Matt Kennedy – A new study has found that new ultra-high-strength MRIs can cause toxic mercury to leak from amalgam fillings (Credit: icefront/Depositphotos). The fact mercury makes up roughly 50 percent of the content of dental amalgam is a contentious subject for …
By Ben Hooper – A quick-thinking seal managed to avoid becoming a meal for some killer whales by boarding a nearby charter fishing boat. Nick Templeman said he and a partner were doing a survey on transient orcas when they spotted a pod …
by Rachel Crane @CNNTech – My visit at Green Stream Farms in Columbus, New Mexico. I have commitment issues — with my diet. Name the diet, and I’ve tried it. I’m currently a pescatarian with fish as my main protein source. But …
by Mike Colagrossi – 55 Cancri e, or “Hellfire Earth”. All pictures nasa.gov. Exoplanets are planets that lie beyond our own solar system and revolve around other stars many light years away. In the past two decades, thousands have been discovered, most of …
by Ned Dymoke – Flickr user: Amtec Staffing. Ties: they’re what the majority of the men in the western working world wear day in, day out, around their necks. Some wear them way too long. Others wear them comically short. Some have bows, …
We explain nothing. By Brian Resnick@B_resnickbrian@vox.com Additional reporting by Ellen Rolfes and Kimberly Mas – Dude … have you ever, like, even thought about the number zero? It’s wild. Getty Images. The computer you’re reading this article on right now runs on a …
by Robby Berman – A spider tiptoes before heading to the sky. (University of Bristol). It’s been a longstanding mystery: Spiders have been seen hundreds of miles out to sea and thousands of feet up in the air. They are amazing creatures, but …
“Animals cannot be treated merely as Property” By Mari Margil – On July 4, the High Court of Uttarakhand at Naintal in northern India issued a ruling in a case brought to end cruelty of horses used in transport. The court declared that: …
Paul Ridden – The CanguRo personal assistant/smart scooter can follow its user around or provide a motor-driven ride (Credit: Yusuke Nishibe). Folks looking for a last mile transport solution have choice-a-plenty nowadays, but the CanguRo offers more than just a comfy ride. …
Paul Ridden – The ATLIS VTOL autonomous drone is being designed for long range cargo hauling (Credit: Aergility). Florida’s Aergility has spent the last few years developing and testing a new kind of vertical take-off and landing aircraft (VTOL) called the ATLIS. The …
