Category: Science
Nomadic Invaders Raced Across Asia in Record Time, Study Reveals
When Rome fell, Europe churned. Cultures from far and wide – the Huns, the Goths, the Vandals – violently etched their names into history before…
Daylight Saving Time May Soon Become Permanent in The US. Here’s What Could Happen
The US Senate approved the Sunshine Protection Act in March 2022, with the goal of making daylight saving time permanent starting in November 2023. If that…
This Startup Made a Functioning ‘Invisibility Shield’. Here’s How It Works
Nearly all of us have wished to be a fly on the wall during a particularly juicy conversation, or disappear into the background after an…
Hidden World of Octopus Cities Shows We Must Leave These Sentient Creatures Alone
A recently proposed aquaculture octopus farm in the Canary Islands would raise 3,000 metric tons of octopus a year, which means almost 275,000 individual octopuses…
Scientists Have Discovered a Brand-New Type of Cell Hiding in The Human Body
Scientists have discovered a brand-new type of cell hiding inside the delicate, branching passageways of human lungs. The newfound cells play a vital role in…
How the James Webb Space Telescope Will Peer Back in Time
Light from space always reaches us after a delay. For example, the light from our nearest star system, Alpha Centauri, takes four years to reach…
Psychotherapy May Be The Key to Managing Chronic Back Pain, Study Reveals
A comprehensive new study involving more than 13,000 patients suggests that the best treatments for chronic back pain should cover both physical and mental aspects…
Efforts to Colonize Mars Could Have a Negative Impact on Global Health
When Elon Musk founded SpaceX in 2002, he envisioned a greenhouse on Mars, not unlike the one later depicted in the 2015 blockbuster The Martian….
The Surprising Benefits of Emotional Support Animals
When the pandemic first started, as a clinical psychiatrist I saw a steady increase in requests to verify the need for emotional support animals (ESA)…
A Million Little Pieces: The Race to Rebuild the World’s Reefs
In the late 1990s, Vaughan learned that Aqua Life, an ornamental-fish-breeding operation on a small island in the Bahamas, was shutting down. Harbor Branch made…