A British brewery is replacing one-third of its barley with leftover bread, CNN reported. Their goal is to reduce food waste and they’ve inspired other breweries around the world to do the same. Studies show that choosing where to get food affects the food web. […]
A newly discovered coral reef off the Australian coast is 500 meters tall, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported. It is the largest detached reef to be discovered in 120 years and it is over 1.5 kilometers wide. But what are coral reefs made of? […]
The International Space Station had its 20th birthday on November 2, “The New York Times” reported. Since 2000, it has been a symbol of global cooperation in humanity’s endeavors to reach for the stars. Unfortunately, space exploration is expensive and slow. […]
A Belgian cemetery has been overrun with unnatural mutant crayfish, “The New Zealand Herald” reported. The all-female horde of crustaceans don’t require males to reproduce and were initially created in a breeding program. Understanding cloning begins with a look at cells. […]
Paleontologists were unable to discuss bones online due to a language filter, “The Guardian” reported. Slang terminology butted heads with science when a computerized language filter mistook fossil talk for naughty language. Finding fossils is hard enough without dealing with censorship. […]
NASA has landed a spacecraft on an asteroid with an uneven, rocky surface, NPR reported. The van-sized spacecraft had been orbiting the asteroid for two years before touching down on it. What about near-Earth asteroids? […]
A flash of light in the night sky was a star falling prey to a black hole, Axios reported. Half the star was consumed by the black hole and the other half was ejected away from it, one astronomer said. The Great Courses’ “Mind-Blowing Science” course has more. […]
So-called “slow blinking” at cats makes them more receptive to humans, Science Alert reported. When cats keep their eyes narrow and slowly blink, it means they are content, and is similar to smiling. The cat family Felidae exhibits many shared behaviors. […]
A new research paper about time travel suggests self-correcting time paradoxes. Scientists from the University of Queensland recently published the paper through the nonprofit organization Institute of Physics Publishing. Time is affected by the density of gravity. […]
Two chemists received the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their gene editing work, NPR reported Wednesday. Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna took the prize for their groundbreaking work with CRISPR, a precise gene editing technology. CRISPR is key to modern human genome work. […]
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