The third night of the Republican National Convention, during which Donald Trump formally accepted the Republican nomination, revealed a lot about the American people, chiefly that more of them should take a civics lesson.
To power a swarm of tiny robots, scientists are turning to the humble sea slug. A team of researchers at Case Western Reserve University has developed a small sea-turtle-inspired robot that moves a 3D-printed shell with contractions using muscles from the mouth of a California sea slug.
Stephen Colbert’s brilliant skewering of the Republican National Convention continued into Tuesday (July 19) on the CBS Late Show. This time, he brought on actress Laura Benanti, known for her roles on Broadway and the TV show Nashville, to issue a statement as Melania Trump.
According to the movie Jurassic Park and every small child, dinosaurs were only capable of one noise: a fierce and deafening roar. But a team of scientists now say dinosaurs may have made a wider variety of sounds, including a cooing sound like that of the common pigeon.
Religion, race, gender, and sexuality are some of the many variables that can give one person an advantage over another. Sometimes that means landing a good job because you’re a white man, sometimes that means being pulled over and perhaps shot by a police officer because you’re a black man.
Good news for youngsters who stick their dirty fingers in their mouths, and their parents. Researchers in New Zealand have found that kids who bite their nails or suck their thumbs are less likely to develop allergies to common allergens like pollen and dust mites.
While this year’s El Niño wasn’t as bad as meteorologists were expecting, there’s something else wreaking havoc on North America’s marine ecosystems: a huge mass of warm water off the Pacific Coast nicknamed by University of Washington meteorologist Nick Bond “the blob.”
When it comes to picking up the sounds of the cosmos, bigger is definitely better. China’s gigantic new radio telescope, at a whopping 500 meters across (1,640 feet), is the now the largest of its kind in the world. The final, shiny tile of the dish was put in place on Sunday, and China’s National Astronomical Observation agency expects the telescope to begin the process of collecting data in September.
Less than a month after a shooter killed scores in a Florida LGBT nightclub, a video showing a man tackled and arrested at a popular LGBT-friendly beach in New York is causing outrage.
Over 400,000 people are suspected to have contracted Zika in North and South America as of the end of June, but only 56,000 infections have been confirmed, mainly because it’s too expensive and cumbersome to administer lab tests. A team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania has developed a new saliva test that can deliver a Zika diagnosis in under an hour far from labs or medical facilities.
The evolution of language helped humans develop culture and cooperation with others who helped us survive. We aren’t alone. Sperm whales form clans with distinct dialects and cultures in the Pacific and the Atlantic, and a new study introduces another clan in the Caribbean Sea.
Nike’s loose, waistless “babydoll”-style Premier Power Slam tennis dress didn’t win any points from the tennis champs playing at Wimbledon this week. Women athletes sponsored by Nike were given the garment to wear for the tournament, but many found that DIY alterations were required for the sake of comfort and decency.
Last night’s annual BET Awards featured tributes to Prince and a lifetime achievement award for Samuel L. Jackson, but perhaps the most powerful part of the ceremony was a passionate acceptance speech from Jesse Williams. The actor, known for his role on Grey’s Anatomy, was honored with the network’s humanitarian award and used his acceptance speech to remind the audience that racism is not fixed and there is still work to be done for racial equality.
Guinness has been doing it for decades, and now a slew of high-end coffee shops and craft brewers, as well as Sam Adams and Starbucks, are getting in on the practice. They’re infusing their beers and coffees with nitrogen, giving the drinks that mesmerizing, Guinness-like cascade of foamy bubbles and smooth mouthfeel. But what exactly makes “nitro” beers and coffees so creamy?
After months of wall-to-wall coverage, one might think all Brits going to the polls on Thursday would at least have have known what a ”Brexit” is. Not so, according to Google Trends data.
As the United Kingdom prepares to vote on Thursday on whether to stay in the European Union, Last Week Tonight host John Oliver explained the fight over Brexit to the rest of the world on the June 19 episode of his HBO show.
Imagine charging your FitBit by simply wearing it while you walk.
After hours of setting and checking traps and infrared camera images, a team of Australian biologists has declared the Bramble Cay melomys extinct thanks to climate change. The small brown rodent was last seen on a tiny island off the coast of Papua New Guinea by a fisherman in 2009 and scientists have been unable to find any trace of it since. Signs of flooding suggest rising sea levels are to blame.
Nearly 1,000 anonymous chefs, journalists, and “gastronauts” have voted Osteria Francescana, in Modena, Italy, the best restaurant in the world.
Researchers in Iceland have developed a process to limit carbon dioxide from energy production escaping into the atmosphere, by converting the CO2 into solid rock. Such a process could create a permanent storage solution for some of the tons of CO2 pumped into the atmosphere each year.
