Science

In the autumn of 2021, geologists discovered an unusual row of stones, more than half a mile long, just 21 meters below the sea off the Baltic coast. The approximately 1,500 stones are aligned so regularly that a natural origin seems unlikely. A team of researchers from different disciplines now concluded…

Anyone who has ever been to a loud concert knows the feeling of ringing ears. Some people experience temporary or even permanent hearing loss or drastic changes in their perception of sound after the loud noises stop. Scientists have discovered the biological mechanism of hearing loss caused by loud noise, which…

Running under the lights of a seemingly endless corridor of neon-lit advertising boards through a dense urban area of 2.7 million inhabitants, the Dotonbori River, was described as having the water quality of a “toilet bowl.” Yet this icon of urban Japan hides a slithery secret—a surprisingly robust population of one…

Reprinted with permission and alterations from World at Large, an independent news outlet covering world news, conflicts, travel stories, conservation, and science news. It’s been known for a decade that Saturn’s icy moon of Enceladus almost certainly hides a subsurface ocean beneath its northern pole. But as scientists writing in Nature recently challenged,…

(Originally published by Knowable Magazine – written by Sneha Khedkar) Long overlooked, menstrual stem cells could be the source of important medical applications. Roughly 20 years ago, a biologist named Caroline Gargett went in search of some remarkable cells in tissue that had been removed during hysterectomy surgeries. The cells came…

The first-ever prosthetic limb that allows the wearer to sense temperature and feel the warmth of another person has been created. The MiniTouch device allows amputees to perceive and respond to temperature, an ability that developers hope will improve their human connections. It works by transmitting thermal information from the fingertip…