New research shows that people with blue eyes have a single, common ancestor. Scientists have tracked down a genetic mutation which took place 6,000-10,000 years ago and is the cause of the eye color of all blue-eyed humans alive on the planet today. …
Dr Qian Wang and her fellow scientists at the University of Cambridge have developed a “photosheet” capable of turning carbon dioxide into fuels using sunlight and water. University of Cambridge – By Nick Lavars 2020 Aug 24 – A device that effectively mimics the …
This is what the school day currently looks like in many parts of the U.S. AP Photo/Jessica Hill – Authors Eric M. Anderman, Professor of Educational Psychology and Quantitative Research, Evaluation, and Measurement, The Ohio State University Kui Xie, Cyphert Distinguished Professor of …
Two time crystals interacting will repeatedly pass particles back and forth. OlegTroino/Depositphotos – By Michael Irving 2020 Aug 17 – We’re quickly learning more about time crystals, strange phases of matter that appear to break time-translation symmetry – something that was thought impossible until …
There’s more going on than just melting glaciers and sea-level rise. Photo by Artem Beliaikin @belart84 on Unsplash – By Maddie Bender, Microbial Disease Epidemiology, Yale University 2019 Sep 25 – The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently released their …
Intentionally mutilated head of Egyptian Pharaoh Hatshepsut. Elizabeth Ellis, CC BY-SA – Author Sarah Kurnick, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Colorado Boulder 2020 Aug 19 – Amid pleas for racial justice, protesters across the United States have mutilated hundreds of monuments. They …
The health impact of wildfire exposure depends in part on the fire itself and how much smoke a person breathes in, how often and for how long. AP Photos/Noah Berger – Author Luke Montrose, Assistant Professor of Community and Environmental Health, Boise State …
A “quantum time travel simulator” suggests that the butterfly effect doesn’t apply to the quantum realm. MikhailLeonov/Depositphotos – By Michael Irving 2020 Jul 29 – Time travel movies have different rules about what happens when you start messing around with the timeline. If you’ve …
The oleander plant is beautiful but deadly because of a toxic chemical called oleadrin. Alvesgaspar/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA – By Cassandra Quave, Assistant Professor of Dermatology and Human Health; Herbarium Curator, Emory University 2020 Aug 18 – With COVID-19 cases and deaths rising …
On occasion, different species of angelfish produce hybrid offspring even more colorful than the parents. Various species of angelfish and their putative hybridized offspring. Row A, from left, a Griffis and a goldspotted angelfish; Row B, a red stripe and a lemonpeel angelfish; …
