WEIRD NATURE
Heated scented wax products produce significant amounts of unhealthy indoor air pollution. DALL-E – By Paul McClure 2025 Feb 16 – Using scented products indoors changes the chemistry of the air, producing as much air pollution as car exhaust does outside, according to a …
An ancient kauri tree log from Ngāwhā, New Zealand. Nelson Parker – By Rich Haridy 2025 Feb 13 – A perfectly preserved ancient tree fossil offered scientists an unprecedented view into a moment 42,000 years ago when the Earth’s magnetic field went haywire. The …
Small but deadly – one of the antibacterial nanoflowers, seen here on the nanofiber fabric. Adapted from ACS Applied Bio Materials 2025, DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.4c00788 – By Ben Coxworth 2025 Feb 08 – While we’ve seen antibacterial wound dressings before, Italian scientists have taken the …
A new handheld device could extinguish fires using compressed air fired in a vortex ring, carrying a conductive aerosol. Depositphotos – By Michael Irving 2025 Feb 06 – Fighting fire usually involves water or foam, but they can be messy and environmentally destructive. Engineers …
It’s a lot easier to get salmonella from pet dogs than you might think. Justin Veenema / Unsplash – By Abhimanyu Ghoshal 2025 Jan 26 – You’ve probably heard that Salmonella is most commonly transmitted through food or water contaminated by the bacteria of …
Canadian startup Nirvanic hopes to prove quantum consciousness theories by creating sentient AIs and robots. And yes, this is a company to be taken seriously. Nirvanic Consciousness Technologies – View 6 Images – By Loz Blain 2025 Jan 22 – As science wrestles with …
Light at the blue end of the rainbow is scattered more efficiently than the other colors. shomos uddin/Moment via Getty Images – By Daniel Freedman, Dean of the College of Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics & Management, University of Wisconsin-Stout Published: 2025 Jan 20 – …
The caldera of Zavaritskii volcano. Oleg Dirksen/University of St. Andrews – By David Szondy 2025 Jan 19 – A climactic mystery about a year that gave Summer a deadly pass may have been solved. Using new ice core techniques, scientists have concluded that the …
Rare footage captures meteorite descending to Earth on doorbell camera – video Sound was also recorded in footage of space rock hitting house entranceway, producing cloud of smoke and a crackle Associated Press The Guardian 2025 Jan 17 – A doorbell camera on …
Milko Marchetti – Stuck Squirrel. Milko Marchetti View 18 Images – By Abhimanyu Ghoshal 2024 Dec 11 – It can take hours – and sometimes several days – in the wilderness to shoot the kinds of photographs that capture our imagination and reveal lesser-known …
