WEIRD SCIENCE
The pictures from 2000, 2021 and 2022 offer a new view into its dramatically low water levels, now at just 27% capacity. Lake Mead supplies water to nearly 25 million people across the American west. Photograph: NASA – Gabrielle Canon @GabrielleCanon Last modified …
The universe could end in a myriad of ways. Depositphotos – By Michael Irving 2022 Jul 22 – Everything has to end eventually – but does that include the universe itself? And if so, how? And when? It might be hard to imagine a …
Suchi Saria and other researchers at Johns Hopkins University have developed a new AI tool to detect sepsis. Will Kirk/Johns Hopkins University – By Nick Lavars 2022 Jul 21 – Infections can trigger all kinds of reactions in the human body, and one of …
Telomeres (red) at the ends of chromosomes protect your DNA from damage. Thomas Ried/NCI Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health via Flickr, CC BY-NC – By Patricia Opresko, Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh Health …
Taking sunlight, water and carbon dioxide as inputs, this solar tower in Spain produces carbon-neutral jet fuel and diesel. ETH Zurich – By Loz Blain 2022 Jul 20 – Taking carbon dioxide, water and sunlight as its only inputs, this solar thermal tower in …
Earthgrid’s plan is to put multiple plasma spallation cutters on rotating contactless boring robots. EarthGrid – By Loz Blain 2022 Jul 20 – Bay Area startup Earthgrid says it’s developing a plasma boring robot that can dig underground tunnels 100x faster and up to …
Chromosomes change over time, whether through the process of aging or exposure to harmful substances in the environment. Steven Puetzer/The Image Bank – By Kenneth Walsh, Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia Published: 2022 Jul 14 – The Research Brief is a …
Low-tech irrigation on a cattle ranch near Whitewater, Colo., 2021 Jun 30. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images – By Robert Glennon, Regents Professor Emeritus and Morris K. Udall Professor of Law & Public Policy Emeritus, University of Arizona Published: 2022 Jun 30 …
Elephants were found to have 20 copies of a cancer-suppressing gene, while humans only have one copy. Depositphotos – By Rich Haridy 2022 Jul 17 – An exciting new study from an international team of scientists has shed some light on exactly why elephants, …
A new study has furthered our understanding of the relationship between sleep, stress and memory. Depositphotos – By Nick Lavars 2022 Jul 14 – Scientists probing the mysterious machinations of the brain during sleep have made a fascinating discovery around how its chemistry changes …
