WEIRD SCIENCE
Downed powerlines can mean weeks without power. AP Photo/Matt Slocum – By Will Gorman, Graduate Student Researcher in Electricity Markets and Policy, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Bentham Paulos, Affiliate, Electricity Markets & Policy Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Galen Barbose, Research Scientist, Lawrence …
Mad Bat prototype in vertical flight, complete with a dummy pilot. Mad Bat – By Loz Blain 2022 Sep 27 – The team behind the ADIFO omnidirectional, supersonic flying saucer has designed and prototyped an interesting and unique eVTOL design with an extraordinarily quick …
Covering 43 hectares, the forest shares a single root system with each tree genetically identical to one another. Public Domain – By Rich Haridy 2022 Sep 26 – An ecologist from Utah State University is warning one of the world’s largest living things, a …
On the left is a baby happily responding to the sweet taste of carrot and on the right is a baby grimacing at the bitter taste of kale. FETAP (Fetal Taste Preferences) Study, Fetal and Neonatal Research Lab, Durham University – By Rich Haridy …
The Carlsbad Desalination Plant in Southern California is the largest such plant in the Western Hemisphere, providing 50 million gallons of desalinated seawater per day. Reed Kaestner via Getty Images – By Gregory Pierce, Co-Director, Luskin Center for Innovation, University of California, Los …
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test is the first planetary defense experiment ever attempted. NASA/JHUAPL/Steve Gribben – By Svetla Ben-Itzhak, Assistant Professor of Space and International Relations, Air University Published: 2022 Sep 20 – On 2022 Sep 26, NASA plans to change an asteroid’s …
Scientists in Germany have estimated how many ants there are on Earth. Depositphotos – By Michael Irving 2022 Sep 19 – The next time an inquisitive four-year-old asks how many ants there are on Earth, you can be ready to fire back a specific …
Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland features around 40,000 exposed polygonal columns of basalt in perfect vertical sections. Chris Hill/Photodisc via Getty Images – By Maxim Lavrentovich, Assistant Professor of Theoretical Biophysics, University of Tennessee Published: 2022 Sep 19 – Curious Kids is a …
Ethical and equitable scientific collaboration could help increase the genetic diversity of genomic data. gmast3r/iStock via Getty Images Plus – By Hailiang Huang, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard University – Published: 2022 Sep 12 – Mental illness is a growing public health problem. …
The gut microbiome may also play a role in personalized medicine. nopparit/iStock via Getty Images Plus – By Taichi A. Suzuki, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Microbiome Science, Max Planck Institute for Biology And Ruth Ley, Director, Department of Microbiome Science, Max Planck Institute …
