Astronomers have found a way to estimate the number of stars in the universe. Comstock Images via Getty Images – By Brian Jackson, Associate Professor of Astronomy, Boise State University 2021 Sep 20 – Curious Kids is a series for children of all …
Artist’s evidence-based depiction of the blast, which had the power of 1,000 Hiroshimas. Allen West and Jennifer Rice, CC BY-ND – By Christopher R. Moore’ Archaeologist and Special Projects Director at the Savannah River Archaeological Research Program and South Carolina Institute for Archaeology …
Deer cross roads whenever they wish, but some time periods are higher risk than others. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images – By Tom Langen, Professor of Biology, Clarkson University 2021 Sep 21 – Autumn is here starting Wednesday, and that means the risk …
Cassandra, Evelyn de Morgan, 1898 – By Lawrence Wittner Dr. Lawrence Wittner is Professor of History Emeritus at SUNY/Albany and the author of Confronting the Bomb (Stanford University Press). 2021 Sep 19 News at Home – In ancient Greek mythology, Cassandra was a priestess …
4th Place. Sensory neuron from an embryonic rat. Fluorescence. 10X (Objective Lens Magnification) Paula Díaz View 21 Images – By Rich Haridy 2021 Sep 13 – Ever wondered what the inside of a dinosaur bone looks like in close-up? Or how about a few …
A pedestrian walks by a help wanted sign posted in the window of hardware store on 2021 Sep 16 in San Francisco, California. Unemployment claims inched up to 332,000 from a pandemic low of 312,000 a week before. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) …
Xiulin Ruan, a Purdue University professor of mechanical engineering, and his students have created the whitest paint on record. – By Doyle Rice 2021 Sep 17 — The whitest paint in the world has been created in a lab at Purdue University, a …
Tools and bones in Moroccan cave could be some of earliest evidence of the hallmark human behavior. The Contrebandiers Cave on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, where the bone tools and bones were found. Photograph: Contrebandiers – By Nicola Davis Science correspondent @NicolaKSDavis …
A farmer walks through a rice paddy in India’s northeastern state of Assam. Buu Boro /AFP via Getty Images – By Xiaoming Xu, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Atul Jain, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, University of …
These 19 extraordinary errors will make you feel better about your next slip-up. By Kerry Wolfe 19 Places Everybody makes mistakes. Some go relatively unnoticed—fleeting blips soon forgiven and forgotten. But others last, adding a quirky kind of charm to the attractions they …
