WEIRD SCIENCE
By Rich Haridy – New research shows breath THC levels can correlate with blood THC levels, but does this offer authorities an objective way to catch stoned drivers? zstockphotos/Depositphotos. One of the many challenges authorities are currently facing, following the growing spread of …
By Loz Blain – Aptera’s Steve Farmbro and Chris Anthony. Aptera. After two previous efforts to get this incredibly aerodynamic, insanely efficient and wild-looking electric car off the ground, Aptera’s founders are back in the saddle and preparing for a third attempt. The company …
By Rich Haridy – A new system that measures blood pressure using a phone video is currently 95 percent accurate but has not yet been tested on a large variety of different skin tones. Nuralogix – An exciting new technology, called transdermal optical imaging, can turn …
An extinction events expert sounds a dire warning. By Paul Ratner – Supervolcano eruptions are rare, and occur approximately every 50,000 years. Credit: Getty – Contributor. The supervolcano in Yellowstone National Park could cause an “ultra-catastrophe,” warns an extinction events writer. The full …
Research in plant neurobiology shows that plants have senses, intelligence and emotions. By Paul Ratner – Are plants smarter than we think they are? (Photo: brewbooks/Flickr) – Image source: mnn.com/earth-matters. The field of plant neurobiology studies the complex behavior of plants. Plants were …
By Michael Irving – The XENON1T experiment may not have found dark matter, but it has now revealed the element with the longest half-life ever recorded. The Xenon Collaboration. Although the many experiments searching for evidence of dark matter have yet to …
By Loz Blain – At speeds over 100 mph, Franky Zapata has become the first person to cross the English Channel on a jet-powered hoverboard Zapata – After ending up in the water on his first attempt, flying Frenchman Franky Zapata has now successfully …
Sao Paulo plunged into darkness after forest fire smoke filled the sky. By Sarah Sloat – Recently thousands of people took to Twitter to share the hashtag #PrayforAmazonia. The viral movement came as the skies above Sao Paulo blackened with the smoke from …
With cities facing both rapid growth and radical, permanent climate change, urban authorities are faced with an increasingly vulnerable population Cooling goo sidewalks and other strange new weapons in the war on urban heat Cities is supported by About this content By Oliver …
They could have been the “Adam and Eve of chemical evolution.” By Yasmin Tayag – Hydrogen cyanide is best known as a poison, historically deployed as a murder weapon in gas chambers and by federal executioners. But much further back in Earth’s past, …
