Bhavya Chowdhury Number of words: 540 As part of a wave of solar water purifier research, scientists say they can turn even brackish groundwater into drinkable fresh water in about 30 minutes. The filtration uses a metal-organic framework, or MOF, which is a highly porous polymer made by combining metal particles with “coordinating” organic pieces called ligands. … Read more
Number of words: 2,302 My name is Hannah. And that is a palindrome. That is a word you can spell the same forwards and backwards, if you can spell. But the thing is — my entire family have palindromic names. It’s a bit of a tradition. We’ve got Mum, Dad — Nan, Pop. And my … Read more
Number of words: 766 It’s been a rough few years for people who have a fear of clowns. In the wake of the ‘clown attack’ craze that reached a fever pitch in 2016, movies about creepy clowns have taken over the entertainment landscape. This fall alone, ads featuring the white-painted faces of characters like IT … Read more
Number of words: 938 The drive-through battery-swapping technology killed by Tesla years ago is now benefiting Chinese electric car makers and drivers as the world’s largest auto market moves to adopt electric mobility. The time-consuming process of battery charging has been an issue with electric cars since their inception. Now, a battery-swapping service has been … Read more
Number of words: 400 Jimmy Lai, the media mogul who owns the pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper, warned investors not to buy his Next Digital Ltd. media empire’s stock because the company’s fundamentals don’t justify its recent rally. Moments later, the shares resumed their climb in Hong Kong. “People with very little money just want to … Read more
Number of words: 313 In a breakthrough for fertility science, scientists have shattered the universally accepted view of how sperm ‘swim’. This is an optical illusion, according to the new study. “Human sperm figured out if they roll as they swim, much like playful otters corkscrewing through water, their one-sided stoke would average itself out, … Read more
Number of words: 1,648 In 1872, with the publication of The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, Charles Darwin went rogue. Only a decade after the anatomist Duchenne de Boulogne’s produced the first neurology text illustrated by photographs, Darwin claimed to be the first to use photographs in a scientific publication to actually … Read more
Number of words: 1,358 IF ONLY HUMANS could drink seawater without dying, we wouldn’t find ourselves floundering in a water crisis. To not die, first you have to boil saltwater and collect the pure vapor, or get yourself a fancy membrane that filters out all the salt and, conveniently, sea life.This is the controversial idea … Read more
Number of words: 418 Could the Napster of electric cars eliminate the need for charging stations altogether? A wild new concept uses the strengths of autonomous electric car designs to pair them for sharing a charge on the go.In IEEE Spectrum, senior editor Philip Ross writes that the idea is like an existing refueling model. … Read more
Number of words: 4,042 There is a century-old magic trick that Jim Steinmeyer finds particularly fascinating. It involves a burglar, a safe, and mind-reading, and it unfolds like this: A group of random audience members file on stage and each place a personal possession inside a sturdy, commercial-model safe, out of view of the magician, … Read more
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