Scientist exploits the secret of plants to protect crops against global warming
Climate change is no longer a myth that policy makers can scoff about. No pretending that it doesn’t exist. No pretending that it isn’t already affecting mankind. Not in the face of unprecedented and dramatic weather extremes that people all over the world are living...
A UK woman has an extra cone cell in her eyes and can see more colors
Most people are trichromats. Most animals are dichromats. In some rare cases some women might be a tetrachromats. Okay, I see you have lost me. I’ll teach you what I myself have just learned. We see color because of specialized nerve cells in the retina called cones,...
How long you need to do cardio to reap the benefits for your body and brain
Some years ago I was shocked when a colleague of mine complained about having to walk from her car to the office building. Since I knew where she parked her car, which was in the street right in front of the building, I asked, why? “I hate walking,” she said. Would...
A new discovery is challenging Einstein’s theory of relativity
Earlier this year, physicists celebrated the discovery of gravitational waves by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). These are ripples in spacetime curvature, and they were discovered at the site of a black hole merger, confirming part of...
World renowned adviser reveals a new plan to make sure robots are our friends
The coming participation of robots in every aspect of our lives is a confusing prospect: it’s at once exciting and threatening. Above all, it’s inevitable and there is not a job that is not threatened. And what do you to earn an income if you have to give up your job...
A company is implanting microchips in its employees says it’s no big deal
It starts innocuously enough. An implanted chip to buy snacks. No GPS capability, the company assures us. No big deal. Nonetheless, employees around the world are walking around with implanted microchips, offered to them by their employers. The latest is Three Square...
3 modern day health fads that are actually bad for you
Why is it so damn hard to lose weight? Seriously? There seems to be a million wants to lose weight, but do any of them actually work? I mean, isn’t the entire diet industry built on your failure so you will continue to buy their products, drink their shakes, eat their...
Spinach makes you smarter, according to scientists
During the Great Depression, a 33% increase in spinach consumption was widely attributed to Popeye’s popularity and his famous conviction that spinach will make him strong enough to beat up anyone. As it turns out, the cartoon's link between spinach and rapidly...
Jesus never existed, according to a growing number of scholars
August seems like an unlikely time to be talking about Christmas, but it’ll be here before you know it so we might as well start the debate early this year. December is usually the time of year when Christians all over the world start going back to church in droves,...