Chemistry
Diazomethane – a Chemical Compound
Diazomethane is a highly valuable and versatile organic chemistry building block. It is the chemical compound CH2N2, which was discovered in 1894 by German chemist…
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Law
Bilateral Agreement
A bilateral agreement, also known as a clearing trade or a side deal, is a contract between two parties in which each party commits to…
Health
Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Diseases are Successfully Treated with Engineered Cells
UC San Francisco researchers have demonstrated that gene-edited cellular therapeutics can be used to successfully treat cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases. Scientists demonstrated in a mouse…
Agriculture
Microbes are Important in Increasing the Vigor of Hybrid Maize, According to a Study
“Hybrid vigor,” a well-known phenomenon in which crossings between inbred lines of maize and other crops generate offspring that exceed their parents in yield, drought…
Other
In 1972, MIT Scientists Predicted a “Global Collapse” this Century – New Data May Prove them Correct
An influential report from the 1970s found that global decline forecasts for this century looked alarmingly accurate. In 1972, a team of scientists from MIT…
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Human Foot Found on Footpath Sparks “Very Strange” Appeal from Police
In a sleeping English village, an isolated human foot began to make a “very strange” appeal to police amputee female amputees. According to local news,…
Astronomy
How Planets can be Birthed in a System with Two Suns
How two stars can form a planet in a system that has served each other’s orbits, where previous models should not tell where the planets…
Plants and Animals
Guts Reveal the Last Meal of Incredibly Preserved Bog Body from 2,400 Years Ago
About 2,400 years ago a very unfortunate man was killed, probably as a human being, and was thrown into a Danish bug. Fortunately for us,…
Astronomy
For the First Time, Light has been Directly Observed from behind a Supermassive Black Hole
Nothing survives a black hole, not even the light ultimate light we see around these cosmic objects is caused by the fall of matter at…
Plants and Animals
First Sighting of an Albino Chimp in the Wild — and his Tragic Death
In the dense forests of Uganda, researchers have noticed the first albinism-related phenomena of wild chimpanzees. Sadly, however, the group quickly turned the white-clad child…
Technology
Discover Bone Conduction Audio with 50% off these Exobone Headphones
It sounds counterintuitive but if you are looking for the best possible audio experience, you need to bypass your earlobe. The famous eighteenth-century composer Ludwig…
Environment
Earth’s Mantle Swallows More Carbon than Previously thought – but Not Enough to Offset Humans
As the tectonic plates slide beneath each other, carbon is transported to the Earth’s mantle – a factor in shaping the abundance of surface material.…
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