The Technological Marvel That Is the Piano (And an Automated One For Good Measure)
It’s been hundreds of years since its inception, and yet the piano continues to amaze both the musically…
Naegleria fowleri: The “Brain Eater” Amoeba
There’s an amoeba out there that likes to live in relatively warm waters that proves to be one…
Climate Change May Be Giving the Deep Sea Little Room to Breathe
Nestled between Canada’s Labrador Peninsula and the island of Greenland is an arm of the North Atlantic Ocean…
Should We Really Worry About the Environmental Impact of Crypto?
For years now, the world of cryptocurrency has been making slow and steady progress in making itself known…
Can Wood Ever Become “Transparent?”
YouTube channel NileRed attempts to make a piece of wood “transparent,” pushing several pieces through stages of chemical…
Can the Weight of Water Alone Run an Engine?
It shouldn’t be a question to most of us if water can run an engine—after all, steam engines…
The Oddity of An Animal That Evolved to Become Simpler
At first glance, evolution almost always gives the impression that animals get progressively more complex every time. “Almost,”…
Which Taste Is the Oldest?
Among the list of “Questions That No One Thought of Asking But Would Nevertheless Be Interesting” is the…
Nature Bites: The Pitcher Plant
Sir David Attenborough takes us viewers on a tour of some of nature’s oddest plants: the pitcher plants,…
Sir David Attenborough Meets “Lonesome George”
Nature Bites gives us a glimpse into one of Sir David Attenborough’s 2012 expeditions to Pinta Island in…