The researchers gathered data from 166 surveys of insect abundance around the world, mostly conducted since the 1980s. A new analysis of insect abundance surveys finds the decline may not be as dire as previously thought. (Photo by Charles J Sharp via Wikimedia …
By Nick Lavars – 2020 Apr 26 – A new discovery paves the way for novel drugs that could help safeguard DNA and slow the aging process. Sashkin7/Depositphotos. – Central to a lot of scientific research into aging are tiny caps on the ends …
By Katherine Ripley – Updated 2019 Jun 11 – If Abraham Lincoln had heeded the warnings that his life may be in danger, the course of history may have been very different. In fact, if you look back through history, you’ll find …
By Rich Haridy 2020 Apr 22 – Potent antibodies from recovered patients may be cloned and turned into novel COVID-19 treatments. kasto/Depositphotos. – As researchers rekindle a more than 100-year-old therapy, using blood from recovered COVID-19 subjects as a treatment for newly infected patients, …
By Loryn B – Unless you are an avid historian, it’s very likely that you can’t seem to figure out how ecstasy and Titanic have one thing in common. And you probably couldn’t figure out how Marilyn Monroe and Queen Elizabeth are somehow …
By Kristen Rogers, CNN – Updated 2020 Apr 23 – The Mosuo, a Tibetan-descended population living in the mountains of Southwest China, were found to be at lower risk for hypertension and diabetes-associated anemia than low-altitude Han populations. – Living near the Tibetan …
By Melissa Sartore – Updated 2019 Nov 12 – The Aztec, a collective of Mesoamericans who thrived from the 14th to the 16th centuries, were the inheritors of ancient cultural traditions from their Olmec, Mayan, and Toltec predecessors. Aztec hygiene practices reflected …
By Loz Blain – 2020 Apr 23 – The Nova’s ball is completely isolated, with its own battery system, and is driven by omni wheels in the base. Eight360. – By far the most extreme gaming and simulation platform we’ve seen, the Nova places …
By Michael Irving – 2020 Apr 20 – Hubble observations of 2I/Borisov reveal its chemical composition is unlike any local comet. NASA, ESA, K. Meech (University of Hawaii), and D. Jewitt (UCLA). – 2I/Borisov is like a time capsule from a part of the …
By Rich Haridy – 2020 Apr 18 – Honorable Mention – Flying Frog. Wallace’s Flying Frog is a moss frog found in Malaysia and western Indonesia. Teo Chin Leong. – Now in its fifth year, The Mind’s Eye is online photography magazine All About …
