by | Apr 21, 2021 | Weirdness
from The Atlantic The Dark Side of the Houseplant Boom American culture is becoming more and more preoccupied with nature. What if all the celebrations of the wild world are actually manifestations of grief? Story by Megan Garber Sindha Agha It started, as so many of...
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,...
