By Rich Haridy – New research has discovered functional odor receptors inside taste cells on the tongue. (Credit: lightsource/Depositphotos). We know that our perception of flavor involves a complex interaction between odors detected in the nose and tastes sensed by our tongue. A …
By Joshua T. Beck, Assistant Professor of Marketing, University of Oregon – Disclosure statement Joshua T. Beck does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no …
By Michael Irving – An artist’s impression of the early hominin Graecopithecus freybergi in its savannah home in ancient Greece. (Credit: Veliza Simeonovski). It’s generally accepted that humans originated in Africa and gradually spread out across the globe from there, but a pair of …
By David Szondy – A microscopic sample of the researchers’ “metallic wood”. (Credit: University of Pennsylvania). A new technique has been used to turn ordinary metals into “metallic wood” with a greatly improved strength-to-weight ratio. By manipulating materials at the atomic scale, scientists …
Two major factors set these counties apart. By Emma Betuel – In the first five months of 2019, measles cases surged in the United States, hitting the highest numbers since the disease was officially eliminated from the US, and there’s still over half …
Sunscreen chemicals seem to cause a very strange phenomenon in coral. By Emma Betuel – The corals of Hawaii are so stressed out that they’re encasing themselves in their own skeletons and self-destructing. Many coral researchers believe that two chemicals commonly found in …
By Loz Blain – The Speeder flying motorcycle: Jetpack Aviation’s latest project. (Credit: Jetpack Aviation). If somebody tells you they’re building a flying motorcycle, it’s probably appropriate to reply “yeah, right.” But if that somebody is jetpack guru David Mayman, it’s worth your …
By Anthony Wood – Image of 2015 BZ509 captured by the Large Binocular Telescope Observatory, Arizona. (Credit: C. Veillet / Large Binocular Telescope Observatory). An international team of astronomers has discovered an asteroid orbiting the Sun at roughly the same distance as Jupiter …
By Matt Kennedy – Artist’s interpretation of the newly-named Suskityrannus hazelae. (Credit: Andrey Atuchin). In 1998, a 16 year old boy with a passion for paleontology unearthed a near-complete skeleton of one of Tyrannosaurus rex’s cousins in New Mexico. It was a defining moment …
By Rich Haridy – New research has revealed a 40 Hz flickering light can alter the expression of genes in neurons and microglia. (Credit: OlgaYakovenko/Depositphotos). Since 2016, a team of MIT neuroscientists has been exploring the strange hypothesis that external exposure to a light flickering …
