PBS’ Space Time has posed some interesting questions and theories about the galaxy and its potential areas and inhabitants. In this run, they bring up aliens and speculate on whether or not it is irrational to believe in them. It’s quite strange we can be aware we are in a galaxy that is essentially unfathomably […]
Why is the human brain so much larger than that of chimpanzees? Newly-published research suggests it’s the result of orders from DNA. Researchers at Duke University believe the answer lies in a section of DNA known as human-accelerated regulatory enhancer, or HARE5. It’s part of what was once labelled junk DNA in the (apparently misguided) […]
A university researcher says he’s developing a tattoo removal cream that could remove tattoos cheaply and without pain. A tattoo doesn’t work simply by burying ink deep enough (in the dermis) that it remains in place as the skin regenerates. Instead it’s that the needle doesn’t just deliver the pigment, but rather that its penetration causes […]
A short video by the folks over at The New York Times taking a look at what exactly happens to popping kernels, before the butter and salt. The first action, of course, is the split of the hull, which, the researchers point out, is not what makes the noise. That comes from a release of […]
From PBS Space Time: We’ve run, jumped, and stomped all over the world of Super Mario, but, where in the universe is Super Mario EXACTLY? It’s virtual so it obviously DOESN’T exist, but if it did, could Super Mario world be in our solar system? And what do the planet’s dynamics reveal about Mario’s crazy […]
You knew it was just a matter of time. Women have to carry the babies and give birth and take birth control, and us guys do little in the whole process. Truth is, we get to do the fun part, and all the awful parts get delegated to the female. Well, that is about to […]
It’s hard to imagine anything actually wanting to be immortal. Wanting to live on and on endlessly with no rest of cease to it all in sight. Look at how grumpy most vampires are, for example. But science may have finally discovered a creature that immortal. The aptly named Hydra. A creature that will blow […]
We tend to think of blindness as something you’re born with, but with certain genetic diseases, it can actually develop when you’re a kid, or even when you’re an adult. But could blind eyes possibly regenerate? David Davila explains how the zebrafish’s amazing regenerative retinas are causing scientists to investigate that very question. [TED-Ed]