WEIRD SCIENCE
by Robby Berman – Liquid love (AUSTIN.HAPPEL) “Here’s to alcohol: the cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems.” So sayeth noted philosopher Homer Simpson. It’s the ubiquitous social lubricant that makes it easier to socialize, and some would say, freely speak …
by Derek Beres – The most common question I received during my decades of vegetarianism concerned protein. People were fascinated that a human could receive adequate supplies of the macronutrient without consuming animal products. This became especially relevant when I dabbled in veganism …
C.C. Weiss – Kicking back in the Car Hammock – We’ve seen hammocks on truck hitches, hammocks on car roofs, and even hammocks inside of pickup beds. But what if it’s pouring rain and you still want to hammock? Well, you can …
David Szondy – Explosives chemist David Chávez pours an example of melt-castable explosive into a copper mold at Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Technical Area 9 (Credit: LANL) It looks as if the days of the venerable explosive trinitrotoluene (TNT) are numbered …
by Scotty Hendricks – The discovery that life evolves to fit it’s environment in the East and the West. (Source: informationisbeautiful.net) In the West, we tend to suppose that all of the best scientific discoveries happened in Europe or North America. This …
David Szondy – This first gram of yellowcake was produced from uranium captured from seawater with modified yarn (Credit: PNNL) The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in association with LCW Supercritical Technologies has made an important breakthrough for the nuclear industry by …
Michael Irving – Researchers at TU Delft have developed a new technique for generating quantum entanglement links on demand, opening the door for practical quantum networks (Credit: Cheyenne Hensgens)With more sensitive data than ever being shared – and stolen – online, more secure …
Many social wasps are generalist predators too, which means they control populations of a wide range of species, but rarely wipe any single species out. They are one of the most unwelcome signs of summer. Buzzing through beer gardens, attacking innocent picnics, …
Michael Irving – The 4.5-km (2.8-mi) wide asteroid Florence, which whizzed past Earth last week, has been found to have two moons orbiting it (Credit: NASA/JPL) Recently, Earth was buzzed by asteroid 3122 Florence, the largest space rock NASA has seen come this …
Protecting your devices from cryptojacking By Jason Adler – Assistant Director, Midwest Region – Instead of min(d)ing their own business, are scammers using your computer as their virtual ATM? Three years ago, the FTC warned the public and took action against cryptojacking. That’s …
