EnvironmentPaper’s Rigid Waterproof Coating Sees Less Reliance on Plastic There is a lot of research being done on ways to use less plastic in many different applications for both our benefit and the environment.…
GeographyBetter Protection is Needed for the Atlantic’s At-Risk Sea Life from Growing Shipping According to recent University of Portsmouth research, shipping in the North East Atlantic has dramatically increased. Scientists are now warning that additional monitoring in the…
Political ScienceSovereigntism Sovereignty is the concept of having control over one’s living conditions, whether at the level of the self, a social group, a region, a nation,…
EnvironmentAccording to a Study, Houston Residents’ Chemical Exposure Increased After Hurricane Harvey In the wake of Hurricane Harvey in 2017, researchers at Oregon State University utilized silicone wristbands to gauge Houston residents’ heightened exposure to dangerous pollutants.…
EngineeringDetecting Threats from Wear and Tear in Big Structures with Nanotube-Embedded Coating At Rice University, a strain-sensing smart skin was created that can monitor and identify damage to big structures using extremely microscopic structures called carbon nanotubes.…
Political ScienceNational Conservatism National conservatism is a nationalist variant of conservatism that emphasizes the preservation of one’s national and cultural identity. It is a type of conservatism popular…
EngineeringBioinspired Whisker Arrays can Function as Antennae to Find the Sources of Flow Disturbances in the Air or Under Water Recent research by Professor Christoph Bruecker and his team at City University of London has shown that artificial whiskers, constructed as models of sea lion…
Plants and AnimalsHave Cats Ever Scrubbed You While You Were Having a Cuddle? The phrase “making biscuits” is another name for cat kneading, which is quite beautiful and makes you want to smush your face right into your…
AstronomyJWST’s Planetary Data Could Be Too Accurate for Current Models to Handle, Scientists Say Studying the atmospheres of neighboring stars, a task for which the JWST was created, is one of the finest ways to look for life beyond…
Other3,400-Year-Old Opium Found in a Grave May Be Drugs for the Afterlife or Priests Got High The oldest proof of opium use was discovered in an ancient Israelite burial site. The discovery not only provides new information on the bizarre funeral…
EngineeringResearchers Create Rechargeable Primary Alkaline Zinc Batteries With Nanoporous Zinc Electrodes Alkaline zinc batteries, one of the most popular non-rechargeable battery types used in daily life, will soon be able to be recharged thanks to a…
AstronomyWithin The Next 25 Years, We’ll Discover Life On Other Planets In the next 25 years, a leading astronomer from Switzerland believes that extraterrestrial life may be discovered beyond our solar system. He doesn’t think this…