Letâs learn about the Nobel Prize
In his will, Nobel left much of his fortune to create prizes to those who have done their best for humanity in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace.
New electrical stitches use muscle movement to speed up healing
Researchers already knew that pumping electricity through stitches could speed healing, but previous technologies relied on bulky external batteries.
Best DSLR ever made now as cheap as July Prime Day â save $800
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Astronauts could one day end up eating asteroids
A fully operational asteroid food project would require an âindustrial-sized super machineâ in space, he says, but the researchers hope to begin testing the idea on a smaller scale in the coming year, starting off with coal and then moving to meteorites that have fallen to Earth, which they are currently working on a proposal for.
Do chickens blush? And if they do, what makes them blush the most?
Electronic video processing extracted âthe mean red (R), blue (B), and green (G) values for each bare skin region of the hen face (comb, cheek, ear lobe and wattle)â.
Zap, zap, zap! Our bodies are electric
Although these feelings can be triggered by events, such as the death of a loved one or the move to a new city, that isnât typically considered an âillnessâ â unless the symptoms are prolonged and harm an individualâs ability to perform normal daily tasks (such as working, sleeping or interacting with others).
âNight Magicâ invites you to celebrate the living wonders of the dark
Henionâs night excursions continue with appearances from glowworms, which are luminous fly larvae that shine blue; colorful moths, major pollinators that are experiencing troubling population declines; and foxfire, the catchall term for bioluminescent fungi glowing on forest floors.
Can you see Earth’s new ‘minimoon’ with the naked eye?
Given the relatively easy trip to a minimoon from Earth, some researchers have proposed using these transient satellites as "stepping stones" for future missions to mine asteroids or explore deeper into our solar system.
World’s oldest cheese found on 3500-year-old Chinese mummies
Based on the presence of yeast, lactic acid bacteria and proteins from ruminant milk in the samples, Qiaomei Fu at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing and her colleagues have identified the substance as a kind of kefir cheese.
A thousands-year-old log demonstrates how burying wood can fight climate change
If the conditions that preserved the Canadian log can be replicated â which is still unclear â buried biomass from discarded wood and sustainable harvesting could sequester up to 10 gigatons of carbon annually, the researchers estimate.
Black hole ‘blowtorch’ is causing nearby stars to explode, Hubble telescope reveals
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This researcher studies how misinformation seeps into science and politics
For instance, Ophir automated his analysis of over 5,000 articles about the H1N1, Ebola and Zika epidemics in four major newspapers: the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today and Wall Street Journal.