Scientists Use Tiny Spring Magnets to Harmlessly Dissolve Microplastics in Water

The researchers managed to use the little springs to cleanse water samples of microplastics over the course of just eight hours.

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To fight climate change, we may have to return to the age of airships

At this point, staving off climate change is probably not a matter of gentle tweaks and nudges. We may have to give up cars completely. And our diets are in for a major overhaul. But one proposal floated by Austrian…

Evolution designed by parasites

(University of Chicago Press Journals) In ‘Invisible Designers: Brain Evolution Through the Lens of Parasite Manipulation,’ published in the September 2019 issue of The Quarterly Review of Biology, Marco Del Giudice explores an overlooked aspect of the relationship between parasites and their hosts by systematically discussing the ways in which parasitic behavior manipulation may encourage the evolution of mechanisms in the host’s nervous and endocrine systems.

Wild giraffes are suffering a 'silent extinction'

Earth’s tallest animal is in deep trouble. Wild giraffe populations are plummeting due to poaching and habitat loss, with survey data showing the mammals’ numbers have fallen more than 40 percent over the last 30 years. And unlike the well-known…

Britain Has Been Brainwashed By The Sinister Green Religion Of Climate Change

Over half British adults claim to be ‘very concerned’ about climate change. According to an Ipsos MORI poll conducted for the London Evening Standard, 85 percent are ‘concerned’ and 52 percent ‘very concerned’. And the figures are going up. According…

Is shaming people for flying effective?

Greta Thunberg’s sailboat journey has triggered a heated debate over how to encourage people to take climate action.

Moon and Taurus before dawn August 23-25

Taurus has an easy-to-see V shape. You can see how the Bull got its name! The waning moon can guide your eye on the mornings of August 23, 24 and 25, 2019.

Discovery of ‘hidden’ outbreak hints that Zika virus can spread silently

(Scripps Research Institute) Just when international fears of contracting Zika began to fade in 2017, an undetected outbreak was peaking in Cuba — a mere 300 miles off the coast of Miami. A team of scientists at Scripps Research, working in concert with several other organizations, uncovered the hidden outbreak by overlaying air-travel patterns with genomic sequencing of virus samples from infected travelers. The discovery is featured on the cover of the Aug. 22, 2019 issue of Cell.

This very good grandson is road-tripping with his grandma to all the national parks

When Brad Ryan was young, he used to spend time with his Grandma Joy. “My Grandma Joy and I would go to Blue Rock State Park near our hometown, and I would catch crawdads in the stream. I always knew…

Things They Don’t Tell You About Moving Into a Tiny House

I understand that my tiny house experience is pretty unique. We built our home on a foundation halfway up a mountain. And when I say…