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...
by | Apr 5, 2021 | Weirdness
from BBC Muons: ‘Strong’ evidence found for a new force of nature By Pallab Ghosh IMAGE COPYRIGHTREIDAR HAHN / FERMILAB From sticking a magnet on a fridge door to throwing a ball into a basketball hoop, the forces of physics are at play in every moment of...
by | Apr 3, 2021 | Weirdness
from Der Spiegel A Visit to the World’s Deadliest Dive Site It doesn’t have the nicest coral formations nor the most fish. But the Blue Hole in the Gulf of Aqaba is a magnet for divers, primarily because of its reputation. Dozens of adventurers have lost...
by | Apr 2, 2021 | Weirdness
from SF Gate Video shows 1,000-dolphin ‘stampede’ off California coast by Andrew Chamings ‘Super-pod,’ ‘mega-pod’ or a ‘dolphin stampede,’ whatever you want to call it, the sight of 1,000 dolphins swimming alongside you...
by | Mar 31, 2021 | Weirdness
from The Wall Street Journal Alien Languages May Not Be Entirely Alien to Us Evolution should favor some universal traits in the emergence of any form of communication on any planet By Arik Kershenbaum The 2016 movie ‘Arrival’ portrayed scientists scrambling to decode...
