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Danish scientists concoct fat-free whipped cream out of lactic acid bacteria
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Enlarge / Pumpkin pie isn’t complete without a dollop of whipped cream. Danish scientists concocted a fat-free analog from bacteria. Getty Images reader comments 79 with 0 posters participating Share this story The human love affair with whipped cream dates … Read more
The pistol shrimp is immune to its own powerful shock waves
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Enlarge / A translucent “helmet” on the bigclaw snapping shrimp’s head shelters its brain from the shock waves generated by its claw-snapping. Kingston et al., Current Biology reader comments 30 with 26 posters participating Share this story The tiny-but-mighty pistol … Read more
Study confirms superior sound of a Stradivari is due to the varnish (2021)
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Enlarge / A 1729 Stradivari known as the “Solomon, Ex-Lambert” on display at Christie’s in New York in March 2007. reader comments 232 with 116 posters participating Share this story Along with Andrea Amati and Andrea Guarneri, Antonio Stradivari dominated … Read more
BCI lets completely “locked-in” man communicate
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reader comments 80 with 64 posters participating Share this story [embedded content] The Wyss Center for Bio and Neuroengineering has developed a communication platform for people with complete locked-in syndrome. A 36-year-old German man in a completely locked-in state was … Read more
Researchers home in on possible “day zero” for Antikythera mechanism
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Enlarge / Fragment of the Antikythera mechanism, circa 205 BC, housed in the collection of National Archaeological Museum, Athens. Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Image reader comments 37 with 29 posters participating Share this story The mysterious Antikythera mechanism—an ancient device … Read more
An asteroid killed dinosaurs in spring, which might explain why mammals survived
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reader comments 101 with 58 posters participating Share this story [embedded content] An international team of scientists used synchrotron radiation to image and analyze fossilized fish from the Tanis deposit in North Dakota. Some 66 million years ago, a catastrophic … Read more
The chemistry of cold-brew coffee is so hot (2020)
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reader comments 171 with 109 posters participating Share this story [embedded content] Using chemistry to unlock the difference between cold- and hot-brew coffee, courtesy of the American Chemical Society. Cold-brew coffee is so hot right now, and not just with … Read more
Tardigrades walk like insects 500k times their size
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Enlarge / SEM Micrograph of a tardigrade, more commonly known as a water bear or “moss piglet.” Cultura RM Exclusive/Gregory S. Paulson/Getty Images reader comments 26 with 25 posters participating Share this story There’s rarely time to write about every … Read more
Revisiting the “Tsar Bomba” nuclear test
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Enlarge / The mushroom cloud from the Soviet detonation of “Tsar Bomba” on October 30, 1961, was so large that the photographers had a hard time capturing its full dimensions. reader comments 230 with 121 posters participating Share this story … Read more