WEIRD SCIENCE
by Robby Berman – Plants learn and remember (Pakorn worasang/immfocus studio/Big Think) Monica Gagliano studies learning and memory in plants. She’s an “evolutionary ecologist” who performs behavioral experiments on plants that are adapted from studies of animal intelligence. Her work has convinced her …
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 …
