WEIRD SCIENCE
Bees look for water on an outdoor tap in Berlin, Germany during a hot spell, 2022 Jun 19. Wolfram Steinberg/picture alliance via Getty Images – By Jennie L. Durant, Research Affiliate in Human Ecology, University of California, Davis Published: 2022 Oct 13 – …
The pumpkin on the right has a fungal disease known as black rot. Matt Kasson, CC BY-SA – By Matt Kasson, Associate Professor of Mycology and Plant Pathology, West Virginia University Published: 2022 Oct 06 – For many Americans, pumpkins mean that fall …
An illustration of a gamma ray burst. NASA/Swift/Cruz deWilde – By Michael Irving 2022 Oct 14 – Gamma ray bursts (GRBs) are among the most energetic explosions since the Big Bang – and now astronomers have detected the most powerful one yet. A beam …
A microscope image of neurons within DishBrain, with cells highlighted using fluorescent markers. Cortical Labs – By Michael Irving 2022 Oct 12 – Scientists in Australia have demonstrated that clusters of brain cells in a lab dish can be taught to play Pong in …
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 …
