science

It has been claimed that because most of our DNA is active, it must be important, but now human-plant hybrid cells have been used to show this activity is mostly random noise Source link

Feedback’s eyebrows are raised at tech millionaire Bryan Johnson’s latest exploits, which involve Grimes, music, and hallucinogenic mushrooms Source link

Careful slope monitoring prevented mass casualties in the landslide at Blatten, Switzerland, this year, but mountain communities may face a growing risk of disasters Source link

Ejaculating within 48 hours of providing a sperm sample for IVF seems to lead to greater success rates than abstaining from ejaculation for longer Source link

Astronomers thought they had seen the “first hints of life on an alien world” this year, but they disappeared under closer scrutiny Source link

It’s easy to assume that the most talented adults among us were once gifted children, but it turns out that talent during childhood is no guide to later success Source link

Professional footballer players who became injured while on their period took longer to recover than when injuries occurred at other times of their menstrual cycle Source link

Scientists found a way to let people perceive an intense blue-green hue unlike anything they had seen before – and the technique could help people with colour blindness Source link

For centuries, Europeans thought that eternal daylight saturated the cosmos. The shift to a dark universe has had a profound psychological impact upon us Source link