The study was small: 8 people from 8 different countries. But the findings have alarmed scientists. Robby Berman – All subjects selected for a pilot program had microplastics in their stools. The types of microplastics found implicate both food and non-food sources. Boutique …
Rich Haridy – Spray cans containing around one million copies of the Massive Attack album, Mezzanine, stored in DNA (Credit: Massive Attack). Earlier this year iconic British electronic music group Massive Attack revealed it was storing its classic album Mezzanine in DNA …
Rich Haridy – New research reveals herpes infections can be associated with a greater risk of developing dementia (Credit: rbhavana/Depositphotos). A new review article published in the journal Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience has summarized the most recent evidence supporting the controversial hypothesis …
Rich Haridy – Granting of Breakthrough Therapy status allows the FDA to expedite research and review of psilocybin-based treatments to move them into clinical use sooner (Credit: Vox19/Depositphotos). In an extraordinary step forward for the psychedelic drug research community, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has …
Rich Haridy – A study has found most gut microbe populations returned to normal within around 1.5 months after taking antibiotics, however several common, and beneficial, bacteria were still missing up to six months later (Credit: abrakadabra/Depositphotos). As we rapidly discover the importance …
Nick Lavars – La Sagrada Familia is expected to be completed in 2026 (Credit: Jorge Láscar/Creative Commons). It is Barcelona’s most visited landmark, but after 136 years of unlicensed construction the law has finally caught up with La Sagrada Familia. The church’s …
Nick Lavars – The National Kaohsiung Centre for the Arts in Taiwan houses a huge public plaza under its undulating roof (Credit: Iwan Baan/National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts – Weiwuying). Billed as a new cultural hub for East Asia, the National Kaohsiung …
College test prep scams are happening. By Ari Lazarus – Consumer Education Specialist, FTC. Recently, we heard about scams targeting parents of high school students preparing for college. The scammers claim to be from The College Board – the organization responsible for …
Nick Lavars – Sculpture by the Sea: Horizon, by Mu Boyan (Credit: R. Duggan). Now in its 22nd edition, the Sculpture by the Sea exhibition at Sydney’s Bondi Beach turns one of Australia’s most iconic stretches of coastline into a huge …
George Dvorsky – Image: NASA/IceBridge. Well here’s something you don’t see everyday: an iceberg so unbelievably geometric in shape you’d think it was deliberately carved with a gigantic chainsaw. Scientists have documented this sort of thing before, but this latest ‘berg, which …
