Tag: #BestOf
Best of 2016 // #74: Turning Co2 into Stone
In June, researchers in Iceland made the announcement that they had found a way to turn carbon dioxide into stone. The team captured CO2...
Best of 2017 // #73: Football Injuries are Bad News
The results are hard-hitting: testing 111 former NFL player's brains showed signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, in 110. CTE is a brain...
Best of 2018: Neanderthals Were Alot Like Us
There's an old idea that Neanderthals were big dumb primitive beings that had no spark of intelligence. But that idea has been turned upside...
Best of 2011 // 81: Fighting Diabetes With Inflammation?
The rise of the obesity epidemic has also led to a rise in type 2 diabetes, a condition in which muscles and fat become...
Best of 2012 // #79: The Home of Spam
The United States used to be the leader in sending out spam email, but this year India overtook the lead as the world's home...
The Best of 2013 // #78: Turning off the Down Syndrome...
Scientists have found a way to 'turn off' the extra chromosome responsible for causing Down syndrome. Outlined in July's Nature, the new technique isn't...
BEST OF 2014 // #76: Respite for Sickle Cell Anemia Patients
Sickle Cell Anemia is a disease in which a single mutation of the genes leads to a malformation in red blood cells. As these...
BEST OF 2015 // #74: A New Look at the Old...
The 1491 Martellus map has long been acknowledged as one of the best, most detailed maps made of the old world. Unfortunately, time has...
Best of 2018: The Earliest Non-Human Tools
A practical treasure trove of stone age tools found in Attirampakkam, India, have been dated at 385,000 years, and are evidence that our species...
Best of 2011 // 82: Gravity Probe B Measures SpaceTime
Gravity Probe B, a $700 million satellite launched in 2004, has four almost perfectly spherical gyroscopes onboard, isolated from all outside influences: magnetic fields,...
