Astronomers recently recorded a breaking radio signal from a remote galaxy nearly nine billion light years away. They detected the first radio transmission with a giant metrewave telescope in the early hours of Friday morning. The galaxy emitted an unprecedented frequency signal that traveled across the universe, where we finally received it on Earth. This...
Even though it is just below our feet, we don’t actually know very much about the inner layers of the Earth, in particular, the Earth’s core. Scientists have detected many seismic anomalies that have occurred between the Earth’s core and mantle. Recently, however, they have discovered that this perhaps has something to do with the...
Ever find out new unsettling facts and think, “Wish I never knew that“? Well, this weird and creepy collection might just give you that feeling. They’re morbid, freaky, but still pretty interesting. Keep reading if you dare! The Gray Man Albert Fish, infamously known as the “Gray Man” and the “Werewolf of Wysteria,” was a...
Magnesium is a mineral crucial for over 300 processes in the body. This includes muscle and nerve function, carbohydrate metabolism, blood pressure and blood sugar regulation, bone development, and more. Deficiency has been associated with conditions like type 2 diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis, migraines, and cardiovascular diseases. Although this mineral is present in many foods, studies...
There are over a thousand different kinds of bananas in the world. Yes, you heard that right. When most people in the Western World think of bananas, they think of Cavendish bananas, long, yellow, and mildly sweet. Perhaps a few would think of plantains, another fairly familiar type of bananas. But there are also red...
Let’s be honest: Human beings like to complain – a lot. Whether it’s about the traffic, the weather, or a difficult boss, nothing brings people together like disliking the same thing. It definitely seems like speaking negatively is commonplace in our daily lives, but is it good for us? One study actually shows that chronic...
With the boom in rent and housing prices, a shared home might just be the thing for the future. Also, with rent in several places being unaffordable, it helps the residents survive. Currently, a type of rental concept that includes sleeping pods has become available in Palo Alto in the San Fransico Bay Area. If...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) declared beef from two gene-edited cattle low-risk and potentially safe to eat. They added that this kind of beef could possibly be on the market in two years. Called PRLR-SLICK cattle, they became genetically edited using a tool called CRISPR to shorten their hair to tolerate heat better....
The Manchineel tree is known as the deadliest tree in the world. Its sap can burn your skin, its fruit can poison you, and the smoke it creates if you burn can temporarily blind you. You may be thinking “Well, I’ve never heard of it, so it must not exist where I live”. Unfortunately, if...
There’s glamping, and then there’s this. A team of 22 Dutch university students recently completed a 1,800-mile Eurotrip in a solar-powered campervan they designed themselves. Their question? If a group of university students can make something like this, why can’t big companies? (1) Students Complete Eurotrip InSolar-Powered Camper Van The team of students set off...
If you had the choice of working anything less than a Monday-to-Friday workweek, would you take it? More than likely your answer is yes, absolutely, in a heartbeat, no question, especially if it only has you at work 3 days a week. Lucky for you, there is a telling study you might want to cite next...
The Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the wonders of the world that has stood the test of time. It remains a marvelous mystery of human architecture as to how the technology of those times managed to build such a structure. It also makes for an amazing scene for visitors to Egypt. However, very...
