The New York Times reports on findings (from JAMA) that the people who’d complained of nausea, visual blurring and other effects after some strange events […]
CNN was among the news outlets celebrating the discovery of a small, glow-in-the-dark shark species: The 5 1/2-inch American Pocket Shark is the first of […]
Because computers sometimes break, and replacement computers sometimes don’t work the way one expects them to, and because just setting up a recorder and recording […]
Click to embiggen slightly Galileo drew pictures of the moon – pictures that included imperfections on the surface. The moon, he observed, had texture. Hills […]
Fortune reports on a new company that aims to keep supply chains secure in the era of 3D printing by using unique patterns of diamond […]
Hakai takes a sociological look at an ecological problem, with research that shows marine environments are measurably healthier in areas where fishermen communicate openly about […]
Nature reports on Chinese officials having a redo on one of our past environmental successes, seeking out the source of massive plumes of ozone-destroying CFCs […]
Click to embiggen These are the optical effects you have to be aware of if you’re going to describe the sky when ice-filled cirrus clouds […]
Nature introduces us to the Greek ancestors of modern humanity – by far the oldest-known Homo sapiens, relatively recently discovered in a cave in southern […]
CNN reports on a JAMA Pediatrics study that found an interesting correlation between decriminalizing cannabis and teenagers’ use of the plant. Recreational use among teens […]
TechCrunch reveals that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement – ICE, the agency formed in 2003 as a replacement for the INS – has been quietly […]
Click to embiggen Three kinds of squid-kids (I think; at least one is identified as a juvenile), from the research expedition of the Norwegian steamer […]
Nature reports on another geneticist – a Russian, this time – who has announced that he, too, will be gene-modifying human babies for HIV-positive mothers: […]
Science Daily reports on the discovery that human skin oils react with ozone in the atmosphere inside your office or house to create “the Pig-Pen […]
Nature says that our need for silicon – the main substance in computer chips, as well as glass windows, bottles, and things like bricks and […]
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