Like their ancient ancestors, contemporary Mandaeans revere John the Baptist and consider baptism the most important of their religious rituals. Hadi Mizban/AP – By James F. McGrath, Professor of New Testament Language and Literature, Butler University 2021 Jun 21 – In March 2021 …
A diagram of the orbit path of 2014 UN271, which will make its closest pass in 2031. JPL Solar System Dynamics – By Michael Irving 2021 Jun 20 – The outskirts of our solar system is teeming with mysterious objects – and now one …
A story of immigrant populations, gentrification, and the free loquat bonanza. Now that’s a city harvest. Anne Ewbank for Gastro Obscura – By Dan Nosowitz 2021 May 26 – In This Story Destination Guide Los Angeles – Update: The original headline of this …
A close-up micro-CT scan of Ophiojura‘s eight sets of toothy jaws. J. Black/University of Melbourne – By Michael Irving 2021 Jun 18 – While scientists hunt for signs of life on other planets, there are still plenty of utterly alien creatures left to find …
An engineer demonstrates a car phone five months before the historic first call on a competing company’s commercial mobile telephone service in 1946. Bettmann via Getty Images – By Daniel Bliss, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Arizona State University 2021 Jun 16 – I …
It doesn’t take a human mind to produce misinformation convincing enough to fool experts in such critical fields as cybersecurity. iLexx/iStock via Getty Images – 2021 Jun 07 Authors: Priyanka Ranade PhD Student in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore …
Porous, biodegradable microspheres could support stem cells while they patch up damaged hearts. British Heart Foundation – By Michael Irving 2021 Jun 13 – It’s a cruel reality that the heart has such a limited capacity to heal itself, meaning that people who survive …
While men over 50 tend to suffer the most acute symptoms of coronavirus, women who get long Covid outnumber men by as much as four to one. A pedestrian in Russia – one of the countries to monitor the disproportionate number of women …
A study digs up the origin of the single species that gives us turnips, bok choy, broccoli rabe, and more. A field of northwestern Spain’s beloved grelos is just one of the many permutations of Brassica rapa. el Buho nº30, CC BY-SA 2.0/flickr …
Dred Scott and Roger B. Taney – From The New Yorker – In January, 2011, the House of Representatives undertook a recitation of the United States Constitution on the House floor. Lawmakers started with “We the People” and took turns reading the text …
