Scientists Turned a Regular Fidget Spinner Into a Centrifuge That Separates Blood
A team of scientists in Taiwan has found a nifty way to repurpose these small toys.
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A team of scientists in Taiwan has found a nifty way to repurpose these small toys.
A bird’s-eye view can completely change your perspective on things. Literally.
Do the potential benefits to science warrant all of the harm done to these monkeys?
The Uroplatus finaritra gecko has an ingenious strategy for avoiding predators and prowling for prey.
Insects trapped in amber are a common-enough sight, but in a slow-forming gemstone like opal?
Critics of the proposed disk say more evidence is needed.
Who knew that faecal transplants were a thing?
An astronomer has tried to capture a meteorite hitting the Moon during a lunar eclipse, and this week it finally happened.
He Jiankui—and those who helped him—will reportedly now be handed over to security authorities and “severely dealt with.”
Introducing... the Galagadon.
Like colours that fade, memories decay over time.
These images might just convince you it’s time to start exploring the deep.
The whole putting-stuff-into-space trend is getting out of hand.
Quantum computers are probably the most misunderstood of nascent technologies.
Climate change and air pollution also made the list.
Edwin Scholes has taken dozens of flights and boat trips, and spent countless hours hauling gear up muddy mountains in New Guinea, for nothing more than a song and dance.
