Excerpts from the extensive article by Mike Hanlon – – In selling for $19 million to an American collector, this 1939 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 B Touring Berlinetta became the third most expensive pre-war car ever to sell at auction. (Credit: Artcurial …
Clear skies ahead — and that’s not a good thing. By Yasmin Tayag – Here is a small sampling of the many things climate change has already ruined: Greenland, human mental health, and the very cute bramble cay. Now, as scientists predict in …
By Loz Blain – Macchina Volantis is planning an electric VTOL aircraft with space for five seats. (Credit: Macchina Volantis). Another flying car company is preparing to join the race to the skies, as Australia’s Macchina Volantis gears up to build a prototype of its road-drivable …
Forty percent of the world’s insect species could go extinct over the next few decades. By Stuart Reynolds, The Conversation – There are an awful lot of insects. It’s hard to say exactly how many because 80 percent haven’t yet been described by …
By Adam Williams – – As you’d probably guess, the $1,500 cost doesn’t include the purchase of any land and Greenfield has his tiny house installed in someone else’s garden in Orlando. (Credit: Rob Greenfield). Adventurer, environmental activist and “Dude Making a …
By Michael Irving – – A close up view of the skin bioprinter nozzle developed by researchers at Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine. (Credit: WFIRM). While the advent of 3D printers is commonly thought of as a revolution for manufacturing, it could …
Don’t believe the web of lies. By Gerhard J. Gries and Andreas Fischer – – Lycosa tarantula, also known as the “true tarantula.” It’s early in the morning. The buzzer goes off, you switch on the light, and immediately panic: a large spider …
By Ben Coxworth – – Tony Jevnikar (left) and Shengwu Ma are affiliated with both Western University and the Lawson Health Research Institute. (Credit: Western University). Made by our kidneys, interleukin 37 (IL-37) is a protein that has powerful anti-inflammatory and immune-suppressing …
A new report hits pause on the petri dish patty craze. By Yasmin Tayag – Climate change has forced us into an age where burger-lovers must reckon with the notion of lab-grown meat. Cattle farms, with row upon row of hungry cows burping …
By Rich Haridy – – The research examined over a million people finding hundreds of genes that could be associated with insomnia. (Credit: photographee.eu/Depositphotos). Two massive new studies have homed in on the genetic foundations of insomnia. The rigorous analyses reveal novel …
