Pooping in 12 Seconds

Research now has formulas for figuring out defecation factors and speeds and the reasons for doing so.  Much is health related, but the statistics are rather intriguing. 

Metal-Organic-Framework - Manipulating the Photosynthesis Process

Scientists have figured out a way to use Metal-Organic-Frameworks to create artificial photosynthesis that cleans the air and reduces CO2 levels in the environment. 

There's Plenty of Womb

Scientists are growing lambs inside of bags that act as wombs.  Humans are the next step in this venture which uses bio-bags to aid those born prematurely.  

Plastic Roads

Engineer Toby McCartney has figured out a way to mix plastic with asphalt to make roads that last longer and help alleviate the problem of plastic in landfills. 

Enhanced Strangeness Production

The LHC has produced more bizarre particles as proton to proton collisions are creating enhanced strangeness from quark-gluon plasma.  

The Corpuscular Theory

A failed experiment brings to light the makeup of light waves or particles or both.

Changing Skin Cells Into Brain Cells

Skin cells genetically processed into pluripotent germ cells and then manipulated into microglia which transform into brain cells.  

Wax Worms Eating Plastic - Nice!

Wax worms have been observed degrading plastic bags at a rapid rate compared to other ways of biodegrading plastic.  

Just Weight to See

A man in China was arrested for stealing bras and stashing them above the ceiling until the ceiling collapsed!

Naked Mole Rats Can Live Like Plants When They Have No Oxygen

Naked mole rats are already weird.  They don't get tumors.  They are immune to some chronic pain. They can live without oxygen for some time.  

4D Printed Space Fabric

Check out NASA's new space fabric created with a 3D printer. 

Looking at Things on the Atomic Level

The new European XFEL x-ray laser is about ready to reveal things at the atomic level.  

Building Magnets from the Atom Up with Supercomputers

By using supercomputers, material scientists have been able to predict and create two new magnets from materials that are not rare.  

Qubits and Time Crystals Meet

Discover how scientists are now working to merge quantum computing (qubits) and time crystals to create computers that are lightning fast and mind-bending. 

LHC Discovery May Mean Rewriting Particle Physics Understanding

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has made new discoveries that may mean rewriting the current understanding of particle physics as we know it. 

Frog Skin Secretions Can Destroy Some Influenza Viruses

Researchers have discovered an Indian frog that secretes a substance that can stop some influenza viruses in their tracks. 

Giant Shipworm

A giant, living shipworm was caught in the Philippines recently. It lives with one end buried in the sand where it gathers nutrients to live. 

A Watch That Makes You Think About Time

The Hidden Time Watch gets the wearer to think about the moment you're living in and not the past or future.  It's creative and useful to the owner. 

Nasuh, Fibonacci and Napier's "Math" Bones

Heard of a slide rule?  Meet some of the people behind it's creation and how their "bones" for math work to solve large numbers quickly. 

The Ocellated Lizard's Color-Shifting Skin

Alan Turing, a famous codebreaker, predicted the ability of this lizard to be able to change skin color based on mathematical rules. 

Metal Organic Frameworks - Pulling Water from the Air

New materials that are sun-powered and can pull water from the air, even in deserts, is under development and possibly in use in the near future.  

Should We Stay or Should We Go?

The debate over whether or not to stay on daylight savings time year round or never go on it year round is gaining growing support either way.  There are some interesting statistics regarding such a move. 

Pluripotent Stem Cells

Scientists have succeeded in producing stem cells that can grow into any cell in the body.  This bodes well for the possibility of using these cells to grow organs for humans.

Intergalactic Web, Dark Matter, Revealed

Images of over 23,000 galaxy pairs taken over several years have revealed that dark matter is holding the universe together like a giant web. 

Negative Mass?

U of W physicists say they've created a fluid with negative mass. Using lasers to accomplish this the physicists manipulated rubidium atoms for their experiment.  

Shoelace Knot Failure

Ever wonder why your shoelaces come untied no matter how much or how tight you tie them? Science has an answer.

Excited State Proton Transfer

Scientists have been able to probe nitrogen molecules to study how DNA protects itself from radiation. 

The Casimir Effect

A new and unexpected force has been discovered that pushes nanoparticles around by 'nothingness'.

Artificial Thymic Organoid Creation

Scientists have created an artificial organ that could help fight cancer and other diseases. 

Draupner Waves

How do waves grow to become Rogue Waves? Math and physics are helping scientists figure that out.

Nootropics

Imagine using various chemicals and natural substances to increase brain functionality by 10 percent. Think Nootropics. 

3D Printed Blood Vessels

An engineer is working on the development of 3D printed blood vessels to help children with vascular disease. It could prove to be a boon to the medical field. 

Contact Lenses That Detect Disease

Imagine a contact lens that can detect cancer, liver functions, diabetes and more.  University of Oregon scientists are working on just such a lens.

Five Worst Ways to Die According to Scientists

Falling through a hole in the earth.  Being eaten by a bone-eating snot flower.  Just two of the five worst ways to die. But read on. 

Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder and a Genetic Mutation

Do you stay up late at night?  Always tired?  Seems like you can never catch up?  You could suffer from a genetic mutation that tells your body to stay awake beyond the normal 24 hour circadian rhythm cycle.

Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay

Where is all the anti-matter in the universe?  Ghost particles, or neutrinos could help solve the puzzle. Hypothetical entities called Majorana particles could be the answer to finding the anti-matter. 

Memristors

AI advancements continue as memristors are being developed that learn autonomously. 

Self-Healing Material Designed

Scientists have developed a material that self-heals and could be used in smartphones one day.  

Eyes on the Back of...Your Back

Scientists have succeeded in grafting eyes on to the back of blind tadpoles whereupon they were able to "see".  

Semi-Cyborg Humans

Imagine a tiny implant that allows you to open doors, operate printers, buy smoothies and more.  

Neural Lace and the Demise of the Smartphone

Imagine a future with no smartphones or physical devices.  Instead, information and all that goes with it is seamlessly integrated directly into the human brain.

Blood-Brain Barrier and Venom

Learn how researchers are studying venom in an effort to bypass the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in order to carry medicine to damaged brains.

Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats

CRIPSPR. An acronym dealing with DNA, genes and other interesting microorganisms. 

Mosquito Flight - Amazing!

Studied using slow motion cameras from eight angles, mosquito flight has been found to use "lift" in amazing and unusual ways. 

Tunnels Made by Massive Sloths and Armadillos?

It's something out of a sci-fi movie. Giant sloths and armadillos roaming the earth creating giant tunnels. Archaeologists are now studying whether these giant tunnels might be home to these monsters centuries ago.

18,000+ Degree Plasma Jets in the Ionosphere

Researchers have detected plasma jets in the earth's upper atmosphere that can reach temperatures of over 18,000 degrees and that affect the earth's weather.