WEIRD HISTORY
Certain gut bacteria has been found to soak up toxic PFAS chemicals allowing the body to excrete them as waste. Peter Northrop / MRC Toxicology Unit – By Jay Kakade 2025 Jul 12 – A new study published in Nature Microbiology has reported a …
Health policy experts predict that cuts to Medicaid will push more rural hospitals to close. sneakpeekpic via iStock / Getty Images Plus – By Lauren S. Hughes, State Policy Director, Farley Health Policy Center; Associate Professor of Family Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical …
Investigations into several regions in the Chilean Andes suggests melting glaciers can wake up dormant volcanoes. Gemini – By Pranjal Malewar 2025 Jul 11 – For centuries, glaciers have sat like frosty crowns atop slumbering volcanoes, keeping Earth’s fury tucked safely beneath layers of …
Migrant workers pick strawberries during harvest south of San Francisco, Calif. Visions of America/Joe Sohm/Universal Images Group via Getty Images – By Ernesto Castañeda, Professor, American University Originally Published: 2024 Oct 24 – Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions of immigrants if he …
Chatbot ‘therapists’ use artificial intelligence to mimic real-life therapeutic conversations. Pooja Shree Chettiar/ChatGPT, CC BY-SA – By Pooja Shree Chettiar, Ph.D. Candidate in Medical Sciences, Texas A&M University Published: 2025 Jul 10 – Recently, I found myself pouring my heart out, not to a …
Alien civilizations hundreds of light years away may be able to lock in on Earth’s radar systems. AI generated image using Microsoft Designer – By David Szondy 2025 Jul 08 – If you’re hoping that we can avoid the attention of alien civilizations by …
A Kerrville, Texas, resident watches the flooded Guadalupe River on 2025 Jul 04. Eric Vryn/Getty Images – By Hatim Sharif, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at San Antonio Published: 2025 Jul 05 Updated: 2025 Jul 07, 8:28pm EDT …
This is digital reconstruction of the temple revealing a complex about the size of a city block. Called Palaspata after the native name for the area, the site was strategically perched at the crossroads of several ancient trade routes. José Capriles / Penn …
The committee assigned to draft the Declaration of Independence, from left: Thomas Jefferson, Roger Sherman, Benjamin Franklin, Robert R. Livingston and John Adams. Currier & Ives image, photo by MPI/Getty Images – By Maurizio Valsania, Professor of American History, Università di Torino Published: …
In Stephenson’s novel ‘The Diamond Age,’ a device called the Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer offers emotional, social and intellectual support. Christopher Michel/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA – By Rizwan Virk, Faculty Associate, PhD Candidate in Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology, Arizona State …
