WEIRD HISTORY
Researchers speculate the leaders of the ancient Wari empire used beer spiked with a hallucinogenic drug to win over neighboring communities during large feasts. J. OCHATOMA PARAVICINO/M. E. BIWAR ET. AL., ANTIQUITY (2021) – By Rich Haridy 2025 Mar 22 – A study published …
Wildfires can erupt faster than current systems can detect them – and do immense damage if they’re not tackled soon after they start. Marcus Kauffman / Unsplash –View 3 Images – By Abhimanyu Ghoshal 2025 Mar 18 – The first satellite in a constellation …
A five-story replica of a stamp of Superman in 1998 in Cleveland, home of the superhero’s creators, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File – By Miriam Eve Mora, Managing Director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, University of Michigan Published: 2025 …
As science-fiction-y as it sounds, tooth-in-eye surgery has proven to be effective in dozens of cases over the last six decades. Brands&People / Unsplash By Abhimanyu Ghoshal 2025 Mar 11 – A surgical procedure to restore the power of sight to blind patients …
A microscopic view of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria that causes tuberculosis. koto_feja/E+ via Getty Images – By Karen Dobos, Professor of Microbiology, Colorado State University and by Marcela Henao-Tamayo, Associate Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, Colorado State University Published: 2025 Mar 06 – …
Daylight saving time kicks in on 2025 Mar 09, but some say it leads to more heart attacks, depression and car accidents. Lord Henri Voton/E+ via Getty Images – By Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, Associate Professor of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Published: 2025 Mar 07 – …
Protesters on the University of Illinois Chicago campus raise concerns over funding cuts for medical research on 2025 Feb 19. Scott Olson via Getty Images – By Prakash Nagarkatti, Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Carolina and by Mitzi Nagarkatti, …
The scientists altered seven genes to give these mice woolly mammoth traits. Colossal Biosciences – View 2 Images – By Bronwyn Thompson 2025 Mar 04 – The quest to resurrect the woolly mammoth on Earth has taken another, well, small step with the creation …
A new study speculates the chicken pox virus can reactivate a dormant herpes infection, leading to the development of Alzheimer’s disease. Tufts University – By Rich Haridy 2025 Feb 25 – A fascinating collaborative study in 2022, between researchers at the University of Oxford …
More research is revealing placebos still work even when a subject knows they are taking them. Furian/Depositphotos – By Rich Haridy 2025 Feb 22 – A fascinating study published in 2018 found patients suffering from cancer-related fatigue displayed significant improvement in their symptoms after …
