You Won’t Believe How Elephant Seals Sleep Underwater
A team of scientists recorded the brain activity of diving elephant seals in the wild and mapped out the eccentric treks the animals take...
The Best Technique for Using a Playground Swing, According to Physicists
An international coterie of physicists have determined the ultimate technique for using a playground swing, and I’m happy to report you have probably been...
Stranger Things’ Duffer Brothers Will Produce an Intriguing New Sci-Fi Series for Netflix
As Stranger Things nears the end of its nostalgic horror adventure run, the team behind the series is getting ready to bring audiences a new...
Using solar farms to generate fresh desert soil crust
Biocrusts play a crucial role in maintaining soil health and ecosystem sustainability, but they are currently under assault. Human activities including agriculture, urbanization, and...
Turkey’s next quake: Research shows where, how bad — but not ‘when’
Using remote sensing, geophysicists have documented the massive Feb. 6 quake that killed more than 50,000 people in Eastern Turkey and toppled more than...
Cannabinoids give worms the munchies, too
Marijuana (cannabis) is well known for giving people the 'munchies.' Not only does it make people want to eat more, but it also makes...
Astrocyte dysfunction causes cognitive decline
People with dementia have protein build-up in astrocytes that may trigger abnormal antiviral activity and memory loss, according to a preclinical study.
AI system can generate novel proteins that meet structural design targets
A new machine-learning system can generate protein designs with certain structural features, and which do not exist in nature. These proteins could be utilized...
Engineering the next generation of cell and gene therapies
Investigators are developing a novel way to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and retinitis pigmentosa using engineered stem cells that may eventually lead to...
Quantum entanglement could make accelerometers and dark matter sensors more accurate
The 'spooky action at a distance' that once unnerved Einstein may be on its way to being as pedestrian as the gyroscopes that currently...
