WEIRD SCIENCE
By Jessie Yeung, CNN – China claims to have successfully tested its first hypersonic aircraft, a big step forward in aerospace technology that could intensify pressure on the US military. The China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics (CAAA), based in Beijing and part of …
Michael Irving – A simulation of antimatter particles being concentrated and accelerated into a positron beam (Credit: Imperial College London) Particle accelerators have plenty to teach us about the mysterious forces and matter that makes up the universe, but these facilities aren’t …
Paul Ridden – The Masterkey 4.0 projects a laser keyboard on the desk and a display on the wall (Credit: Masterkey 4.0). Smartphones are pretty much everywhere, and can be pretty powerful computing machines. But tapping away on a touchscreen can be …
Rich Haridy – In some people, additional probiotics could result in small intestine bacterial overgrowth causing cognitive impairments and severe bloating (Credit: ayo888/Depositphotos) While current research is finding that modulating our gut microbiome through probiotics can have a number of positive health …
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 …
