WEIRD SCIENCE
Trends in recreational or illicit drug use often make the jump to Halloween warnings. Malte Mueller/fstop via Getty Images – By Joel Best, Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware Published: 2022 Oct 12 – Every year around the middle of …
You don’t need space-based solar if you’ve got a global wireless energy network, says Emrod. Depositphotos View gallery – 10 images – By Loz Blain 2022 Oct 09 – New Zealand company Emrod says it’s got the technology to enable efficient wireless energy transfer …
Hundreds of thousands of years ago, our Homo sapiens ancestors shared the landscape with multiple other hominins. The Washington Post via Getty Images – By Joshua Akey, Professor at the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University – Published: 2022 Oct 07 – …
A leading group of robotics firms have published an open letter pledging not to weaponize their machines. Boston Dynamics – By Nick Lavars 2022 Oct 06 – As robots from Boston Dynamics and the like continue to find more widespread applications, concerns are growing …
Microscope images of the newly discovered moving “superorganisms,” made up of bacteria (green) attached to filaments of fungus (blue). Penn Dental Medicine – By Michael Irving 2022 Oct 05 – If you needed more motivation to brush your teeth regularly, this could do the …
Electrical signals gathered from the plant’s leaves are linked to a robotic arm carrying a machete. David Bowen View gallery – 6 images – By Rich Haridy 2022 Oct 05 – For over a decade, artist David Bowen has explored the strange relationship between …
Its enzymes degrade polyethylene within hours at room temperature and could ‘revolutionize’ recycling. Wax worm eating a piece of plastic. Photograph: CSIC Communications Department/PA – Damian Carrington Environment editor @dpcarrington Last modified on 2022 Oct 04 – Enzymes that rapidly break down plastic …
A new study provides “firm” evidence that dogs can detect the smell of stress. Depositphotos – By Nick Lavars 2022 Sep 28 – Having been domesticated many thousands of years ago, dogs have evolved to become highly attuned to human behavior, but a study …
Cassie the robot en route to a Guinness World Record. Oregon State University – By Nick Lavars 2022 Sep 27 – If the thought of a two-legged robot chasing you down in the streets keeps you up at night, then you can sleep easy …
Wetlands like this one in California’s Morro Bay Estuary shelter fish, animals and plants and help control flooding. Citizen of the Planet/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images – By Albert C. Lin, Professor of Law, University of California, Davis – Published: 2022 Sep …
