AirNow’s fire map includes data from PurpleAir sensors (that’s what the small circles represent), and Watch Duty, a nonprofit app for tracking fires, also displays PurpleAir data. But likely due to different calculations and processing…
Category: 9. Sci-Tech
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This horrifyingly massive new sea bug that was just discovered is pure nightmare fuel
The ocean is full of bizarre creatures, but a new discovery might take the crown for the most unsettling yet. Meet Bathynomus vaderi, a newly identified terrifying sea bug that’s making waves in both the scientific community and our…
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Huge real-world test shows AI can help identify breast cancer
Technology could soon do more than assist doctors. Thanks to advancements in cancer-identifying AI, it could actively save lives. A new study recently showcased how AI can revolutionize breast cancer detection, improving accuracy and…
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Los Angles Needs to Fireproof Communities, Not Just Houses
The planners and residents working to rebuild Los Angeles won’t be starting from a blank slate, however. Existing roads, infrastructure, and plots of lands will all shape how the city is rebuilt. Some residents may want to immediately rebuild…
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Do animals experience mental illness?
If animals could talk, how would they say they are feeling? While some serene family pets might seem to exist in a perpetual state of bliss, others often appear more conflicted. Sometimes, animals may even appear to display some of the same…
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Archaeologists shocked to discover first women-centric community in Europe
A female-centric order has been discovered for the first time in European prehistory after…
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Contradictions in celebrated 'Sea Monster' skull point to possible fossil fraud in Morocco
An incomplete jawbone and four sharp teeth of Xenodens calminechari were discovered in a phosphate mine in Morocco known for the circulation of forged fossils and falsified features.Continue Reading
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Radar unravels hidden mysteries underneath iconic Italian castle
Scientists have discovered hidden structures underneath Milan’s fifteenth-century Sforza…
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Retinal “vascular fingerprint” predicts stroke risk as accurately as tra
A recently published study revealed that routine eye examinations could accurately predict a person’s risk of stroke, using a retinal “vascular fingerprint” comprised of 29 indicators of vascular health. The study, titled “Retinal vascular…
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Scientists discover new ‘unusually large’ species of one of world’s deadliest spiders
Scientists in Australia say a group of “unusually large”
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