by | Apr 18, 2021 | Weirdness
from Popular Mechanics Why Scientists Want to Shorten the Minute to 59 Seconds Time might be running out. BY CAROLINE DELBERT ISTEO / Getty Images We like to say nothing is certain in life but death and taxes, but the truth is even our planet and the universe are...
by | Apr 17, 2021 | Weirdness
from The Atlantic A New Era of Black Holes Is Here Astronomers have discovered a black-hole treasure trove that is changing our view of the cosmos. by THOMAS LEWTON AND QUANTA MAGAZINE MARK GARLICK / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / GETTY When the first black-hole...
by | Apr 15, 2021 | Weirdness
from DNYUZ How a Burst of Light in the Sky Illuminated Something Primal by Brooke Jarvis At around 9 o’clock on the night of March 25, the sky above my house in Seattle lit up with an astonishing display. I know this not because I happened to see it — I was inside, as...
by | Apr 9, 2021 | Weirdness
from VICE Mysterious Radio Blasts From Space Just Got a Whole Lot Weirder, Somehow Scientists discovered that so-called “giant radio pulses” coincide with X-rays, suggesting they are hundreds of times more energetic than previously thought. By Becky...
by | Apr 7, 2021 | Weirdness
from Newsweek Can Blood from Young People Slow Aging? Silicon Valley Has Bet Billions It Will BY ADAM PIORE Beta-amyloid plaques and tau in the brain.COURTESY OF NIH/NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING The Spanish firm Grifols helped set off a kerfuffle last year when it,...
by | Apr 6, 2021 | Culture Music Art, Weirdness
from SF Gate Satellite technology puts into orbit swarms of spacecraft no bigger than a loaf of bread Christian Davenport, The Washington Post The Superdove mini-satellite manufactured by Planet. Photo by Planet Labs The avalanche was a stunning disaster, 247 million...
