Physics
This Is “The Center of the Universe” – A Sound Anomaly Found In Tulsa
When it comes to things that make us question reality, optical illusions get the most attention, but audio anomalies can be just as bizarre, especially…
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Biology
Tadpoles Survive Without Breathing After Scientists Fill Their Brains with Algae
An eye-opening study that transformed tadpoles bright green recently discovered that if algae were injected into their brains, tadpoles could survive even when their blood…
Biology
Ancient Poop Shows People in Austria Enjoyed Beer and Blue Cheese 2,700 Years Ago
An Iron Age salt miner dumped his waste in what is now the Hallstatt-Dachstein/Salzkammergut region of Austria several thousand years ago. The pooper, in all…
Astronomy
Star Being Ripped Apart Probably Not the Source of Powerful Cosmic Neutrino
The IceCube project scientists found an exciting connection earlier this year. A neutrino, a small fundamental particle, was discovered with an amazing amount of energy,…
Biology
RIP Gladys the Escapee Zoo Owl, We Hardly Knew Ye
Gladys died shortly after the publishing of this article, therefore it has been updated. You might breathe a sigh of relief when you learn that…
Health
Asthma and Hay Fever Allergies are not Directly Related to Mental Health Traits
According to large-scale population studies, allergy sufferers are roughly twice as likely as non-allergy sufferers to be depressed. Adults with allergic rhinitis (hay fever) were…
Environmental Science
Politician Floats Removing Boats to Lower Rising Sea Levels, Would It Work
Republican Delegate Candidate for Virginia Scott Pio recently floated an odd solution to increasing sea levels up the flagpole, reminiscent of Zoolander’s “what is this,…
Biology
Penguins Have Rare Ability to Match Squawks to Faces
Penguins can connect their mates’ squawks to their physical appearance, according to new research — a skill previously unknown in the bird domain (except, of…
Astronomy
Astronomers Investigate the Brown Dwarf’s Atmosphere’s Layer-cake Structure
Astronomers have devised a new method for capturing all of the intricate ‘layer-cake’ details of a brown dwarf’s cloud structure. Because brown dwarfs are similar…
Astronomy
Over 1,600 Fast Radio Bursts Caught Coming from a Single Source in Just 47 Days
The most famous of all fast radio bursts, FRB 121102, has only added to the mystery surrounding these cosmic explosions. FRBs are unexplained radio wave…
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