WEIRD SCIENCE
By Ben Coxworth – A batch of the snake venom organoids. Ravian van Ineveld, © Princess Máxima Center. Although snake venom generally has a pretty nasty effect on people, it’s also used in the production of life-saving antivenoms, along with various other …
By Ben Coxworth – How old would you say this one is? jelen80/Depositphotos. – Finding a person’s fingerprints at a crime scene isn’t always enough to convict them, as they can claim that those prints were left before the crime took place. That …
Highest levels of PFAS in Miami, Philadelphia and New Orleans, report by environmental watchdog finds. Reuters – PFAS, resistant to breaking down in the environment, have been linked to cancers, liver damage, low birth weight and other health problems. Photograph: imagebroker/Alamy The contamination …
Being kind to others positively impacts your physical and mental health, according to this groundbreaking research by Stanford professor Dr. James Doty. By Jaimee Bell – Kindness is good for our health, and here’s why… Photo by Halfpoint on Shutterstock The default “rest …
A wild new hypothesis links supernovae to a pivotal moment in human evolution. By Passant Rabie – Among the many things that gave ancient humans an evolutionary edge over other primate species is the ability to walk upright. But exactly why our ancestors …
Life may be easy to recognize, but it’s notoriously difficult to define. By Samantha Rolfe – Life is pretty easy to recognize. It moves, it grows, it eats, it excretes, it reproduces. Simple. In biology, researchers often use the acronym “MRSGREN” to describe …
A new study has found that the brain remains conscious for a few minutes after death. Brain scans – The brain stays conscious for a few minutes after death, according to new research. Researchers have discovered that brain function continues after the …
A new device shows promising results in its ability to convert CO2 and water into useful fuels. By Matt Davis – Photo by Maros Misove on Unsplash. Artificial photosynthesis devices have long been touted as a way to remove carbon dioxide from the …
One of America’s biggest sources of trash could become clean energy. By Thor Benson – Americans waste a lot of food. As a country, we throw away over 150,000 tons of food every single day. Up to 40 percent of our food is …
New research tracks a rocky, interstellar object’s ability to transport life to another planet. By Passant Rabie – Around 4 billion years ago, Earth was under attack. The planet’s surface was bombarded by asteroid after asteroid and a whole host of other interstellar …
