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Cannibalism isn't as smart as it sounds
Most of us don’t have grandma for dinner. Not even when there’s nothing else in the pantry. Continue Reading Category: Society & Community , Wellness and Healthy Living , Body and Mind , Refractor: Science & Health Tags: University of Wrocław , Red meat , Society , Diet
Monkeys get freaked out by the ‘uncanny valley’ too
On the road to constructing flawless simulations of human faces, there’s a zone where things get … weird. Too realistic to be a caricature or cartoon, too fake to be the real deal, these middle-ground representations trigger responses of discomfort in many who encounter them. Continue Reading Category: Biology , Science , Refractor: Science & Health Tags: Ps
Microplastics in our blood could put us at greater risk of a heart attack
Decades of plastic merchandise disintegrating in our environment have left our planet – and much of our bodies – coated in a fine dust of synthetic polymers. Continue Reading Category: Heart Disease , Illnesses and conditions , Body and Mind , Refractor: Science & Health Tags: Microplastic , Plastic , Pollution , Heart attack , Cardiovascular disease , Blood
Earliest animal known to have a head was also right-handed
Around 90% of all humans prefer to use their right hand. For cockatoos, it’s mostly the left. Continue Reading Category: Biology , Science , Refractor: Science & Health Tags: Fossils , Hand , Ediacaran , Brain , American Museum of Natural History , Paleontology , Animal science , ancient
Cannibalism isn't as smart as it sounds
Most of us don’t have grandma for dinner. Not even when there’s nothing else in the pantry. Continue Reading Category: Society & Community , Wellness and Healthy Living , Body and Mind , Refractor: Science & Health Tags: University of Wrocław , Red meat , Society , Diet
First photo of Earth ‘quasi’ moon transmitted by Chinese probe
It’s small, blurry, and shaped like a Corn Flake, but the image taken of Earth’s tiny “quasi” moon, Kamo'oalewa, is one for the family album. Continue Reading Category: Astronomy , Science , Refractor: Science & Health Tags: Asteroid , Moon , Tianwen-2 , China
'Black hole energy machine' successfully tested in the lab
If you happen to have an uncharged black hole handy, you may be able to power your house with it. Just set it spinning. Continue Reading Category: Physics , Science , Refractor: Science & Health Tags: Black hole , Power , Energy , Gravity , Astronomy , City University of New York