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Was Charles Darwin the first to come up with the Theory of Evolution? Or was it Alfred Russel Wallace? As you are about to find…
Google Doodle honored Willem Einthoven today on what would have been his 159th birthday. The pioneering scientist won the Nobel Prize of Medicine for his…
Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine have found a way to use electricity to fight against bacterial infections. The novel work has seen positive…
New research has pinpointed a compound in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables that inactivates a gene known to play a crucial role in common cancers.…
Very few people achieve something amazing and then — disappear. One of the few is chess champion Bobby Fischer, who in 1972, won the World Chess…
Cheating or infidelity is one of the biggest social taboos around. Many who’ve been cheated on will attest to just how destructive it can be…
Animals living in the deepest trenches of the ocean carry radioactive carbon from nuclear tests carried out during the Cold War. Amphipods that live deep…
Have you ever seen someone at the fruit shop walking around tapping all the watermelons before picking their fruit? This savvy customer is using an…
Businessman Victor Vescovo broke the record for deepest dive ever by reaching the bottom of the Marianna Trench. He descended an impressive 35,853 feet (10,927 meters)…
Did you know that the world record for holding one’s breath underwater is 22 minutes? Pre-smart devices, during the summer, a majority of people’s past-times…
Aultsville was once a sleepy village in the Canadian Province of Canada. But when authorities decided to build the St. Lawrence Seaway, it had to…
Methanotrophic bacteria (or “methanotrophs”) oxidize methane and convert it to methanol. In doing so, not only are they removing a dangerous greenhouse gas from the…
Located 65 miles north of Kiev, Ukraine, the V.I. Lenin Nuclear Power Station at Chernobyl was a model of Soviet engineering. Its four RBMK nuclear…
Depression and gastrointestinal distress are well linked, but scientists have not exactly understood why. It is common for people suffering depression to also concurrently endure…
The America Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has found that some sunscreens active ingredients can enter our bloodstream, but they aren’t sure of the health…
If you spent a lot of hours immersed in the world of Pokémon as a child, your brain has likely developed a very special cluster of…
Engineers from Rice University have developed a novel approach to fixing bone fractures that uses magnets to help fix the bones in place. The team…
Would you prefer to down a bitter black coffee or swig on a sickly sweet latte? Researchers investigating differences in our tastebuds have been surprised…
Your data might not be as safe as you think. The goal of encryption is to protect your data. It does that by garbling the…