Some Blind People Can Still See, And Their Brains Could Help Explain Consciousness
Imagine being completely blind but still being able to see. Does that sound impossible? Well, it happens. A few years ago, a man (let’s call him Barry) suffered two strokes…
Physicists Discover Exotic, New ‘Tetraquark’ Particle We’ve Never Seen Before
There’s a new exotic subatomic particle on the atom smasher. Physicists working with CERN’s Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) collaboration have found a new form of the elusive four-quark particle…
Astronomers Spot a Planet Unlike Any We’ve Seen Before Orbiting a Distant Star
Some 730 light-years away, around a star that’s a lot like our Sun, astronomers have found a really weird exoplanet. It’s just a little smaller than Neptune, which could indicate…
Math Genius Has Come Up With a Wildly Simple New Way to Solve Quadratic Equations
If you studied algebra in high school (or you’re learning it right now), there’s a good chance you’re familiar with the quadratic formula. If not, it’s possible you repressed it.…
Giant Whale Sharks Have Hundreds of Tiny Teeth-Like Structures Around Their Eyes
Whale sharks, the majestic creatures that also happen to be the world’s largest fish, are far more gentle than the name suggests. They swim lazily around tropical waters, filter-feeding on…
Gorgeous New Footage Lets You Fly Over a Vast, Ice-Filled Crater on Mars
We love flyover videos from other worlds. These stunning videos, created from imagery gathered by orbiting spacecraft, can give us a sense of what it would be like to fly…
Scientists Show How to Calculate Your Dog’s ‘Human’ Age, And It’s Not a Multiple of 7
The conventional wisdom for working out how old your dog is in human terms is to multiple the dog’s age by seven – something experts have previously debunked. Now researchers…
The Locust Plague in East Africa Is Sending Us a Message, And It’s Not Good News
The coronavirus isn’t the only thing plaguing East Africa. Amid a global pandemic, people in this region of the world are also contending with another “extremely serious” threat to their…
People Who Like Post-Apocalyptic Movies Are Better Equipped For Pandemics, Study Says
Pandemic movies don’t just immerse you in a crisis, they might actually prepare you for one. New research suggests post-apocalyptic movies, or ‘prepper’ films, may give fans a practical and…
Surprise Discovery in Lunar Craters Could Force Us to Rethink The Moon’s Origins
Scientists still aren’t entirely sure how the Moon formed, though plenty of hypotheses have been discussed. Now, new findings around metal deposits in lunar craters could mean we need to…
There’s A Place On Earth Getting Cooler, Not Hotter. A New Study Sheds Light On Why
Earth’s oceans are simmering with the heat trapped by increasing amounts of greenhouse gases. But one patch of water in the North Atlantic is stubbornly resisting the trend, and actually…
It Was an Asteroid, Not Volcanoes, That Wiped Out The Dinosaurs, New Study Finds
It seems almost certain that an asteroid impact wiped out the dinosaurs. But only almost. Another competing theory won’t completely go away: the extinction-by-volcano theory. A new study from the…