WEIRD SCIENCE
Archeologists excavate Bacho Kiro Cave in Bulgaria, where three modern human specimens were found to have recent Neanderthal DNA. MPI-EVA/ Nikolay Zaheriev – By Michael Irving 2021 Apr 11 – Two new genetic studies have shed light on just how often our ancestors got …
COVID-19 survivors face not only physical symptoms. A large study recently showed that their mental health is affected, too. FG Trade/Getty Images – By Chris Robinson, Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of Florida 2021 Apr 15 – One in three survivors …
Plasticizers like BPA and BPS are used commonly in plastic products, and research is continuing to illustrate the risk they pose to human health. billiondigital/Depositphotos – By Nick Lavars 2021 Apr 13 – Controversy has shrouded the once-common plasticizer BPA since studies started …
Photo: Tero Vesalainen (Shutterstock) – By Beth Skwarecki 2021 Apr 01 – 1:30PM – We spend a lot of time staring at screens. There’s the small screen in our pocket, the big screen we watch our shows on, and the medium screen that …
Ghost forest panorama in coastal North Carolina. Emily Ury, CC BY-ND – By Emily Ury, Ph.D. Candidate, Duke University 2021 Apr 06 – Trekking out to my research sites near North Carolina’s Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, I slog through knee-deep water on …
Whiteflies have a gene only found in plants that appears to allow the tiny insects to withstand plants’ chemical defenses A tiny, aphid-like whitefly sitting on a leaf. (Jixing Xia and Zhaojiang Guo) – By Alex Fox SmithsonianMag.Com 2021 Mar 30 – A …
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s Pine Tree Wind Farm and Solar Power Plant in Tehachapi, Calif., 115 miles from LA. Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images – By James D. McCalley, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Iowa State University …
The unusually acrobatic sauteur d’Alfort rabbits were first discovered in France in 1935. By the time sauteur d’Alfort rabbits are a few months old, they learn how to walk on their front paws to accommodate their uncoordinated back legs. (Carneiro M et al., …
The new treatment targets the underlying genetic cause of the disease. Progeria causes “premature aging” in children. Credit: Getty Images – By Alex Berezow 2021 Mar 30 – Progeria is an “accelerated aging” disease that causes children to die of “old age” at …
The windows of your soul can reveal an extraordinary amount about you, especially when a machine learning algorithm is watching. – hquality/Depositphotos By Loz Blain 2021 Mar 29 – Eye tracking technology is starting to pop up more and more, keeping track of …
