By Rich Haridy – New research suggests organic farming has a greater impact on carbon emissions and the climate than conventional farming methods. (Credit: ccaetano/Depositphotos). A new international study into the impact of agricultural land use on climate change has found organic …
By Rich Haridy – New research has found that a cell’s mitochondria (represented in green above) can be affected through fasting which results in better health and longevity. (Credit: NICHD Flickr CC-BY-2.0). Intermittent fasting diets are all the rage these days. We are seeing …
For a long time, we thought our species were the only artists. By Patty Hamrick, Archaeology, New York University. Every single culture engages in some kind of art, whether that’s telling stories, dancing, weaving elaborate textiles, cooking, making jewelry or pottery, or painting landscapes …
Why one Italian bank is counting on wheels of Parmigiano-Reggiano as collateral. Matthew Davis – When giving out a secured loan, most banks ask for a form of collateral to recoup their losses in case the borrower defaults. Most people put up their …
Despite itself, this collection of awful cartography may just make a few useful observations. By Frank Jacobs – Since 2016, Terrible Maps has been collecting, well… terrible maps. They’re awful, pointless and stupid, but also funny (and sometimes even instructive). Here are 10 …
The part of your brain responsible for ASMR catalogs music, and appears to be a stronghold against Alzheimer’s and dementia. By Ned Dymoke – Some music inspires you to move your feet, some inspires you to get out there and change the world. …
TheTrueSize.com offers hours of fun while you stretch and shrink countries and states all over the globe. By Frank Jacobs – Our world maps lie to us: North America and Europe aren’t really that big and Africa really is much bigger. It’s all …
The bold technique involves surgically implanting a so-called microneedle patch directly onto the heart. By Stephen Johnson – Heart attacks leave scar tissue on the heart, which can reduce the organ’s ability to pump blood throughout the body. The microneedle patch aims to …
A new study flies in the face of anecdotal evidence and raises questions about how we read data. Scotty Hendricks – Scientists working at medical schools across the United States discovered that parachutes don’t lower the death rate of people jumping out of …
Two new papers say everything we knew about black holes was wrong. By Paul Ratner – Scientists calculate that black holes don’t have singularities at their centers. Instead, the theory of loop quantum gravity predicts that black holes shoot out matter across the …
