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Inventing the Color Purple… By Accident
Purple, as a color, is so rare in nature that its own scarcity led to its own notoriety…
What Engineers Are Thinking Up to Curb Our Climate Crisis
Scientists, policymakers, and entrepreneurs envision a net zero future where we can store billions of tons of greenhouse…
Fighting Mosquitoes With… Bacteria?
In the battle against mosquitoes, a new weapon has emerged: the Wolbachia bacteria. This groundbreaking method involves releasing…
Your Cat’s a Predator—It’s Probably Just Not Obvious
It’s not directly evident at first glance, but domestic cats descend from a line of successful predatory mammals…
Robots Are Starting to Look Like Us. Should We Worry?
Engineers are slowly but surely advancing the field of robotics; however, a segment of these experts are trying…
Food At the Earth’s Extreme South
We know that it takes quite some guts to even just try and go to Antarctica, but what’s…
Can I Go to Space as a Tourist Someday?
You may have heard stories of billionaires and some lucky and deserving individuals heading out into the so-called…
Is Stress Built Into Our DNA?
Maybe you’re taking a break from a particularly stressful week, and you needed a bit of rest today.…
The Thwaites Glacier Poses a Threat to Coastal Cities Should It Collapse. Who’s At RIsk?
The Antarctic glacier called Thwaites Glacier is nicknamed the “Doomsday Glacier” for a reason: should it collapse, it…
Can We Ever Stop the Aging Process?
Given all the recent advancements in health research and chemistry, do we now have a good shot at…