by Matt Davis – Big Think illustration / Actor Peter Gallagher attends the 24th and final ‘A Night at Sardi’s’ to benefit the Alzheimer’s Association at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on March 9, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodríguez/Getty …
“In general, insect metabolism is temperature dependent.” By Dana Dovey – Climate change is already threatening our food supply by raising temperatures and causing wildfires, but as a new study in Science suggests, all this heat is speeding up insect metabolism, making them …
Analysis of data from the Juno probe shows the giant planet’s field is much different from our own and suggests it has a dissolved core. By Jason Daley – Smithsonian.com “Jupiter Magnetic Field”
Nick Lavars – Medical experts are increasingly concerned about the threat of drug-resistant bacteria (Credit: knorre/Depositphotos). Common bacteria living on our skin has raised a red flag for scientists concerned with the rise of superbugs, as new research reveals the spread of …
“I don’t know how to appreciate art. But I sure do know how to make a clinical diagnosis.” By Yasmin Tayag – The “Mona Lisa” has her own room in the Louvre, where she attracts six million visitors each year. Her room is …
Nick Lavars – Lex is essentially a seat that you wear around with you. Imagine if anytime, anywhere you felt a little fatigued in the legs you could simply lean back and take a load off? The developers of Lex are working towards …
Semi artificial photosynthesis takes a cue from plants. By James Dennin – One of the more long shot efforts to not only develop more renewable energy, but also to help mitigate climate change by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is a process …
By Mike Brown – SpaceX wants to give rise to a human settlement on Mars. Starting small with a couple of spaceships and expanding out into a sprawling metropolis, a colony on the red planet is partially the vision of Paul Wooster, principal …
by Evan Fleischer – Young girl in Chicago classroom, Stanley Kubrick for LOOK Magazine, c/o Creative Commons. Daydreaming is important — studies have repeatedly said as much — but maybe you shouldn’t daydream too much, as a recent study by researchers at Ruhr-Universität …
By Terence Chea – DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — University of California researchers are feeding seaweed to dairy cows in an attempt to make cattle more climate-friendly. UC Davis is studying whether adding small amounts of seaweed to cattle feed can help reduce their …
