Scammers are blending different types of fraud to persuade people to hand over their cash. Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock Stacey Wood, Scripps College and Yaniv Hanoch, University of Southampton Online fraud is today’s most common crime. Victims are often told they are foolish for falling for it, but fraudsters use psychological mechanisms to infiltrate the defences of their […]
A new hilarious episode of Ze Frank’s True Facts, featuring some of the most unusual adaptations of sharks, retold in Frank’s signature LOL-worthy way!
Occator crater, Ceres. NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA Helen Brand, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation and Natasha Stephen, Imperial College London Impact cratering happens on every solid body in the Solar System. In fact, it is the dominant process affecting the surfaces on most extraterrestrial bodies today. On Earth, however, such craters are often lost over time by […]
An undead city under siege, soldiers and police ruthlessly shooting down waves of zombies that flood from infected streets, trying to escape and infect more cities. This is what happens when your body fights cancer, more exciting than any movie. [Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell]
Watch as James Orgill from The Action Lab explores the extremes of auditory experience, delving into both the world’s quietest room and the world’s loudest room! These extraordinary chambers, utilized by 3M for sound analysis, allow for a comprehensive study of sound propagation, aiding in the refinement of their cutting-edge sound-damping solutions. [The Action Lab]
Betelgeuse, the bright, yellow star at the top of the picture, dimmed considerably in 2020 (as seen in second image) and has since brightened by 50%. H.Raab/Flickr, CC BY-ND Albert Zijlstra, University of Manchester The bright, red star Betelgeuse in the constellation Orion has shown some unexpected behaviour. In late 2019 and 2020 it became […]
Stem cell therapies hold promise for treating various ailments, including diabetes and Alzheimer’s. However, obtaining an adequate supply of stem cells has been challenging. Excitingly, scientists have now discovered a plentiful and commonly discarded source of stem cells: period blood. It turns out that this monthly occurrence, often overlooked, may offer a valuable solution for […]
NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Laura McKemmish, UNSW Sydney; Albert Fahrenbach, UNSW Sydney, and Martin Van Kranendonk, UNSW Sydney The search for habitable conditions beyond Earth has just become more interesting with the discovery of biologically available phosphorus from one of Saturn’s moons. Phosphorus is the most elusive of the six crucial elements needed for life. In […]
1,700 years ago, Chinese alchemist Ge Hong was renowned for his soup that could cure diarrhea-stricken patients. It had a surprising secret ingredient: feces. While it might seem unwise to consume feces, exciting new research suggests that taking poop into the body in other ways might benefit our health. Kathryn M. Stephenson & David L. […]
Most glass is made by melting down soda ash, limestone and quartz sand. gezgin01/iSock via Getty Images John Mauro, Penn State and Katelyn Kirchner, Penn State Glass is a material of many faces: It is both ancient and modern, strong yet delicate, and able to adopt almost any shape or color. These properties of glass […]