WEIRD SCIENCE
By Michael Irving – An MIT and Harvard team have developed a way to make photons of light interact with each other, which could have applications in quantum computing. Christine Daniloff/MIT. – Photons, the elementary particles that make up light, are known to be fast, …
By Loz Blain – The Speeder will have VTOL capability. Jetpack Aviation. With his crazy jetpack performance business growing and thriving, Australian innovator David Mayman is hoping to fry some bigger fish in the form of a …
A recent computer analysis found that millions of possible chemical compounds could be used to store genetic information. This begs the question — why DNA? By Matt Davis – Shutterstock The central dogma of biology states that genetic information flows from DNA (Deoxyribonucleic …
By Michael Irving – Researchers have evolved E. coli bacteria to eat carbon dioxide from the air. GunnarAssmy/Depositphotos. – Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science have created a new breed of bacteria that can effectively “eat” air. By carefully directing the …
Bill Bryson’s new book, “The Body: A Guide For Occupants,” provides important (and funny) lessons in anatomy, neuroscience, physiology, biology, and more. By Derek Beres – English anatomist John Banester (1533 – 1610) delivers the Visceral Lecture at the Barber-Surgeons’ Hall in London, …
As this map of Bouguer’s gravity anomaly shows, the pull of the earth varies considerably by region. By Frank Jacobs – Gravitational anomalies across Illinois, Indiana and Ohio: red means higher than average, blue is lower than average. Image: USGS. The law of …
In the cosmos, water can mean life. By Passant Rabie – Scientists have long suspected that beneath the cracked, icy surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa lies a vast ocean of liquid water, twice as large as the oceans on Earth. And that ultra-cold …
Living near green spaces like public parks may help you live longer, a new study suggests. By Nina Pullano – Gloomy, gray cityscapes making you crave the feeling of sitting beneath a lush, green tree canopy? You aren’t alone. But there is more to …
Turns out they shouldn’t even exist in the first place. By Passant Rabie – Buckyballs are the rule-breakers of chemistry. These strange molecules are made up of 60 carbon atoms, fused together in a soccer-ball shape. For years, scientists assumed they could only …
By Rich Haridy – Designer babies, either through direct gene editing or just choosing embryos based on genomic profiles, are still in the realm of science fiction according to new computer simulations. Sangoiri/Depositphotos. Following the birth of the world’s first CRISPR gene-edited …
