"Being scientific is hard for human brains, but as an adversarial collaboration on a massive scale, science is our only method for collectively separating how we want things to be from how they are."
What better way to honour this mathematical marvel (π) than by baking a delicious pie that resembles the CMS detector? 🥧
Today, embrace the magic of circles – from pizzas and pancakes to clocks and planets. 🪐🍕
Take a moment to appreciate the beauty and wonder of math in our everyday world.
As it turns out, Jupiters moon #Europa has substantially less oxygen than previously thought. Albeit, it still produces enough oxygen
in a 24 hour period
to keep approximately
one million humans breathing.
The bloc aims to become the first carbon-neutral continent. A new policy called CBAM will assist its ambitions — and may persuade other countries to follow in its footsteps.
Ever wonder how Baleen whales (Blues, Greys, Humpbacks), the largest
and some of the most magnificent animals to ever roam the earth,
produce their highly complex communication sounds and whale songs?
In our quest to find what makes humans unique, we often compare ourselves with our closest relatives: the great apes.
But when it comes to understanding the quintessentially human capacity for language, scientists are finding that the most tantalizing clues lay farther afield.
Among the scattering of nonhuman vocal learners across the branches of the bush of life, the most impressive are birds — hands (wings?) down.
Suddenly, biologists have hundreds of complete genome sequences of our feathered friends. That wealth of data is revolutionizing understanding of bird biology and evolution.
A massive bias in medical studies toward men of European origin means that genetic variants in understudied populations don’t get the focus they deserve, writes bioinformatician and Annual Reviews co-author Manuel Corpas.
Within the last decade or so, sports psychology research has exploded, as scientists have explored the nuances of everything from the pursuit of perfection to the harms of abusive coaching.
Latest research analysis lend further physical evidence modern humans and neanderthals lived side by side and interbred for several thousand years before neanderthals became extinct.
#FromTheArchives: Will glow-in-the-dark materials someday light our cities?
Substances that persistently luminesce are already used in some bike lanes, and in the future could be applied to sidewalks, streets and buildings — saving energy and reducing urban heat.
Have you noticed any changes in your local birdsong?
Scientists are finding that several species of urban-dwelling birds have modified their songs in response to human-generated noise #NationalBirdFeedingMonth
Many mangrove restorations fail. Is there a better way?
These carbon-hoarding, coastline-protecting forests are sponges for greenhouse gases. Doing plantings right and involving local communities are key to saving them: