How We Detect Caramel Candy Scent
This weekend, children armed with pillowcases and plastic pumpkins will haul in millions of pounds of Halloween candy wafting familiar...
Month: October 2021
Firefighting Robots Go Autonomous – Scientific American
Firefighting, one of the nation’s most tradition-bound professions, is poised for an influx of eccentric assistants. They range from contraptions...
COVID Vaccine Authorized for Kids Age 5 to 11
Nearly a year after the first COVID vaccines became available for adults in the U.S., the moment millions of parents...
The Infrastructure Bill Is Desperately Needed, Engineers Say
After months of negotiation and debate, the U.S. House of Representatives could be poised to pass a two-part legislative package...
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Is Surprisingly Deep
Jupiter, king of the gods in Roman mythology, shrouded himself in clouds to hide his true nature. But his wife,...
Muddier Rivers Are Jeopardizing Dams and Water Quality for Millions
The Tibetan Plateau and surrounding mountains are nicknamed the “Third Pole” or the “Water Tower of Asia” because of the...
Latest Juno Data Study Reveals an Unexpected Feature of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
Jupiter's iconic Great Red Spot may extend even deeper into the planet's atmosphere than scientists thought.NASA's Juno spacecraft zipped past the...
Pioneering Study Constructs The First Body-Map For Hallucination Sensations
Roughly 1 in 30 people will experience at least one psychotic episode in their lives. While the conversation about such hallucinations typically focuses...
Physicists Finally Made The Weird ‘Superionic Ice’ That Could Exist on Alien Worlds
Shooting a drop of water with one of the world's most powerful lasers might not be an obvious way to...
Could Humans Really Survive The Harsh Deserts of Dune’s Arrakis? We Found Out
Dune, the epic series of sci-fi books by Frank Herbert, now turned into a movie of the same name, is...
We May Finally Know The Enigmatic Origins of Ancient Mummies Discovered in China
There's a a desert land in the very heart of Eurasia, dry enough to naturally mummify human remains. A Bronze...
