Category: Science
Fewer People in The US Are Religious, But That Might Not Mean What We Think
The number of individuals in the United States who do not identify as being part of any religion has grown dramatically in recent years, and…
Lost Faces Found: New Tech Reveals Hidden Images in Early Photographs
A team of Canadian and US researchers has demonstrated incredible results when restoring old corroded daguerreotypes (very early types of photos), via a technique known…
Most Dementia Patients ‘Return’ Before Death And It’s Unclear Why
Dementia is often described as “the long goodbye”. Although the person is still alive, dementia slowly and irreversibly chips away at their memories and the…
Fusion Breakthrough: 6 Minutes of Plasma Sets New Reactor Record
A fusion reactor in southern France, called WEST, just achieved an important milestone that brings us one step closer to clean, sustainable, nearly limitless energy….
Bacteria Living in The Brains of Fruit Flies Have a Surprising Effect on Their Memory
Improving recall in humans with a pill or gentle jolt is still an experimental idea, but new research suggests a bacteria naturally found in up…
Keeping The Body’s Multiple Clocks in Sync Could Be The Secret to Slowing Aging
We have several biological clocks keeping our bodies in sync internally and with the outside world – and two new studies show how these clocks…
Boeing’s Starliner Is Almost Ready to Launch a NASA Crew Into Space
“It fits in with the general narrative of Boeing having lost its way,” says McDowell. Starliner, like Crew Dragon, is a capsule-shaped spacecraft like the…
Boeing’s Starliner Is Finally Ready to Launch a NASA Crew Into Space
“It fits in with the general narrative of Boeing having lost its way,” says McDowell. Starliner, like Crew Dragon, is a capsule-shaped spacecraft like the…
As an Underwater Graveyard, the Great Lakes Have Claimed Close to 10,000 Ships
The Great Lakes were a massive graveyard for ships lost at sea for centuries. Sailboats have slipped into storms, never to be seen again. Steamers…
From Orange-Spotted to Striped, There Are 7 Different Cicada Species
To the untrained eye, cicadas may look extremely similar to each other, characterized by their hard exoskeleton and distinctive drone. But, as millions of residents…