More than half of the planet’s fresh water is in Antarctica. While most of it is frozen in the ice sheets, underneath the ice pools and streams of water flow…
Continue readingOrganic compounds called thiophenes are found on Earth in coal, crude oil and oddly enough, in white truffles, the mushroom beloved by epicureans and wild pigs. Thiophenes were also recently…
Continue readingWhen’s the next dog food commercial on? Shutterstock Dog owners often notice their pets watching televisions, computer screens and tablets. But what is going on in their pooch’s head? Indeed,…
Continue readingThe Earth currently has two moons – but they won’t look like this in the sky. Author provided The Minor Planet Centre has just announced that the Earth has been…
Continue readingScientists have identified a sub-atomic particle that could have formed the “dark matter” in the Universe during the Big Bang. Up to 80% of the Universe could be dark matter,…
Continue readingBrain functions are made possible by circuits of spiking neurons, connected together by microscopic, but highly complex links called synapses. In this new study, published in the scientific journal Nature…
Continue readingVideo by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell Cancer is a creepy and mysterious thing. While we tried to understand it, to get better at killing it, we discovered a biological…
Continue readingA Pittsburgh-based woman has been found to have a medical condition that results in her producing alcohol in her bladder as the result of the fermentation of yeast. The condition…
Continue readingThe World Health Organization (WHO) recently declared an international public health emergency over the global outbreak of the novel coronavirus. One day later, the Wellcome Trust research charity called for…
Continue readingNeuroscientists at Northeastern are using rats to understand some of the physical changes in the brain caused by such severe neglect. In a recent paper, the researchers found that female…
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