You hear it said when you’re a small child, make sure you eat your vegetables. Even as we age, our doctors constantly remind us that we need more fruit and vegetables in our diet. And even when you eat more, it likely still isn’t enough. Researchers have been tracking the nutrients in our veggies and…
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The woolly mammoth has been extinct for thousands of years. However, some scientists have made it their mission to revive this extinct species. And it looks like they are on their way. The long-extinct beast is a distant cousin to the African elephant, and some scientists have the stem cells connecting the two animals. And…
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Years ago, there was an Indiana restaurant chain called Sunshine Cafe. And their slogan branded them as a place where it was always sunny and 72 degrees. There are still a few around. I thought about them yesterday when reading an article about global warming. Scientists have determined that the optimal temperature for living entities…
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For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved tomatoes. Back then, we didn’t have any varieties of the fruit. Take that back; we did have cherry tomatoes, but usually only when you visited a restaurant with a salad bar. I’m trying to remember when I first learned about Beefsteak, Roma, or the Heirloom variety….
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Technology has helped advance so many things in science and medicine over the years. And experts feel that artificial intelligence will play a significant role in future advances. It might already be doing that if we can believe scientists from South Korea. Some researchers have reported that thanks to AI, they can now detect autism…
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Last weekend, I realized something when I was getting ready to head out to run some errands. I’ve been using hairspray for around 50 years. As a preteen, I had long hair and consistently had problems with static electricity. I always tried different brands to find the one with the best hold. Some worked better…
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I’m always fascinated when scientists can identify new forms of life. They often identify fossils of creatures that lived tens of thousands of years ago with the dinosaurs. Recently though, they found another new species. This one still lives in the ocean’s depths near Antarctica. It’s a distant relative of the starfish, and researchers think…
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You rarely read news stories about worms. But they’ve been in the news as Russian scientists have revived a pair of worms frozen in permafrost for 46,000 years. The goal is to study these prehistoric worms to learn the effects of climate change. That may seem far-fetched, but the scientists are confident…
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Did you catch 60 Minutes last week? They did a fascinating story on mass extinction. Scientists claim that we have officially entered the sixth extinction period in our planet’s lifecycle. The last era goes back to the time of the dinosaurs. Because of overbuilding and overpopulation, our wildlife has nowhere to live. And it’s just…
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It’s cold and flu season and doctors are already reporting more cases than we’ve seen in years. Naturally, the numbers were down the last few years because of COVID-19, but it’s still worse than a couple of years before the pandemic. And researchers think they’ve finally figured out why we catch a cold and see…
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