Since the pandemic began in early 2020, scientists have been studying viruses more. And they’re not just focused on the Coronavirus. Experts have been trying to figure out how different viruses act. Some, like COVID-19, find weaknesses and strike quickly, while other viruses like HIV can sit dormant in the human body for years. Some…
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I was reading an article about ants the other day. It mentioned that scientists think that 20 quadrillion of them populates the earth. I’d heard of a quadrillion before but couldn’t fathom how significant the number was. I looked it up, and it came out to one million billion. That number itself is massive. Then…
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Have you ever noticed that some people get a lot of mosquito bites while others get very few? Even when I was younger and outdoors often, I rarely was bitten. But my wife seems to get attacked all the time. For years I thought I knew the reason why. And it looks like recent research…
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Climate change is affecting so much in our world. Scientists even think that the Earth’s rotation is speeding up, and climate change is likely part of the reason. In late June, we had a day that was less than 24 hours. The difference was less than two milliseconds, but experts are alarmed…
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Pardon the pun, but climate change has been a hot topic for many years. Many are worried about the future of our planet. Thankfully, MIT researchers have been hard at work trying to find a solution. And while they haven’t been able to stop global warming, they think they have a way to slow it…
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For years, people have debated the proper way to eat Oreos. Do you bite directly into them? Do you twist them to eat the filling first or dunk them? Researchers at MIT recently tried to see if they could peel the cookies apart and get a perfect split of the filling. The results are in,…
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For many years, people have wondered if cellphone use causes brain tumors. People have tried to present evidence to prove both sides. But a long-term British study has found that there is no link between cell phones and tumors. As someone who’s used one for 30 years, I feel much better…
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Scientists have been studying the DNA molecule for decades. Discovered in the 1860s, it took nearly a hundred years for researchers to be able to unlock its power. DNA has impacted not only science but the judicial system, too. And now, it has helped scientists discover hundreds of new species that we never knew existed….
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We all loved the Jurassic Park movies when they were simply fiction. But what if the experiments conducted in those films became a reality? Scientists and entrepreneurs are discussing bring the woolly mammoth back from the dead. They claim it could help with climate change…
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Every year for the last few years, I watch the horrible fires that ravage California. And that always leads me to try to learn more about why this happens. Of course, it makes me wonder if scientists can actually help make it rain to minimize these fires. And while the potential is there, there are…
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