White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci kicked off the week with several new high-profile interviews, all of which are garnering headlines thanks to the worrisome new COVID-19 Omicron variant. However, Dr. Fauci continues to step on his own message a bit at times, thanks to a fiery defense of his actions and comments …
Scientists have observed a little-known species of meat-eating bee that sports an extra tooth for biting flesh. According to a recent paper on the bees, they use their extra tooth to pull and gather meat. Doug Yanega, an entomologist with UC Riverside says that these are the only bees in the world that have evolved …
What if we could travel at the speed of light? We’re still a long way off, but tech used in spacecraft could one day let us travel from New York to Los Angeles in just one second. Light is the fastest thing that exists. It travels at 186,000 miles per second. As such, it can …
New data from the exploration of Mars has provided more evidence of Mars’ volcanic past. The new study, which was published in Nature Communications, details how scientists used NARA’s InSight Mars Lander to record vibrations in the ground. This allowed them to map roughly 600 feet beneath the surface of the planet. Here they discovered …
Astronomers have discovered a new planet outside our solar system which orbits its star in just 16 hours. The ongoing hunt for planets beyond our solar system has resulted in over 4,000 discoveries of far-off worlds. Some of these new-found planets orbit stars that are thousands of light-years from Earth. The worlds found include Neptune-like …
An astrophotographer has released a new photo of the recent partial lunar eclipse and it captures the event perfectly. The photo is a composite of thousands of photos captured during the four-hour event. Taken by Andrew McCarthy, the photos were captured using three cameras that McCarthy set up outside in Arizona the night of the …
We finally have a demonstration of a quantum effect that was predicted years ago, which is capable of making invisible matter. Scientists at MIT have used lasers to squeeze lithium gas together after cooling it to very low temperatures. The result, though, is an invisible gas that can block the scattering of light. Scientists believe …
It seems like advertisements are everywhere, and soon they could even be in your dreams. According to a new essay published by a trio of researchers from MIT, Harvard, and the University of Montreal, advertisers are working on ways to hack into our dreams. A recent survey also notes that 77 percent of marketers plan …
Scientists have been looking for new ways to treat cancer for years now. Newly developed shape-shifting robots could provide a new avenue for treatment. The new robots are shaped like fish and can deliver drugs directly to the affected cells. This could help alleviate side effects from cancer-fighting treatments like chemotherapy. Once the technology is …
Scientists originally believed a fossil found in 2015 to be the missing ‘four-legged snake.’ Now, a new study says that the fossil isn’t a snake at all. A paper originally published in July of 2015 detailed a fossil that researchers believed to be a snake with four legs. At the time, the fossil received worldwide …
