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Scientists Have Been Searching for the Elixir of Invisibility for Decades. It Turns Out It Was in the Most Unexpected Place: Doritos

Research

The color of these legendary snacks may turn out to be one of the inventions of the century.

Chinese Researchers Present a Simple Strategy for Weight Loss: Eating Raw Vegetables

Health

Amid the obesity epidemic, people are still searching for effective (and surprising) ways to shed pounds.

The End of Plastic as We Know It Is Near. Self-Destructing Plastic Is Just Around the Corner

Materials

An ordinary plastic bottle, such as those found in any supermarket, takes up to 1,000 years to completely degrade.

Elon Musk’s Starship Opened an Unprecedented Hole in the Ionosphere, Russian Researchers Say

Space

The destruction of SpaceX’s mega-rocket on its second flight created one of the largest holes ever detected in the ionosphere, the ionized layer of the atmosphere.

There’s a Big ‘Black Hole’ in Our Daily Productivity. This Neuroscientist Believes He’s Found a Way Around It: Coffee

Research

For centuries, coffee has been an effective tool for enhancing our attention. Could we be using it incorrectly?

China Isn’t Satisfied With Creating the World’s Largest Offshore Windmills. Now It Wants Them to Be Used to Breed Fish, Too

Energy

What if wind farms could be used for more than just generating renewable energy?

When Landslides Turn a Paradise Into Hell: A Look at the Crisis in Rancho Palos Verdes in California

Nature and Environment

Landslides have been moving things around in the city for years. However, heavy rains in recent years have meant that instead of moving a few inches, things are moving a few feet.

The Clue Needed to Solve the Stonehenge Mystery Was in a Spanish Dolmen From 1,000 Years Earlier. It Weighs More Than Two Boeing 747 Aircraft

Magnet

The iconic monument’s great mystery required a clue from the past. One from 1,000 years earlier, to be precise.

‘The Atlantic Tropics Are Completely Broken’: Experts Say the Intertropical Convergence Zone Is Shifting North, Posing a Significant Challenge

Nature and Environment

Experts anticipated a highly active hurricane season, but 2024 indicates otherwise. The question is, why?

The U.S. Atomic Bomb Development Site Is Experiencing a Plutonium Contamination Issue, Reaching Levels Similar to Chernobyl

Nature and Environment

A recent paper has raised the alarm about radioactive contamination in this notorious location.

Astrophysicists Now Suspect Dark Matter Is Responsible for the Formation of Supermassive Black Holes

Space

Cosmologists have limited knowledge about dark matter, and much of it is speculative. As a matter of fact, the nature of dark matter is one of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics.

NASA Has Successfully Stopped the ‘Strange Noise’ Coming From Starliner’s Loudspeaker. The Spacecraft Is Set to Return to Earth Soon

Space

The sound has now ceased, allowing the spacecraft to continue with its plans to return to Earth empty on Friday.

South Africa Is Going to Bomb an Island With Tons of Poison. Its Goal: To Annihilate Thousands of Mice

Nature and Environment

The ambitious, $26-million plan can’t fail if the country wants to avoid making matters worse.

NASA Has Confirmed a 60-Year-Old Hypothesis: The Earth Has a Third Hidden Energy Field

Space

60 years ago, scientists proposed a hypothesis about the existence of a weak energy field surrounding our planet.

Do Fridge Magnets Increase Energy Consumption? Here’s What Manufacturers Say

Energy

Refrigerator magnets have no impact on the lifetime of the appliance, but this isn’t because of their magnetic fields.

Nuclear Fusion Reactors Need to Be Built With an Incredibly Tough Material. MIT Has Identified a Highly Promising Candidate

Energy

One of the biggest challenges posed by nuclear fusion is, as it happens, a materials engineering issue.

The U.S. Claims It Has Expanded Its Territory by Nearly Twice the Size of California. Now It’ll Have to Prove It

Cobalt Is Responsible for the High Cost of Batteries. Japanese Scientists Have Discovered a More Cost-Effective Alternative

Energy

A research laboratory in Japan has created a new material with an energy density of 820 Wh/kg and no voltage drop.

Scientists Have Been Searching for the Elixir of Invisibility for Decades. It Turns Out It Was in the Most Unexpected Place: Doritos

Chinese Researchers Present a Simple Strategy for Weight Loss: Eating Raw Vegetables

The End of Plastic as We Know It Is Near. Self-Destructing Plastic Is Just Around the Corner

Elon Musk’s Starship Opened an Unprecedented Hole in the Ionosphere, Russian Researchers Say

There’s a Big ‘Black Hole’ in Our Daily Productivity. This Neuroscientist Believes He’s Found a Way Around It: Coffee

China Isn’t Satisfied With Creating the World’s Largest Offshore Windmills. Now It Wants Them to Be Used to Breed Fish, Too

When Landslides Turn a Paradise Into Hell: A Look at the Crisis in Rancho Palos Verdes in California

The Clue Needed to Solve the Stonehenge Mystery Was in a Spanish Dolmen From 1,000 Years Earlier. It Weighs More Than Two Boeing 747 Aircraft

‘The Atlantic Tropics Are Completely Broken’: Experts Say the Intertropical Convergence Zone Is Shifting North, Posing a Significant Challenge

The U.S. Atomic Bomb Development Site Is Experiencing a Plutonium Contamination Issue, Reaching Levels Similar to Chernobyl

Astrophysicists Now Suspect Dark Matter Is Responsible for the Formation of Supermassive Black Holes

NASA Has Successfully Stopped the ‘Strange Noise’ Coming From Starliner’s Loudspeaker. The Spacecraft Is Set to Return to Earth Soon

South Africa Is Going to Bomb an Island With Tons of Poison. Its Goal: To Annihilate Thousands of Mice

NASA Has Confirmed a 60-Year-Old Hypothesis: The Earth Has a Third Hidden Energy Field

Do Fridge Magnets Increase Energy Consumption? Here’s What Manufacturers Say

Nuclear Fusion Reactors Need to Be Built With an Incredibly Tough Material. MIT Has Identified a Highly Promising Candidate

The U.S. Claims It Has Expanded Its Territory by Nearly Twice the Size of California. Now It’ll Have to Prove It

Engineer Proposes Weird But Cheap Idea to Keep Your Home Cool in the Heat: Coating Your Windows With Yogurt

We Imagined That Working in the Pyramids of Ancient Egypt Wasn’t Very Healthy. Now We Know Just How Toxic It Really Was

Cobalt Is Responsible for the High Cost of Batteries. Japanese Scientists Have Discovered a More Cost-Effective Alternative

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