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11/30/2018 / By Edsel Cook

An engineering feat: Different types of silk in a spider web allow it to effectively capture prey

To human eyes, a spiderweb looks beautiful yet delicate. However, the strands are tough enough to survive contact with much larger animals. At the same time, they are also small enough to evade the notice of the prey that the web is intended to reveal and ensnare. Intrigued by this duality, a group of researchers […]

11/22/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Does sound have mass? Yes it does, according to researchers who make bizzare claim about “phonons”

Sound has “negative mass,” according to an article in Live Science. [Editor’s note: This study is fascinating, but surely must be either a prank or an error. We cover it here because of its novelty, but we do not endorse its flawed conclusion. No doubt the researchers will soon discover they made a measurement error, and […]

11/11/2017 / By Zoey Sky

Human cells and microorganisms found to be biochemically similar, according to astonishing study

Archaea are single-celled microorganisms that exist in areas with extreme conditions, such as volcanic vents in the ocean floor. A recent study has proven that these “hardy microbes” and human cells have similar biochemical compositions. Tom Santangelo, a Colorado State University (CSU) researcher and associate professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, thinks […]

08/28/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Human evolution REVERSING as DNA tests show rise of disease-promoting genes over the last 500 years

It is often said that people of past generations didn’t succumb to many of the illnesses people die of in 2017 simply because they didn’t live long enough to experience many of those ailments. However, the DNA of the remains of ancient people has provided new insight into their genetic disease factors. Throughout the ages, […]

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