WEIRD SCIENCE
Dozen of motorists report error as company’s CEO, Elon Musk, apologises on Twitter. Elon Musk said Tesla was taking measures to ensure the problem does not happen again. Photograph: John Thys/AFP/Getty Images – Reuters Last modified on 2021 Nov 20 – Hundreds of …
The first Intel 4004 chip. Intel View 12 Images By David Szondy 2021 Nov 19 – This month marks the 50th anniversary of Intel’s 4004 processor, the first commercially available microprocessor built on a single chip. Originally designed for a Japanese desk calculator, …
We live in a universe of extremes. Image courtesy NASA.Gov – Popular Science By Donavyn Coffey – If the sun is hot how is outer space cold ? — Jacoby Brissett (@JBrissett12), 2019 Jul 10 – Why is space so cold if the …
More than 500 people were hospitalized after powerful thunderstorms drove scorpions from their burrows and into residential houses in the city of Aswan. Mohamed Hamdy Boshta holds a scorpion, one of many that he hunts on Egyptian deserts and shores to extract their …
Thousands of the satellites orbiting Earth are small – like this cubical satellite seen here being released from the International Space Station. NASA, CC BY-NC – By Supriya Chakrabarti, Professor of Physics, University of Massachusetts Lowell 2021 Sep 17 – – It seems …
Without fungi we don’t have bread, chocolate, cheese, soy sauce, beer or wine. They are also crucial to protecting our climate. ‘Fungi are responsible for almost all our food production, and most of our processed materials. They can also be thanked for many …
People walk down a flooded sidewalk in Annapolis, Maryland, on 2021 Oct 29. AP Photo/Susan Walsh – By Jianjun Yin, Associate Professor of Geoscience, University of Arizona Updated 2021 Nov 06 – The U.S. East Coast has been experiencing hurricane-like flooding in recent days, …
It involves a bug collector, a grumpy Englishman, and the world’s worst bus route. Graphic courtesy of ScienceAlert.Com– https://youtu.be/aWAXuhegaFk?list=TLGG_M0BIZ0RRnswNzExMjAyMQ – 2021 Nov Script Sources Delve Deeper Bonus Content Click to reveal bonus content (fun facts and additional insights) within script. Bonus Content Benjamin Franklin. Kaiser …
An organic food market in Berlin. Schöning/ullstein bild via Getty Images – By Kathleen Merrigan, Executive Director, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems, Arizona State University 2021 Nov 03 – President Joe Biden has called for an all-of-government response to climate change that looks …
In a still from a MyHeritage.com video, Abraham Lincoln chats about how he colored and sharpened old family photos to bring them to life. MyHeritage – By Nir Eisikovits, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director, Applied Ethics Center, University of Massachusetts Boston 2021 …
