Human Body Phenomena That Science Cannot Explain 1. “We don’t know precisely how our bodies can distinguish gas from poop. We have some ideas; we know there are a ton of nerve endings in the area, but the precise mechanism of our bodies telling our brains ‘this is a fart, let loose’ isn’t really understood. What blows my mind is …
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Coming across a hole in the Antarctic that is larger than Maryland might well be cause for concern. In 2016 and 2017, scientists saw just that: gaping wide in the middle of Antarctica’s Weddell Sea were giant holes in the sea ice. These holes, called polynyas, hadn’t been seen on this scale since the 1970s, when New Zealand-sized holes were …
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Bryan Kohberger has one last chance Wednesday to give the grieving parents of four University of Idaho students he admitted to killing the answers they’ve desperately sought for nearly three years. Why did he do it? Kohberger will have an opportunity to reveal those details before his sentencing Wednesday, following a remarkable change-of-plea hearing on July 2 that spared him …
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Former and current U.S. air traffic controllers say Trump administration’s plan to overhaul the nation’s air traffic system does little to fix the bigger problem: a nationwide staffing shortage. AILSA CHANG, HOST: We begin this hour with the country’s air traffic control system. The Trump administration is vowing to rebuild that system in response to recent outages and long-standing staffing …
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Scientists have done a lot of good for our society that we should forever be grateful for, like generating enough knowledge to invent vaccines, electricity, the camera, and the Internet, among other things. They also help us answer important questions, such as who our ancestors were, why it rains, and how we can see colors. However, some things still baffle …
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A novel approach to the search for a long theorized fifth force of nature—one that could potentially help scientists unravel lingering mysteries involving the Standard Model of particle physics—is being undertaken by physicists in Switzerland. Among these mysteries, the quest to resolve the elusive nature of dark matter, as well as the ongoing search for new particles and other discoveries …
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Scientists may be one step closer to understanding why polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) tends to run in families. The new research, presented July 1 at the 41st Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in Paris, suggests that “disruptions” in the way genes are turned on and off may increase the likelihood of developing PCOS. These …
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