The appearance of grey hair is one of the clearest indicators of old age. Black, brown, blonde, or red strands lose their young color as we age. Even though this appears to be a permanent alteration, the current study suggests that the greying process can be reversed—at least briefly. There have been rare case studies…
A Soviet-era dam is providing energy for a distant mining operation somewhere in Siberia. However, nothing tangible is emerging from the soil. Instead, the hydroelectric power plant powers enormous machines that churn out complex mathematical answers. To put it another way, this renewable energy is being utilized to mine bitcoin. Jason Deane, a Bitcoin analyst,…
Often, the most painful element of a workout occurs after the exercise has been completed. Almost everyone feels the agony associated with aching muscles the day after a hard run or an intense lifting exercise. This phenomenon is known as DOMS, or delayed onset muscle soreness, and it’s the reason why so many of us…
Dionysia tapetodes, an evergreen alpine shrub with bright yellow flowers in the spring, thrive in harsh highland environments. Its leaves are thin and thick, and they grow close together in a spherical, dome-like shape, unlike your usual houseplant. According to Raymond Wightman, a plant biologist at the University of Cambridge, the species is also fluffy-looking…
I’m a big fan of sci-fi planetary invasions, whether they’re in Star Wars, Halo, or Warhammer 40,000, so when I heard the US Air Force wants to invest $48 million in researching reusable rocket technology that could help shoot cargo or special operations, troops, into space and then bring them down to an austere base…
Pay attention to the mockingbird. This bird makes quite a racket. He imitates a variety of other bird songs, repeating them over and again, sometimes for hours at a time. We wouldn’t have dubbed this bird the mockingbird if we didn’t think its conduct was mildly offensive to other birds. But now pay closer attention.…
When scientists succeeded in cloning the endangered black-footed ferret in December 2020, they took a giant step toward a renewed global goal to battle climate change and biodiversity loss. The triumph of cloning both fulfilled the founding objective of Earth Day and terrified its most ardent supporters. Conservationists took a step ahead in protecting a…
While apps like Signal make it possible to exchange encrypted communications, no system is fully secure. But, owing to quantum mechanics, the esoteric area of science that regulates the cosmos at the lowest scales, encryption may become far more difficult to crack in the future. You’re almost probably viewing this on an electrical gadget that…
Many creatures, from humans (for whom loneliness has lately been dubbed an “epidemic”) to wasps to so-called “Resident” orcas (killer whales in the coastal North Pacific who consume fish and live in matrilineal communities), rely on social ties. The drone footage was utilized in a recent study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal…
A Canadian radio telescope discovered 535 fast radio bursts in one go, quadrupling the known number of these brief, very powerful events. The long-awaited findings reveal that these perplexing events may be divided into two types: one-time bursts and recurrent bursts that continue at least ten times longer on average. Fast radio bursts could be…