WEIRD NATURE
A replica of the Welcome Nugget, the second largest gold nugget ever discovered. Anatoli Lvov/CC BY-SA 3.0 – By Michael Irving 2024 Sep 02 – Stumbling on a giant gold nugget and never working again is something we’ve all daydreamed about, but how exactly …
A spider-shaped biohybrid robot is driven by natural impulses from a fungus. Cornell University – By Michael Irving 2024 Aug 31 – Autonomous vehicles are said to be safer than human drivers – but would you trust a mushroom behind the wheel? A new …
Although H5N1 typically infects wild birds, the virus has spilled over into domesticated animal populations, like dairy cows. Peter Cade/Stone via Getty Images – By Jenna Guthmiller, Assistant Professor of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Published: 2024 Aug 28 – …
An illustration of the newly discovered antimatter nucleus, antihyperhydrogen-4. Institute of Modern Physics, China – By Michael Irving 2024 Aug 22 – Physicists have created the heaviest clumps of antimatter particles ever seen. Known as antihyperhydrogen-4, this strange stuff could help us solve some …
A water pipe that was used to carry water to livestock crosses land burned in the Maui fires in August 2023. Andrew Whelton/Purdue University, CC BY-ND – By Andrew J. Whelton, Professor of Civil, Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Purdue University Published: 2024 Aug 13 …
The extinction event that killed the dinosaurs, 66 million years ago. Mark Stevenson/UIG via Getty Images – By Hans Sues, Senior Research Geologist and Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology, Smithsonian Institution Published: 2024 Aug 12 Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. …
Psilocybin mushrooms have been approved for therapeutic use in Oregon and Colorado. The Washington Post via Getty Images – By Benjamin Y. Fong, Drug Researcher and Honors Faculty Fellow, Arizona State University Published: 2024 Aug 02 – An operations manager finds relief from her …
An artist’s impression of what some of the Francevillian biota lifeforms might have looked like. Professor Abderrazzak El Albani of the University of Poitiers, France – By Michael Irving 2024 Aug 03 – Scientists have discovered evidence that an isolated pocket of complex life …
A huge pyrocumulus cloud rises over the Park Fire near Chico, Calif., on 2024 Jul 26. David McNew/Getty Images – By Kyle Hilburn, Research Scientist in Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University Published: 2024 Aug 01 – Wildfire blowups, fire whirls, towering thunderstorms: When fires …
The common “cat poop” parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, could be engineered to deliver drugs to the brain to treat a range of neurological diseases. Depositphotos – By Michael Irving 2024 Aug 01 – Brain parasites are something that most people would naturally want to avoid, …
