A Friar Wrote About North America 150 Years Before Columbus Got There
People who live in America may know the Columbus story, and of how he supposedly “discovered” America through…
A Mysterious Radio Source from Our Galactic Center Leaves Astronomers Puzzled
The universe that you see when you look out the night sky isn’t the complete picture. All the…
New Study Shows the “Doubled” Death Risk of the Delta Variant
With cases of the B.1.617.2 variant, or the Delta variant, of COVID-19 still of significant number, it remains…
The Odd Case of Making an Aerogel
In another video from YouTube personality Nigel Braun’s NileRed channel, he attempted to create an aerogel, which is…
Making Cotton Balls Edible—Like Cotton-Candy Edible
Nigel Braun, of the YouTube channel NileRed fame, recently attempted to convert cotton balls into something a bit…
DNA Analysis Reveals the Origins of the Etruscans
For nearly 2,400 years since their civilization first appeared on historical accounts and records, the mystery of the…
New Study Finds Alarming Amounts of Microplastics in Infant Feces
An alarming study published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology Letters found that infant feces contain some…
Mathematician Solves 150-Year-Old “n-queens” Chess Problem
The game of chess has been around for at least 1,500 years, and has morphed in our current…
Merck’s “Molnupiravir” COVID-19 Pill Passes Human Trials
A news release from pharmaceutical company Merck last October 1 details positive findings after completion of Phase 3…
The Curious Case of the “Ever Given” and the Suez Canal
In another YouTube video by Grady Hillhouse of the YouTube channel Practical Engineering, they take a detailed look…