WEIRD SCIENCE
Temperatures in the Sahara can drop an average of 75 degrees Fahrenheit (42 degrees Celsius) overnight. The milky way shines in the night sky over the Sahara Desert. (Image credit: Shutterstock) – By Harry Baker – Staff Writer 11 days ago – If …
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/global-warming-led-to-ancient-mass-extinction-event-scientists-say/ – By Jeff Berardelli, Katherine Niemczyk CBS News 2021 Mar 04 – Right now our planet is in the midst of what science says is an unprecedented rate of change, unlike anything seen in tens of millions of years. Overconsumption, unsustainable practices …
Epidemiologist Shanna Swan says low counts and changes to sexual development could endanger the human species. Swan offers advice on how to protect themselves from damaging chemicals and urges people to ‘do what we can to safeguard our fertility, the fate of mankind, …
ENIAC was built to compute gunnery tables. US Army – By David Szondy 2021 Feb 25 – Seventy five years ago, the world was introduced to ENIAC, the first ever electronic, programmable, general purpose, digital computer, in a demonstration that not only ushered in …
A mix of public and private forests in Oregon’s Coast Range. Beverly Law, CC BY-ND – Authors: Beverly Law, Professor Emeritus of Global Change Biology and Terrestrial Systems Science, Oregon State University – William Moomaw, Professor Emeritus of International Environmental Policy, Tufts University …
During this time, Earth’s inhabitants would have been subjected to some dazzling displays — northern and southern lights, caused by solar winds hitting the Earth’s atmosphere, would have been frequent. – By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Updated 2021 Feb 19 – The reversal of …
A clownfish checks out the programming on the UV-TV. University of Queensland – By Ben Coxworth 2021 Feb 19 – Unlike us, many animals can see ultraviolet light. If you’re using a video screen to study their visual perception, therefore, that screen really ought …
Massive craters have been appearing in parts of the Russian Arctic. This one appeared between May 15 and June 9, 2020. – By Katie Hunt, CNN Updated 2021 Feb 17 – The massive crater appeared violently and explosively in the Siberian tundra last …
Icicles on a bush in downtown Houston, Feb. 15, 2021. Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images – By Michael E. Webber, Josey Centennial Professor of Energy Resources, University of Texas at Austin 2021 Feb 16 – Editor’s note: Amid record cold temperatures and skyrocketing …
A new study has shown how microplastics in water can develop coatings of biomolecules, which make them much more likely to be internalized by living cells. University of Bayreuth – By Nick Lavars 2020 Dec 10 – Microplastics are starting to turn up in …
