science
An Australian cultured meat company used the DNA of the long-extinct woolly mammoth to create a giant meatball that was recently put on display at a museum in the Netherlands. According to CNN, scientists from Vow created the “mammoth meatball” by identifying the DNA sequence of a mammoth through a public genome database in order to replicate what […]
Scientists have made a major breakthrough in reproductive biology. According to CNN, researchers in Japan have successfully created a litter of mice with two biological fathers. Experts said the first-of-its-kind development could open new avenues in fertility research for a wide range of species, including humans. The team, led by Osaka University biology professor Katsuhiko Hayashi, outlined their work in a […]
An observed increase in the average length of erect penises is a potential cause for concern, according to an urology professor at Stanford. In short, this week saw the online publication of a phallically focused study in the World Journal of Men’s Health, the key conclusion of which was that “the average erect penis length […]
Alarming news for the lactose intolerant: China has reportedly cloned three “super cows.” According to CNN, the animals were bred by at a public research university in Xianyang, where scientists successfully “made 120 cloned embryos from the ear cells of the highly productive cows” and placed them in surrogates. State media reports the cows, which were born right before the […]
As expected, a behemothic iceberg roughly twice the size of New York City has broken off in Antarctica. As NASA Earth Observatory made clear earlier this week, however, this isn’t actually a cause for concern. In fact, as British Antarctic Survey glaciologist Dominic Hodgson said, there is no link between this iceberg and the ongoing (and […]
A human skeleton was discovered this week in an abandoned building on the University of Berkely campus. UC Berkeley police were alerted to the remains on Tuesday, according to a statement shared with CNN. The skeleton was found in a building on the Clark Kerr Campus, which is a residential hall complex located a mile from the school’s main […]
A new United Nations report on the emissions gap has determined the planet is falling short in controlling climate change. According to scientific studies published this week, experts predict Earth temperatures will hit three degrees Celsius within the next 80 years. Should the planet hit that threshold, it would be double that of the preindustrial levels (1.5 degrees Celsius) […]
In a fashion scene where most brands constantly refer to the past, it’s nice to see what the future of clothing looks like. Coperni, the Parisian ready-to-wear brand founded by Sébastien Meyer and Arnaud Vaillant, has always focused on tailored minimalism since it launched in 2013. Yet it also strives to take an innovative approach […]
Earth is headed toward unrecognizable changes. According to researchers at Curtin University in Australia and Peking University in China, the world will experience a geological reconfiguration caused by the Pacific Ocean’s inevitable disappearance. The study, published by the National Science Review, highlights the fact that the globe’s oldest and largest ocean began shrinking during the dinosaur era, and continues to lose a few centimeters […]
Neil deGrasse Tyson sure knows how to celebrate a birthday. Tyson turned 64 on Wednesday, and commemorated it by posting a tweet he previously speculated would be “too controversial” and “land really weirdly” if he ever tried it out. The now-existent post features a photo from the 2009 mega-hit Avatar with the caption “Blue Lives Matter.” Back in April 2021, the New […]
