WEIRD SCIENCE
Researchers recently discovered certain drugs, including one developed to treat Alzheimer’s, stimulate innate self-repair mechanisms. By Ferris Jabr – Credit: Getty Images. For dentists, a cavity is a conundrum—in order to save the tooth they must further damage it. Currently, the primary way …
Scott Collie – The Aerovelo Eta uses a bullet-shaped shell to cut through the air. Aerovelo has set a new human-powered speed record using its specially designed aero bike. Running at the World Human Powered Speed Challenge in Battle Mountain, Nevada, the …
by Robby Berman – A legendary mystery gets explained at last. Maybe. (pingebat/Big Think) If it seems that it was just about a year ago that scientists finally figured out the mystery behind the Bermuda Triangle, it was. The culprits behind the …
by Richard G ‘Bugs’ Stevens – Photo by Serge Kutuzov on Unsplash Light pollution is often characterised as a soft issue in environmentalism. This perception needs to change. Light at night constitutes a massive assault on the ecology of the planet, including us. …
Rich Haridy – Team SEArch+/Apis Cor of New York is the fourth-place winner in NASA’s 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge, Phase 3: Level 1 competition (Credit: SEArch+/Apis Cor) NASA’s 3D Printed Habitat Challenge, which kicked off in 2015, is now well into its …
Michael Irving – Scientists have managed to revive worms (similar to the one pictured) that were frozen in the Siberian permafrost for up to 42,000 years (Credit: K-State Research and Extension/CC BY 2.0) The Siberian permafrost is famous for preserving the remains of life …
by Derek Beres – The consequences of our actions are more far-reaching than we imagine. Consider the microbial world—the world we all actually inhabit. In his book, I Contain Multitudes, science writer Ed Yong points out our mistake in loading up on …
by Stephen Johnson – One of the most effective things Americans can do to curb greenhouse gas emissions is surprisingly simple: eat beans instead of beef. A recent study showed that if every American made the switch, the U.S. could achieve between 46 …
A growing body of research suggests that our bodies function optimally when we align our eating patterns with our circadian rhythms. By Anahad O’Connor – Leer en español. Credit – Evan Cohen. Nutrition scientists have long debated the best diet for optimal health. …
Anthony Wood – Images showing Neptune captured using the new adaptive optics mode, and another with it switched off (Credit: ESO/P. Weilbacher (AIP)) Astronomers at the Paranal Observatory in Chile have achieved first light with a cutting-edge adaptive optics mode for the European …
