WEIRD SCIENCE
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 …
By Rich Haridy – Three new studies add weight to a long-held hypothesis connecting neurodegeneration and cognitive impairment to chronic inflammation. LisaAlisa_ill/Depositphotos. – Several newly published studies are reporting evidence affirming a growing hypothesis that links inflammation with cognitive deficits. As well as …
The process requires stopping a trauma patient’s heart and cooling their body with ice-cold saline. By Claire Bugos – Smithsonian.Com For the first time, scientists have used therapeutic suspended animation to purposefully induce hypothermia and slow organ functions in patients with …
By Michael Irving – An artist’s impression of GRB190114C, the most energetic gamma ray burst ever detected with the energy of 1 TeV. ICRR UTokyo/Naho Wakabayashi. Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are already the most energetic events we know of in the universe, and …
Switching over to a vegan-based diet can drastically cut CO2 emissions. But will Americans actually change their diet? By Molly Hanson – Photo Credit: Hero Image / Getty Images. According to researchers at Oxford University, meat is around 35 times more damaging …
“Most women don’t have any idea the degree to which we have been discriminated against when it comes to research.” By Alexandra Pattillo – In the 1970s, women of childbearing age were banned from taking part in first-stage clinical trials. The idea, it …
The RNA World Hypothesis is controversial — but a new study suggests it is not impossible. By Sarah Sloat – In 1969, a 4.6-billion-year-old meteorite fell to Earth. It showered a rural Australian town with chunks of smelly, black rocks and — more consequentially, overjoyed …
