Science and Technolgy blog
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) In 1972, Janet Rowley sat at her dining room table and cut tiny chromosomes from photographs she had taken in her laboratory. One by one, she snipped out the small figures her children teasingly called paper…
Goldene (noun, “Goal-DEEN”) Goldene is a single layer of gold atoms. This makes it a 2-D, or two-dimensional, material — a sheet of some substance that is only one or two atoms thick. Hundreds of other 2-D materials have been…
What do beef jerky and some woolly mammoths have in common? Drying turns their DNA into super-tough glass. DNA in this form is extremely stable. In fact, scientists have now found such glassy DNA from a woolly mammoth that has…
The statue was created by the Indus Valley Civilization, a Bronze Age culture that once inhabited what is now Pakistan.
In a study published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research, researchers investigated the prevalence of narcissistic personality traits among adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). They found that a notable proportion of ADHD patients exhibited signs of narcissistic personality…
We know that people in colder environments eat more calories. But why does our hunger abate in the heat?
Up to 75 ‘shooting stars’ per hour may be visible as the annual Perseid meteor shower peaks on Sunday and Monday (Aug. 11 and Aug. 12). The annual shower is linked to debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle.
Scientists have uncovered a significant clue to understanding why some individuals are more susceptible to Alzheimer’s disease. Published in the journal Nature Communications, this new research reveals how a genetic variant called apolipoprotein E (APOE) interacts with a protein known…
Enlarge / Satellite image of Tropical Storm Debby on Sunday morning. (credit: NOAA) As often happens during the month of July, the Atlantic tropics entered a lull after Hurricane Beryl struck Texas and short-lived Tropical Storm Chris moved into Mexico.…
Weather experts talk about why the film “Twister” is often such a favorite among tornado researchers and what they think of its new stand-alone sequel, “Twisters”
