Puttachat Kumkrong/Shutterstock Cathy Moore, University of Westminster Tobacco kills 8 million people worldwide every year, but imagine if it could be used to make medicine. The idea isn’t unheard of – tobacco has been used as a herbal medicine in the past. But now, in the age of genetic engineering, tobacco may well be the […]
Your reality isn’t what you think it is—literally. Every sight, sound, and touch you experience isn’t a direct feed from the outside world but a carefully constructed illusion your brain assembles on the fly. It fills in gaps, edits time, and even predicts the future just to keep you functioning. But if everything you perceive […]
Benjamin Tapon, Queen Mary University of London and Alex de Mendoza, Queen Mary University of London US biotechnology company Colossal Laboratories and Biosciences has a radical proposal: it wants to resurrect the woolly mammoth from extinction. In a preprint paper published on March 4, scientists at Colossal report making a significant step towards this objective. […]
Ever wondered what the Earth’s vast ocean currents look like from above? NASA’s ECCO (Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean) Group has created an incredible data visualization of the most traveled underwater highways, and the results are nothing short of breathtaking! This model showcases ocean currents in stunning detail, with data pulled from […]
3D printing could make many of the components for future structures on Mars. 3000ad/iStock via Getty Images Plus Sven Bilén, Penn State Throughout history, when pioneers set out across uncharted territory to settle in distant lands, they carried with them only the essentials: tools, seeds and clothing. Anything else would have to come from their […]
Remember those magical summer nights filled with tiny glowing lights? If you’ve noticed fewer fireflies (or lightning bugs) lately, you’re not alone—scientists have, too. The problem? We don’t have enough data to understand just how bad things are for these little luminescent wonders. Ze Frank’s latest True Facts video dives into the decline of fireflies […]
If you’ve ever watched a sci-fi movie where doctors use futuristic technology to see inside the human body in real time, then Medivis’ augmented reality surgery might feel like it’s straight out of the future. But it’s real—and it’s happening now. Using Microsoft’s HoloLens 2, this groundbreaking technology overlays 3D MRI scans onto a patient’s […]
Muppet Labs is back, and this time, Bunsen and Beaker have dragged Adam Savage into their reckless disregard for workplace safety. Their mission? To test gravity by dropping an unholy amount of random objects from a great height. Apples? Too basic. Pineapples, microwaves, and a mysterious bucket of goop? Now we’re doing science.
For a few tense weeks, asteroid 2024 YR4 had astronomers watching the skies a little more closely. With an estimated size between 40 and 90 meters and a peak 3.1% chance of hitting Earth, it briefly held the second-highest impact probability of any known asteroid. If it had struck a populated area, the results could […]
vchal/Shutterstock Craig Anderson, University of Glasgow James Howells is considering buying a council dump in south Wales after his former partner accidentally threw away a hard drive containing his bitcoin wallet. Howells has already lost a high court case to allow him to search the tip for the hard drive, which he believes contains bitcoin […]