WEIRD SCIENCE
Fast-moving floodwater obliterated sections of major roads through Yellowstone National Park in 2022. Jacob W. Frank/National Park Service – By Frances Davenport, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University Published: 2022 Jul 05 – Heavy rain combined with melting snow can …
If insects feel pain, what are the ethical implications for current insect farming practices? Depositphotos – By Rich Haridy 2022 Jul 05 – A new review article penned by a trio of researchers suggests insects do have the capacity to experience pain. The article …
Every so often, our star fires off a plasma bomb in a random direction. Our best hope the next time Earth is in the crosshairs? Capacitors. ILLUSTRATION: MARK PERNICE – By Matt Ribel – To a photon, the Sun is like a crowded …
The European hedgehog is one of the species found to be contaminated with plastic in a new study. Depositphotos – By Nick Lavars 2022 Jul 04 – While researchers continue to deepen our understanding of plastic contamination throughout the environment, much of the focus …
The new computer chip can modulate acoustic waves to encode and transmit data. Linbo Shao/Harvard SEAS – By Michael Irving 2022 Jun 29 – Traditional computer chips run on electricity, while the emerging photonic chips use light. Now, scientists at Harvard have demonstrated a …
The monkeypox virus has acquired around 50 unique mutations at a rate scientists are suggesting is unexpected. Depositphotos – By Rich Haridy 2022 Jun 26 – A new study published in Nature Medicine offers the first robust genomic analysis of the virus behind the …
An artist’s impression of a new biofuel made by bacteria that could have a higher energy density than jet fuel. Jenny Nuss/Berkeley Lab – By Michael Irving 2022 Jun 30 – As effective as fossil fuels may be, their impact on the planet cannot …
Some of Nepenthes pudica’s subterranean pitchers, unearthed by the researchers. Martin Dančák – By Ben Coxworth 2022 Jun 29 – Carnivorous plants are already quite fascinating, but a newly discovered one ratchets up the weirdness factor even further. It’s a type of pitcher plant, …
Largest ever specimen, a 2.7 meter-long creature known as Arthropleura, discovered by ‘fluke’ on UK beach. A section of Arthropleura’s exoskeleton was found by a ‘fluke’ on Howick beach by a Cambridge University scientist. Photograph: Neil Davies/PA– PA Media Last modified on 2021 …
Proteins used in the filtration membranes were harvested from peanut and sunflower oilseed meal (pictured). Depositphotos – By Ben Coxworth 2022 Jun 28 – When cooking oil is extracted from peanuts and sunflower seeds, a waste product known as oilseed meal is left behind. …
