This past summer, I and many others around the world watched in horror as wildfires reduced nearly a third of the town of Jasper, Alberta, to ashes and incinerated some 150 square miles of the surrounding Jasper National Park. Although...
Humans have been speaking some form of language for tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of years. Yet linguists, psychologists and historians are constantly making new discoveries about the ways we communicate with one another. Linguists are tracking the new...
Should you throw out your black plastic spatula? A recent study that reported alarming levels of several flame retardants in common black-colored plastic items (including cooking utensils, toys and hair products) had many people suddenly taking stock of their inky...
LIFE, it could be argued, is like a long game of blackjack. In one common version of this, each person is initially dealt two playing cards. The aim is for your hand to add to 21, or as close to...
Noland Arbaugh was the first person to receive a Neuralink brain implantJohn Francis Peters Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface (BCI) company Neuralink grabbed headlines this year with the announcement of its first human trial in January, followed by its second in...
It wouldn’t be Christmas without the smell of freshly baked gingerbread wafting through the house. With a blend of warming spices and rich molasses, it is a must-have treat for a winter’s day. And as a child, it was always...
Robert Montgomery with a gene-edited pig kidney in the operating room during a xenotransplantationJoe Carrotta/NYU Langone Health On 16 March, Richard Slayman became the first living person to receive a genetically modified pig kidney. Less than one month later, Lisa...
Researchers collecting a sediment core sample from Crawford Lake, CanadaBonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post via Getty Images A long-standing effort to formally place the Anthropocene on the geologic timescale came to a surprising end this year. In March, a panel of academics rejected the...
From a fish with a tiny brain to the world’s oldest cheese, we have reported on plenty of strange and unusual science discoveries this year. Challenge yourself and see what you can remember in this fiendish set of questions from...
We challenge you to find the scientific terms in this monster of a puzzle – and we’re not even telling you exactly what they are Source link...
