Scientists Think They've Figured Out Why Van Gogh's Sunflowers Are Fading
A team of Italian scientists has come up with an explanation as to why the lead chromate dyes favoured by the artist when mixing his pigments degrade so much under light.
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A team of Italian scientists has come up with an explanation as to why the lead chromate dyes favoured by the artist when mixing his pigments degrade so much under light.
The case that we’re all just highly organised lumps of space sweets keeps getting better.
Who needs memory cards when you have DNA?
But scientists say CRISPR’s battle with HIV is far from over.
Just one year after scientists in China made history, a second team of Chinese researchers has done it again.
Behind all the prominent men who spearheaded the pioneering NASA space programs was a group of unsung women. This is their story.
Ten years ago, billions of humans had their worldview upended when a group of astronomers announced that the solar system only contains eight planets. Now, the same guys are trying to rewrite our childhood mnemonics once again. A ninth planet may exist after all, and it isn’t Pluto.
Whether you’re counting by calories, kilograms, or monetary pounds, the world is wasting a huge amount of food.
Imagine if THIS had ended up being Peter Paker's power. Eww.
When the patient arrived at Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in Camden, the clinical team noticed he had an atrial fibrillation (an irregular and fast heart beat), but they weren’t sure if it was chronic, or if a seizure triggered it. Enter the Fitbit.
What happens when you shoot a golf ball at something filled with non-Newtonian fluid? This. This insanity happens. Find out more. >>
Would you plug a random USB stick into your computer? According to a new study by researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, plenty of us are still morons and would do exactly that.
Of course, the most advantageous version of this scenario is being underwater while the explosion occurs on land...
Sam's gone missing in action.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an injectable pacemaker that doesn’t require wired leads, which often lead to complications.
Watch this metal foam annihilate an armour-piercing bullet. But how does it work? Read on, would-be assassination target, read on...
