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- New Li-Ion Battery Design Allows Electric Vehicles to Be Charged in Ten Minutes https://www.realclearscience.com/quick_and_clear_science/2019/10/30/new_lithium_ion_battery_design_could_allow_electric_vehicles_to_be_charged_in_ten_minutes.html 3 comments
- A tiny crustacean has near-perfect regenerative abilities, topping those of salamanders like axolotls. Parhyale hawaiensis grows back its limbs with no apparent differences in structure or cellular composition. https://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2022/08/29/this_animal_has_near_perfect_regeneration_and_its_not_a_salamander_850406.html 17 comments science
- Prehistoric Geniuses Launched Humanity's Technological Revolution https://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2021/12/30/prehistoric_geniuses_launched_humanitys_technological_revolution_809910.html 5 comments anthropology
- A discarded car tire on the ocean floor is deadly for hermit crabs. Scientists found that once crabs climb into the tire, they can't get out. Six tires in Mutsu Bay, Japan collectively trapped 1,278 hermit crabs in a year. https://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2021/11/01/a_discarded_tire_in_the_ocean_is_a_hermit_crab_death_machine_801396.html 608 comments science
- Scientists believe that the function of zebras' stripes are to deter insects, so a team of researchers painted black and white stripes on cows. They found that it reduced the number of biting flies landing on the cows by more than 50%. https://www.realclearscience.com/quick_and_clear_science/2019/10/07/painting_zebra_stripes_on_cows_wards_off_biting_flies.html 6 comments science
- Time to Reeducate Congress About Science and Technology https://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2019/12/06/time_to_reeducate_congress_about_science_and_technology_111210.html 3 comments technology
- Our Place in the Universe Will Radically Change in the Next 50 Years https://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2019/11/29/our_place_in_the_universe_will_radically_change_in_the_next_50_years_111203.html 47 comments space
- A new lithium ion battery design for electric vehicles permits charging to 80% capacity in just ten minutes, adding 200 miles of range. Crucially, the batteries lasted for 2,500 charge cycles, equivalent to a 500,000-mile lifespan. https://www.realclearscience.com/quick_and_clear_science/2019/10/30/new_lithium_ion_battery_design_could_allow_electric_vehicles_to_be_charged_in_ten_minutes.html 2024 comments science
- Scientists believe that the function of zebras' stripes are to deter insects, so a team of researchers painted black and white stripes on cows. They found that it reduced the number of biting flies landing on the cows by more than 50%. https://www.realclearscience.com/quick_and_clear_science/2019/10/07/painting_zebra_stripes_on_cows_wards_off_biting_flies.html 2038 comments science
- 100-Year-Old Ideas About Geometry Are Reshaping Big Data https://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2019/02/21/100-year-old_ideas_about_geometry_are_reshaping_big_data_110894.html 10 comments math
- A study finds that atheists and nonreligious people do not differ from religious people in feelings of nihilism or fatalism and are more likely to believe that meaning in life is self-produced. https://www.realclearscience.com/quick_and_clear_science/2018/02/01/where_do_atheists_get_meaning_in_life.html 42 comments science
- Scientists find impact-related microspherules in the skulls of animal bones dug up from Alaska dated to the Late Pleistocene, suggesting they may have died from comet impacts 11,000-46,000 years ago. https://www.realclearscience.com/quick_and_clear_science/2018/01/02/did_comet_impacts_kill_thousands_of_animals_during_the_late_pleistocene.html 4 comments science
- Why Is the Speed of Light So Slow? http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2017/06/12/why_is_the_speed_of_light_so_slow.html 5 comments space
- Researchers explain how people are able to see and hear meteors at the same time even though they are miles away. http://www.realclearscience.com/quick_and_clear_science/2017/02/06/how_to_hear_meteors_researchers_explain_a_longtime_mystery_.html 4 comments science
- Map of Universe's Voids Solves Cosmic Puzzle http://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2016/10/24/map_of_universes_voids_solves_cosmic_puzzle_109790.html 9 comments science
- Scientists have found a spot in China where the ground stays frozen all year round, even through summers where temperatures rise above eighty degrees. http://www.realclearscience.com/journal_club/2016/10/05/mysterious_cold_earth_spot_in_china_stays_frozen_through_scorching_summers_109767.html 26 comments science
- Systematic review of 156 randomized controlled trials finds that testosterone supplementation to treat "Low T" does not improve cardiovascular health, sexual function, physical function, mood, or cognitive function. http://www.realclearscience.com/journal_club/2016/09/22/have_low_t_taking_testosterone_probably_wont_help_109759.html 72 comments science
- Human babies undergo a "mini-puberty" as newborns. The testosterone surge that boys experience during this phase likely accounts for why adolescent boys are a little taller than adolescent girls. http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2016/07/humans_experience_two_distinct_puberties.html 8 comments science
- Men primed to feel wealthy are less satisfied with their partners' physical attractiveness compared to men primed to feel poor. http://www.realclearscience.com/journal_club/2016/03/22/money_makes_men_think_their_mates_are_less_attractive_109574.html 4 comments science
- Simple Robots Evolve to Become Cooperative http://www.realclearscience.com/journal_club/2015/08/11/simple_robots_evolve_to_become_cooperative_109347.html 10 comments science
- America’s suicide epidemic is getting worse, particularly in rural areas. The suicide rate has increased to 17.6 per 100,000 in rural areas and 10.3 per 100,000 in large cities. http://www.realclearscience.com/journal_club/2015/05/19/suicide_rates_are_up_in_every_part_of_us_109226.html 34 comments science
- What is psychology’s place in modern science? http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2012/07/keep-psychology-out-of-science-club.html 1498 comments science
- Smiling makes you look older. Smiling people were perceived as 1-2 years older than when they had a neutral expression. http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2015/04/smiling_makes_you_look_older.html 3 comments science
- Researchers take another step toward functional nanobots. They outfitted bacterial spores with tiny flecks of graphene armor capable of activating electrodes http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2015/04/the_nanobot_swarm_approaches.html 22 comments science
- The Smartest Person Who Ever Lived http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2015/01/the_smartest_person_to_have_ever_lived.html 3 comments science
- Plague bacteria evolved to become less toxic to fleas, which helped the bacteria spread worldwide and ultimately kill millions of humans. http://www.realclearscience.com/journal_club/2014/12/22/how_the_plague_hijacked_fleas_108988.html 19 comments science
- We are slowly winning the war on cancer: Mortality rates have fallen from 215 deaths per 100,000 to 172 per 100,000. http://www.realclearscience.com/journal_club/2014/09/29/we_are_slowly_winning_the_war_on_cancer_108868.html 1090 comments science
- It may be possible to identify bombs from up to 1 km away using a variation of Raman spectroscopy. http://www.realclearscience.com/journal_club/2014/08/11/identify_a_bomb_from_1_kilometer_away_108780.html 4 comments science
- New study finds that antiperspirant deodorants alter your armpit bacteria and may actually worsen body odor as a result. http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2014/08/antiperspirants_alter_your_armpit_bacteria_and_could_actually_make_you_smell_worse.html 290 comments science
- Researchers identify a new type of procrastination: sleep procrastination. http://www.realclearscience.com/journal_club/2014/06/04/researchers_identify_new_type_of_procrastination_108686.html 65 comments science
- 4,628 Americans died at work in 2012. That includes 475 homicides. The most dangerous profession was farming/fishing/forestry. http://www.realclearscience.com/journal_club/2014/04/28/how_many_americans_die_at_work.html 116 comments science
- Monkeys can do basic arithmetic using symbols. http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2014/04/monkeys_can_do_basic_math_using_symbols.html 14 comments science
- Scientists announce a new theory on why zebras have stripes. Zebras have them to prevent bites from flies, not predation by lions. http://www.realclearscience.com/journal_club/2014/04/01/zebras_have_stripes_to_avoid_flies_not_lions_108573.html 6 comments science
- A team of researchers has identified multiple genes linked to musical aptitude, providing further evidence that musical ability is heritable. http://www.realclearscience.com/journal_club/2014/03/11/genes_that_make_a_musician_identified_108544.html 16 comments science
- “Our current scientific understanding is that, qualitatively, Europa is likely habitable(for earth based life) today and likely has been habitable for much of the history of the solar system.” http://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2013/08/14/jupiter_moon_could_support_life_from_earth_106632.html 42 comments space
- RealClearScience - Old Arabic Texts Describe 'Filthy' Vikings http://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2013/07/17/old_arabic_texts_describe_filthy_vikings_106597.html 3 comments history
- Homosexuality is not contagious: Same-sex attraction does not spread in adolescent social networks. http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2013/07/same-sex-attraction-not-contagious-among-friends.html 1302 comments science
- The U.S. has conducted the most nuclear tests in history (1,032), over 300 more than Russia, and more than twice of the rest of the world minus Russia combined. http://www.realclearscience.com/lists/which_countries_have_conducted_the_most_nuclear_tests/2_russia.html?state=stop 10 comments worldnews
- Astronomers use StarCraft II & citizen science to model futuristic interstellar conflict, find that Earth has an edge! http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2013/03/humans-win-in-interstellar-conflict.html 16 comments science
- If there was a State of the Union Address just about science, this is what it should say. http://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2012/01/16/state_of_science_in_america_106261.html 4 comments science