Did you ever wonder if there is a way to make the speed of sound slow down? Well, apparently, Glasgow scientists had that thought and did something about it. According to the BBC this past week, this particular group of inquiring minds figured out a way to make one photon […]
Easter Island has long been a mystery to just about everyone who has ever read about or seen the place, with scientists leading the list. The quandary? What exactly happened to the Polynesians who lived there? Why did the population of Rapa Nuis dry up? Did these people flee this […]
Liberty Science Center in New Jersey was eager to announce an exciting expansion on Jan. 22. At the cost of $230 million, a new science and technology campus is in the offering, one that museum officials say via NJ.com “will launch businesses, create jobs and offer science education for local […]
MIT scientists went to work to find out the reason why approaching rain smells its singular way. You know, that fresh aroma that is earthy and very distinctive? Well, these eager researchers spent a lot of time and resources to find out why this mysterious scent happens just before water […]
Dutch designer Christian Boer came up a dyslexic friendly font to make reading easier for dyslexics such as himself and this author and about 10 percent of the world’s population. Appropriately dubbed Dyslexie, the innovation probably doesn’t appear to be too much different from other fonts, at least at first […]
The eyes have it as far as being able to tell others about yourself without anyone speaking a single word. Scientific evidence dictates that your peepers have a lot to say because this complicated issue depends on a multi-gene trait, not a single one. According to The Mind Unleashed, “It’s […]
Penicillin allergies are apparently more common than many other pharmaceutical allergies. However, new studies say the commonly prescribed antibiotic may be more easily tolerated than those who have stayed away from the regimen think. According to Heath Day, “Many Americans may check the box ‘allergic to penicillin’ on medical forms, […]
Did you ever wonder if there is a way to make the speed of sound slow down? Well, apparently, Glasgow scientists had that thought and did something about it. According to the BBC this past week, this particular group of inquiring minds figured out a way to make one photon […]
Easter Island has long been a mystery to just about everyone who has ever read about or seen the place, with scientists leading the list. The quandary? What exactly happened to the Polynesians who lived there? Why did the population of Rapa Nuis dry up? Did these people flee this […]
Liberty Science Center in New Jersey was eager to announce an exciting expansion on Jan. 22. At the cost of $230 million, a new science and technology campus is in the offering, one that museum officials say via NJ.com “will launch businesses, create jobs and offer science education for local […]
MIT scientists went to work to find out the reason why approaching rain smells its singular way. You know, that fresh aroma that is earthy and very distinctive? Well, these eager researchers spent a lot of time and resources to find out why this mysterious scent happens just before water […]
Dutch designer Christian Boer came up a dyslexic friendly font to make reading easier for dyslexics such as himself and this author and about 10 percent of the world’s population. Appropriately dubbed Dyslexie, the innovation probably doesn’t appear to be too much different from other fonts, at least at first […]
The eyes have it as far as being able to tell others about yourself without anyone speaking a single word. Scientific evidence dictates that your peepers have a lot to say because this complicated issue depends on a multi-gene trait, not a single one. According to The Mind Unleashed, “It’s […]
Penicillin allergies are apparently more common than many other pharmaceutical allergies. However, new studies say the commonly prescribed antibiotic may be more easily tolerated than those who have stayed away from the regimen think. According to Heath Day, “Many Americans may check the box ‘allergic to penicillin’ on medical forms, […]
Dr. Jonas Salk is the subject of a whimsical Google Doodle on Oct. 28 as this date would have been the noted scientist’s 100th birthday. As everyone learns in the early days of education, Dr. Salk was the brains behind the first successful polio vaccine after which time an untold […]
A team of esteemed scientists looking for a way to fight brain cancer used stem cells that were genetically engineered in their laboratory on afflicted mice. Through this method, toxins attacked the cancer cells while keeping the other cells on board as healthy as ever. In other words, this team […]
Google has partnered with Oxford University to ramp up its artificial intelligence (AI) efforts in a new initiative. More than half a dozen of the top scholars in the field of artificial intelligence will be part of this cooperative effort moving forward. According to the Mountain View-based company via Reuters […]
A relatively new procedure in which bacteria from a healthy gut is implanted into an unhealthy one, the fecal transplant is typically done via colonoscopy. However, fresh studies say the treatment in pill form can be just as effective. In fact, researchers behind the new report found that the same […]
A new study is looking into the possible effects that resulted from the first atomic bomb explosion. This event happened in secret in the remote New Mexico desert in the Tularosa Basin more than 70 years ago. Back then, the force behind the decision to detonate such a serious bomb […]
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is testing five youths for the Enterovirus D68. These cases are just a handful of what the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) believes total 600 and exist in 43 different states in the US. On Oct. 6, two of the newest Pennsylvania cases of the […]
A number of Stonehenge archaeologists have employed the latest in high technology to dig deep beneath the iconic World Heritage site in England. A type of radar that penetrates the ground along with high resolution magnetometers and other cutting edge techniques made it possible for these experts to look way […]
A giant shrimp captured by a Florida fisherman has scientists seeking proof that this massive crustcean is actually the deadly ocean predator known as a mantis shrimp. Steve Bargeron had cast his line from a dock in Fort Pierce during a night expedition when he pulled up this creature that […]
A rare blue lobster was discovered off Maine’s Pine Point, about ten mile southwest of Portland. Talk about a marine biologist’s dream come true. This crustacean that is dressed in the color of bold blue ink was found when a teen and her dad checked lobster traps the two were […]
A goliath grouper eating a shark showed up online and has now gone viral. Almost as surprising as this nature ridden phenomenon is the fact that the video was first taken about five years ago when the big fish ate the shark off of a fisherman’s pole. The video everyone […]
Worried about endangered species and want to know what you and your kids can do to help? Go to the zoo armed with a number of relevant apps. That said, most New Yorkers have been told as kids that the Bronx Zoo is the best zoo in the our part […]
