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Five Facts That Will Mess With Your Perception of Time
Humans generally have a poor concept of time. Too many of us are concerned with what happens over hours and days rather than months, years, or even centuries. Rarely can we see past our own self-impor → Read More
What Was the First Dinosaur?
Everyone knows about Tyrannosaurus rex, which existed about 67 million years ago, or Brachiosaurus (150 million years ago), or Stegosaurus (145-155 million years ago), but what about the species that → Read More
The Biggest Myths About Electric Vehicles
As electric vehicle (EV) sales skyrocket, more than doubling in 2021 compared to 2020, and automotive companies announce massive investments in batteries and EVs, the transition from gas to electricit → Read More
Statins Truly Are 'Wonder Drugs'
There’s been some commotion over the past few years about cholesterol-lowering statins, particularly whether the benefits truly outweigh the risks for the 200 million people who take them worldw → Read More
Was Acid Rain a Real Problem?
Thirty-five years ago, the waters of Lake Colden in New York's Adirondack Mountains were found to be too acidic to support fish, making the picturesque, high-altitude body of water one of the signatur → Read More
Why Are Watches Usually Set to 10:10 in Advertisements?
It seems a tad odd, but it's also true: Take a look at advertisements for traditional watches (you know, the ones with the rotating 'hands'), and you'll quickly notice that the time on the watches is → Read More
NASA's Decades-Long 'War' Against Birds
"The bird threat can come from any direction, at any time, day or night." Those words, spoken by NASA-employed bird watcher Kurt Asche, might seem a tad hyperbolic today. But when he uttered them... → Read More
Seven Things Science Tells Us About Sex After Sixty
Desire doesn't die after age sixty. In fact, more seniors than ever are embracing their inner friskiness in their old age, and science has some things to say about it. 1. Yes, It Happens. Though young → Read More
Scientists Discover Two New Translucent Glass Frogs in the Andes
A team of American and Ecuadorian scientists has discovered two new species of glassfrogs in the Tropical Andes of Ecuador. Glassfrogs are known for their translucent undersides which reveal their ins → Read More
Why the 'Father of the Hydrogen Bomb' Hated Carl Sagan
Edward Teller truly detested Carl Sagan. It was a contempt that burned late into the legendary physicist's life, even after Sagan tragically passed away at the tender age of 62 from complications link → Read More
Eating Honey Sent a Woman to the Hospital. What Is 'Mad Honey' Poisoning?
In a recent issue of the journal Clinical Case Reports, doctors in Nepal shared the story of a rare case of "mad honey" poisoning. At an undisclosed time, a 55-year-old woman arrived at the emergency... → Read More
The Javelin Is Wrecking Putin's Army. Here's How the Anti-Tank Weapon Works.
Ukraine is a highly devout country – about 87% of its 41 million citizens practice Christianity. So it's notable that, to many Ukrainians, Mary Magdalene now has a new moniker: St. Javelin. The → Read More
Why Isn't the Night Sky White?
The night sky, in all its astral beauty, has ever been a source of wonder for the human race. But over a century ago, some astronomers looked up and saw a paradox. Why, they wondered, if the Universe → Read More
COVID-19 Is Devastating Captive Snow Leopards
Over the past two years, the COVID-19 Pandemic has slammed the United States, killing 958,300 as of February 18th, roughly one in every 340 Americans. Yet for all the pain, suffering, and hardship the → Read More
Four Glaring Holes in the Standard Model of Physics
The Standard Model is the guiding light of particle physics. At its barest essence, the theory describes the 17 fundamental particles (six quarks, six leptons, and five bosons) that make up normal mat → Read More
The Strange, Unsettling World of Sea Spiders
In every part of the ocean, from the Antarctic to the Arctic, from shallow coastal waters to the deep sea, there dwells a group of animals that – although they greatly resemble spiders and even → Read More
The Ultimate Performance Enhancing Drug
Late last year, a team of scientists from Brazil published the results of a study exploring the effects of a performance-enhancing drug on fourteen male recreational cyclists. The benefits were astoun → Read More
Woman's Rare Disease Causes Her to Stiffen and Fall After a Sudden Noise
Sometime last year, a 52-year-old woman visited a hospital in Japan with disconcerting symptoms that had lasted roughly five years but had gradually worsened. Every few months or so, she would experie → Read More
The Top 10 Websites for Science in 2021
Science communicators once again had their hands full in 2021. Between two and three million research articles were published this year, announcing discoveries from the microscopic to the cosmic and f → Read More
The Biggest Junk Science of 2021: COVID-19 Edition
Just as it did last year, the most dangerous pandemic in a century spawned all sorts of junk science in 2021, running the gamut from pure quackery to ideology-fueled misinformation. Unfortunately, it' → Read More