Play buttonScience A genetic mutation gave this woman a pain-free life, a sunny disposition, and the ability to eat Scotch Bonnet peppersmassivesci.com - Dara Bree Share an interesting science story or tell a short one of your own Earth is surrounded by minor planets much closer than Pluto — look no further than …
Volcanoes Climate change is almost too big a problem to study. The solution? Volcanoes.massivesci.com - Cassie Freund There is no owner's manual for planet Earth. It would be convenient if there were, because our planet's climate system works like a massive engine - …
Play buttonScience Being a Pokémon Master in childhood permanently alters your brainmassivesci.com - Hannah Thomasy For many people born in the 80s or 90s, Pokémon was a huge part of childhood. We knew the strengths and weaknesses of each of the 151 original …
Planets Earth is surrounded by minor planets much closer than Pluto -- look no further than the Asteroid Beltmassivesci.com - JoEllen McBride In the article on the life of astronomer Maria Winkelmann-Kirch I included an image of the orbit of a minor planet that is named after her. Minor …
Science 70 years ago, physicians used a heart defect to fix blue babiesmassivesci.com - Bruce Kirkpatrick I recently met a patient who was born with a heart abnormality called Tetralogy of Fallot. Because it results in limited blood flow through the …
Apps Why parents should think twice about tracking apps for their kidsmassivesci.com - Joel Michael Reynolds The use of self-tracking and personal surveillance technologies has grown considerably over the last decade. There are now apps to monitor people’s …
Science Neuroscience should take sex differences in the brain more seriouslymassivesci.com - Aarthi Gobinath As a neuroscientist who identifies as a woman, I love that there is discussion of dismantling the patriarchy and supporting diversity for those …
Science Memories can be surgically implanted into brains now (yes, in mice)massivesci.com - Claudia Lopez Did you ever think you would hear the term ‘implanted memory’ in an academic article rather than while watching a sci-fi movie? Well, this recent …
Biodiversity Biodiversity loss is the very real end of the world and no one is acting like itmassivesci.com - Cassie Freund At least 1 million plant and animal species are at risk of extinction. That was the conclusion of an Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on …
Bill Nye We need a better spokesperson for the urgency of the climate crisis than Bill Nyemassivesci.com - Allan Lasser You may have seen Bill Nye's tirade against our collective inaction to prevent the worst impacts of climate change on HBO's Last Week Tonight with …
Science Meet Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, the first American-born women to win a Nobel Prize, who let doctors see into your bloodmassivesci.com - Jordan Harrod In high school, Rosalyn Sussman Yalow's mother encouraged her to put aside her dreams of pursuing a career in physics. Luckily, Yalow was undaunted. …
IAAF In the ruling against Caster Semenya, bogus science is being used to stifle the vulnerablemassivesci.com - Sarah LaFramboise Caster Semenya crouched over the starting line, waiting for the start in the final 800 meter race at the 2016 Olympic Games. When the gun went off, …
Vitamin B Meet Dorothy Hodgkin, the biochemist who pieced together penicillin, insulin, and vitamin B12massivesci.com - Chelsea Weidman Burke Have you ever taken a penicillin-based antibiotic? They're some of the most commonly prescribed, including amoxicillin, augmentin, and methicillin. …
Galaxies New Hubble Telescope image reveals galaxies as they were 13 billion years agomassivesci.com - JoEllen McBride The Hubble Space Telescope was launched into orbit around the Earth in 1990. Since then, after a quick camera fix, it has taken some of the most …
U.S. House of Representatives Peeking behind the curtain of science legislation in the U.S.massivesci.com - Madison Hansen Did you know? The U.S. Congress has a committee on science, and anyone can watch their public hearings for free! The U.S. House of Representatives has …
Science What single-celled yeast can teach us about complex human biologymassivesci.com - Sarah LaFramboise Yeast - the humble organism that makes your baked goods rise before you put them in the oven - has long been used as a "model organism" for all types …
Science Organic food is booming, but it's grinding field laborers into the dirtmassivesci.com - Nicholas Karavolias Gleaming organic products have come to occupy an increasingly large portion of grocery store shelves. Many may think that compared to traditional …
Women in Science Women in science are facing many of the same barriers, inequality, and discrimination that they did 300 years agomassivesci.com - JoEllen McBride While doing research on Maria Winkelmann-Kirch for my most recent Massive article, I kept being reminded how little progress there has been for women …
Science Great minds think differently - supporting neurodiversity benefits scientific progressmassivesci.com - Susanna Harris Most scissors are right-handed. Of course, that’s not to say left-handed people can’t use them—but the handles are designed to be most comfortable …
Science Neurologists are translating brain activity into synthetic, understandable speechmassivesci.com - Samuel Sander Effron Dr. Stephen Hawking may have lost his voice in 1985, but he was far from finished speaking with the rest of the world. With a custom-designed …
Play buttonWomen in Science There was so much more to Rachel Carson beyond 'Silent Spring'massivesci.com - Jenny Howard Since 1782, the bald eagle has been the national symbol for the US. Yet, more than 50 years ago, the species was in danger of extinction: in 1966, …
Science Going into the wild for science? Here are five tips to survive (and enjoy!) summer field work (crying can help)massivesci.com - Cassie Freund As the summer field work season draws closer, I thought I’d offer a few entirely unscientific tips for doing healthy and successful field work. …
Science Scientists are fostering public trust on social media, one selfie at a timemassivesci.com - Farah Qaiser What's more visually appealing to you: a photo of a bubbling beaker, or a selfie of a scientist holding said beaker, with gloved hands and a grin on …
Science Maria Goeppert Mayer discovered the magic numbers at the center of atomsmassivesci.com - Lauren Mackenzie Reynolds Maria Goeppert Mayer was a German-American physicist who contributed discoveries to multiple scientific fields, despite spending most of her career …
Alzheimer's Disease LATE is a newly defined brain disorder that mimics the symptoms of Alzheimer's diseasemassivesci.com - Monica Javidnia Walking the walk but not talking the talk, limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE) is a newly defined brain disorder that mimics …
Science A Denisovan jaw bone is discovered; ancient human relative skeleton becomes more completemassivesci.com - Darcy Shapiro The paleoanthropology of Asia got even more interesting this week when researchers published the first fossil from a Denisovan found outside of …
Climate Change We've poured thousands of manmade chemicals into the ocean. Now they're mixing in unpredictable ways.massivesci.com - Anna Robuck In many ways, the story of modern human history is the story of chemicals. Humans have created over 86,000 compounds, and today’s consumer, medical …
Play buttonScience Want to know where hard-to-find squid live? Ask their predatorsmassivesci.com - Rebecca Flynn Curiosity and the search for answers are what drive scientists, sometimes to extreme lengths. A great example of just how far scientists will go is …
Climate Change Seagrass meadows protect fish, coral and humans from disease – and we’re losing themmassivesci.com - Megan Chen If you’ve seen seagrass meadows on the ocean floor while snorkeling and not given them a second thought, you’re not alone. Seagrass may seem mundane, …
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome A simple blood test for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome may be on the horizonmassivesci.com - Sara Whitestone Short stories and links shared by the scientists in our community Share an interesting science story or tell a short one of your own Chronic Fatigue …
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