WEIRD FACTS
An artist’s impression of a large asteroid obscured by the glare of the Sun. DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva/Spaceengine – By Michael Irving 2022 Nov 01 – Astronomers have discovered a trio of new near-Earth asteroids (NEAs), including the closest known to the Sun. Another is …
Policemen keep a mob back as James Meredith, a Black student trying to enroll at the University of Mississippi, is driven away after being refused admittance to the all-White university in Oxford on 1962 Sep 25. AP Photo – By Joseph Daniel Ura, …
Tree rings can preserve a record of astrophysical events like solar flares. University of Queensland – By Michael Irving 2022 Oct 27 – Tree rings are not just a great record of a tree’s life, but they can preserve a snapshot of the Earth …
Many are still reporting minimization of their long Covid symptoms – and it’s partially attributable to the fact that female patients are routinely dismissed. Left to Right: Pitra Moeis, Varalakshmi Padma Priya Dharmavarapu, Georgia Lancaster, Beth Ann Pardo, Alice Rumble. Photograph: Febri Sugita, …
Sacheen Littlefeather speaks at the 45th Academy Awards. Bettmann/Getty Images – By Dina Gilio Whitaker, Lecturer on American Indian Studies, California State University San Marcos Published: 2022 Oct 28 – When Sacheen Littlefeather died on 2022 Oct 02, obituaries reflecting on the actress …
A pit bull is not an official breed – it’s an umbrella term for a type of dog. Barbara Rich via Getty Images – By Colin Dayan, Professor of English, Robert Penn Warren Professor in the Humanities, and Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University …
Latest finding adds to theory that animals, including humans, naturally arrange things in a certain order, even without being able to count. The study found that bees headed to the left to get a smaller number of items, and to the right to …
Artist’s impression of a novel conductor material with a disordered molecular structure. Frank Wegloski – By Nick Lavars 2022 Oct 26 – Scientists working with an experimental class of materials have made a breakthrough that could shape a new generation of electronic devices. The …
Samples of the ancient bones from which the oldest human genomes in Britain were taken. University College London – By Michael Irving 2022 Oct 24 – Scientists have sequenced the genomes of two ancient skeletons, and found they constitute the oldest human DNA in …
How did Halloween get associated with the spooky? SolStock/Collection E+ via Getty Images – By Tok Thompson, Professor of Anthropology, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Published: 2022 Oct 24 – As Halloween approaches, people get ready to celebrate the spooky, …
