Number of words: 340 A space rock the size of a golf ball contains microscopic clues that could offer a peek into the evolution of life’s building blocks on Earth, NASA scientists have said. The rock, now known as meteorite Asuka 12236, was picked by a team of Japanese and Belgian researchers during a 2012 … Read more
Number of words: 7,918 Let me tell you the story of two investors, neither of whom knew each other, but whose paths crossed in an interesting way. Grace Groner was orphaned at age 12. She never married. She never had kids. She never drove a car. She lived most of her life alone in a … Read more
Number of words: 492 Adent present on the protective magnetic shield over the surface of Earth is widening and has raised concerns among scientists. In a report, Nasa has said the widening dent in the magnetic shield has far-reaching effects on satellites, space missions and navigation. The dent, which has been present over South America … Read more
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
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