Missed connections of the third kind. Given the ever-growing vastness of the universe, it remains difficult to imagine there has never been an official recorded account of extraterrestrial life attempting to contact Earth. The idea that the human race is the only intelligent life in the universe can be frightening — and statistically seems unfathomable … Read more
A scientist wants to clear the air on how bathroom habits impact overall cleanliness. Microbiologist Tim Call, 32, has exposed how dirty your bathroom is before and after flushing the toilet. Cal, from Utah, wanted to know how everyday bathroom activities affect air quality and decided to test his bathroom for bacteria. Call’s experiment proved … Read more
What looks clean on the surface may have some dirty little secrets. An eye-opening TikTok has revealed the hidden bacteria covering everyday objects, with microbes invisible to the naked eye lurking on money, water fountains and even toilet seats. Researcher Amani Abdlrasul works as a medical laboratory scientist in Tampa, Florida, and often shares gross knowledge with her … Read more
Don’t look up. A top NASA scientist is warning that the threat of a massive asteroid striking Earth is much more fearsome than previously thought to be. In the words of James Garvin, chief scientist of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, “it would be in the range of serious crap happening.” Garvin — who presented … Read more
Think your house is clean? Think again. Even seemingly the most spick-and-span of homes are covered in gems — some of which could lead to lasting health issues, according to a gut health expert on TikTok. Clinician Jordan Haworth revealed the 10 household items that have the most bacteria — things that 70% of people … Read more
An “intersectional climate scientist” compared pollution to the “fart of a dog” when explaining her approach to thinking about climate change. A TikToker named Dr. Chandler Puritty who claims to be an “intersectional climate scientist” used a metaphor from the book “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” which includes a three-headed dog guarding a trap door. “I … Read more
Cooking is a piece of cake — unless you don’t know how to handle food safely. An estimated one in six Americans falls ill from food poisoning each year, sending 128,000 people to the hospital and killing 3,000 more, according to the CDC. These types of illnesses typically can be avoided by following proper food safety … Read more
Don’t say he didn’t warn you. Writer and scientist Macken Murphy took to TikTok last week to reveal his hypothesis for the three most common red flags that women should look out for when dating men. Murphy, an Oxford University-educated cognitive and evolutionary anthropologist, has declared it a bad sign if a man has no … Read more
In early 2018, Dr. He Jiankui, a then-34-year-old Chinese biophysicist, traveled to an Arizona science conference to meet with one of his heroes, the Nobel Prize-winning geneticist James Watson, a man who first proposed the double helix structure of DNA molecules back in 1953. Dr. He was in the midst of a big experiment of … Read more
Rosie Moore spends her days dealing with pythons, sharks and alligators, but the adventurous 26-year-old jokes she’s often compared to Hannah Montana due to her glamorous side hustle as a model. Moore, who works in Florida for Delray Beach’s coastal water resources management team, comes face-to-face daily with deadly creatures people would usually avoid — and … Read more
By Luke Andrews Health Reporter for DailyMail.com 16:22 24 Aug 2022, Update 17:22 24 Aug 2022 In Alzheimer’s, amyloid beta protein builds up in the brain and sticks together But researchers say they may have found a way to clear them by increasing levels of another protein. In a study on mice genetically engineered to … Read more