Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev watches the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in central Moscow on 2022 May 09. Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images – By Susanne Sternthal, Lecturer in Post-Soviet Government and Politics, Texas State University Published: 2022 Jun …
Shrooly is presently on Indiegogo. Shrooly – By Ben Coxworth 2022 Jun 06 – Like most foods, mushrooms are best when fresh … but it can be difficult to grow them yourself. Shrooly is designed to help, by automatically providing the best conditions for …
What would you do if your inherited wealth was built on slavery, fossil fuels or came at the price of neglect? Meet the guilty rich who want nothing to do with their money ‘My ancestors made harmful and immoral choices’: Morgan Curtis at …
A ladybug crawls on a paloverde flower in Joshua Tree National Park, California. Hannah Schwalbe, NPS/Flickr – By Bradley J. Cardinale, Department Head, Ecosystem Science and Management, Penn State Published: 2022 Jun 02 – As Spring phases into Summer in North America, with …
The drone will be part of a system that also includes a network of security cameras, and VR training for first responders. Axon – By Ben Coxworth 2022 Jun 03 – It’s a sad fact that mass shootings have become an all-too-common occurrence in …
DNA is a trove of personal information that can be hard to keep track of and protect. Boris Zhitkov/Moment via Getty Images – By Liza Vertinsky, Professor of Law, University of Maryland And: Yaniv Heled, Associate Professor of Law, Georgia State University Published: …
Researchers have found a biologically active slow sand filter as the most effective way to remove nanoplastics from drinking water. Depositphotos – By Nick Lavars 2022 Jun 01 – Today’s filtration technologies do a wonderful job of producing potable water, but the spread of …
