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What’s So Bad About Asbestos?
The United States’ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has banned chrysotile asbestos in the US as of March 2024,…
Peacocks were a mystery. Darwin figured them out.
Unlike natural selection which favors traits for survival, sexual selection explains traits that enhance mating success, such as…
How Do Sponges Keep Coming Back From the Brink?
Multiple fossil sites across South China, including Anji and other locations, show hyperdiverse sponge communities immediately following the…
The Next Generation of Spacesuits
Only 12 people have walked on the Moon, all within a span of 4 years, but no one…
The Science Behind Solar Power and the Power Grid
Solar panels, batteries, and wind turbines, known as inverter-based resources, convert DC power into AC for the grid,…
The Elements In Your Body
Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and sulfur are the primary elements essential for life, forming the basis of…
What Can You Find Inside Lithium-Ion Batteries?
Lithium-ion batteries consist of active materials like layered oxide and graphite, coated onto metal foils to form electrodes.…
Why Do Animals Keep Turning Into Crocodiles?
Crocodiles and their family members share an ancient evolutionary history. What’s usually not known, however, is that nature…
Designing a Disc Launcher to Prove a Point
As it turns out, designing a disc launcher from scratch isn’t easy; the development process involved many redesigns…
The Vulcan Rocket Launch
Destin Sandlin and his father visited Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to witness the first flight of the Vulcan…