AvatarChad ShaferThe weird, repeating signals from deep space just tripledverified_publisherCNET - Eric MackScientists suddenly have a whole lot more data on one of the strangest and most recent mysteries in the cosmos, so-called fast radio bursts. First discovered in 2007, these fleeting blasts of radio waves originate thousands, millions or even billions of light-years from Earth. FRBs have influenced …
AvatarChad ShaferWhat the voice inside your head says about youverified_publisherBBC Future - Kelly OakesWe tend to assume that our internal monologue “speaks” in words – but it turns out that, for many of us, it’s much more complicated.
AvatarChad ShaferA Mathematical Model Unlocks the Secrets of VisionQuanta Magazine - Kevin HartnettMathematicians and neuroscientists have created the first anatomically accurate model that explains how vision is possible. This is the great mystery …
AvatarChad ShaferThe Mystery of the Himalayas’ Skeleton Lake Just Got Weirder (Published 2019)verified_publisherThe New York Times - Robin George AndrewsEvery summer, hundreds of ancient bones emerge from the ice. A new genetic study helps explain how they got there. Nestled in the Indian Himalayas, some 16,500 feet above sea level, sits Roopkund Lake. One hundred and thirty feet wide, it is frozen for much of the year, a frosty pond in a lonely, …
AvatarChad ShaferEarth's inner core is doing something weirdverified_publisherNational Geographic - Maya Wei-HaasData from old Soviet weapons tests are helping scientists get a high-resolution look inside our planet. On September 27, 1971, a nuclear bomb exploded on Russia’s Novaya Zemlya islands. The powerful blast sent waves rippling so deep inside Earth they ricocheted off the inner core, pinging an array …
AvatarChad Shafer[Best of 2019] NASA head warns: Expect a major asteroid impact in your lifetimeverified_publisherTNW - Bryan ClarkNASA administrator Jim Bridenstine thinks it’s time to start taking the threat of an Earth-altering asteroid impact seriously. In a speech today at the International Academy of Astronautics Planetary Defense Conference, Bridenstine opened his keynote with a warning about what’s to come. “We have to …