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Should we preserve the eggs of endangered species?
A recent paper by Caterina Wiedemann describing her success in freezing and thawing the egg cells of several different cat species is raising an interesting question about our efforts to preserve...
View ArticleBigDog can now throw shit like it's nobody's business
As if Boston Dynamics's robotic pack mule wasn't terrifying enough, its designers have, in their infinite wisdom, equipped it with a throwing arm. But not just any kind of throwing arm. This thing's a...
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These ominous cloud formations could be of a completely new type
What you're seeing here is a cloud formation so rare that it defies classification. Meteorologists suspect that these are undulatus asperatus clouds — an entirely new cloud type that was proposed only...
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Are Women Having Too Many C-Sections in the United States?
Nearly 1.4 million babies are born surgically in the United States each year. That's a third of all births, and the numbers are only getting bigger. The trend is due in part to an increase in elective...
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Our First Image Of A Planet Being Born
For the first time in astronomical history, scientists have taken an actual snapshot of an exoplanet in the midst of formation. Located about 337 light-years from Earth, the protoplanet, which will...
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Are popular scientists becoming modern day preachers?
There's a really grumbly post over at The Guardian by Eliane Glaser in which she complains about all the flowery and hyperbolic language being used by so many high profile scientists today. But more...
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Why the Holocaust was even worse than we thought
As if we needed any more reminders as to the extent of Nazi brutality during the Second World War, a new study is showing that there's still lots to learn about the Holocaust. In a project that took...
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A Supermassive Ice Age May Have Led to Complex Life on Earth
There was a time on Earth, about 635 million years ago, when almost the entire planet was covered in ice. At least, this is the idea underlying the Snowball Earth Hypothesis, which holds that there...
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This is how we envisioned spacesuits back in the 1950s
The always interesting and highly entertaining Retronaut has just scanned and published a series of pages from a 1956 article titled, "Here's What We'll Wear in Space." Though it wouldn't happen for...
View ArticleHow to tie a fluid into a knot
For the first time ever, scientists have tied water into a knot. It's not the kind of knot sailors would be familiar with, but it's a knot nonetheless. These knots have closed loops with no ends to...
View ArticleThis is what happens when you run 15,000 volts through wood
Pratt student Melanie Hoff was curious to know what would happen to a sheet of wood when blasted with 15,000 volts of electricity. So, she decided to run the experiment — with the results being...
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This wireless brain implant could make telekinesis a reality
Brown University researchers have developed a fully implantable and rechargeable wireless brain sensor capable of transmitting neural data to an external receiver. The system, which has performed...
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China's 'farmscrapers' are highrises that will generate their own food
The Chinese city of Shenzhen recently commissioned the French firm Vincent Callebaut Architects to come up with an innovative and sustainable building solution for the growing metropolis. The result...
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Texas bill could restrict drones — which may not be a good thing
The idea of drones flying above our heads and tracking our every move is a spooky prospect. Just last month the Federal Aviation Administration released its drone list, which freaked out the...
View ArticleImagine Carl Sagan, Stephen Hawking and Arthur C. Clarke together in...
Back in 1988, Magnus Magnusson (best name ever) somehow managed to bring three of the 20th Century's most fascinating personalities together to discuss God, the Universe, and Everything Else. In the...
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A graphic novel that takes place inside the brain
Brain science can be a rather daunting area of study. So kudos to comic artist Matteo Farinella and neuroscientist Hana Ros of University College London for their upcoming Neurocomic project — an...
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Archaeologists uncover Europe's oldest preserved human dissection
The recent discovery of a well-preserved dissected head dating back to the 1200s has shown that the middle ages weren't as anti-science as many scholars would have us believe. While it looks pretty...
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Has the Milky Way devoured other galaxies?
A new discovery could rewrite the history books on the Milky Way. According to a new study published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, our galaxy absorbed a smaller satellite...
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How Camels Evolved Their Humps — In Northern Canada
Camels aren't typically associated with northern climates, but a recent discovery of 3.5 million-year-old fossils by Canadian paleontologist Natalia Rybczynski suggests that this is precisely where...
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New Evidence Points to the Flores 'Hobbit' as a Dwarf Species
A new analysis by Stephen Montgomery and Nicholas Mundy at the University of Cambridge is adding credence to the suggestion that the extinct Homo floresiensis was a dwarf species. And the new clue,...
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