Category: Shorts

Blue Whales Are Back! See Them in the Seychelles Today #shorts #blue whales #Seychelles #Florida International University #area Scientists have confirmed that blue whales have returned to the Seychelles, an island nation in the Indian Ocean. This is great news for the whales, who were hunted nearly to extinction in the 20th century. But it’s…

The Observable Universe Is About to Shrink by 10% #shorts #universe #light-years #further objects #time The universe is expanding, and that means we’ll eventually see less and less of it. Bummer! In a static universe, we’d be able to see more and more of the universe as time went on, but in an expanding universe,…

“Purple Bronze: The New Material That Could Revolutionize Quantum Computing” #shorts #material purple bronze #symmetry #temperature #Nigel Hussey Y’all heard about purple bronze? It’s a new material that’s like a metal, but it can be a conductor or an insulator depending on how you change the temperature or light it up. Scientists are pretty excited…

Bacteria Can Learn and Remember, Just Like You #shorts #available cellular iron #levels #Bacteria #Advertisement Advertisement Yo, bacteria be wildin’. They got memories and shit, even though they don’t have brains. They can pass these “recollections” down to their kids for at least four generations. How do they do it? It all has to do…

JWST Discovers Bizarre Structures In Center Of Milky Way! #shorts #image #stars #Webb #JWST The James Webb Space Telescope has gazed deep into the heart of our Milky Way galaxy and spotted some never-before-seen features that astronomers are yet to fully understand. But don’t worry, it’s not aliens. It’s just a star-forming region located around…

African Penguins’ Tuxes Keep Them Warm in the Antarctic #shorts #African penguins #penguin #dots #birds A new study has found that penguins use their belly buttons to identify each other, just like humans use our names. Scientists at the Zoomarine Italia marine park near Rome discovered that the little dots on African penguins’ chests are…

Scientists Reveal What Happens To Your Brain When You Watch A Box Get Shaken #shorts #actions #people #box #team Scientists recently conducted a mind-blowing experiment. They showed people videos of people shaking boxes and asked them what the people were trying to learn. Almost everyone got it right! Even more amazing, the people in the…

Giant Underwater Mountain Discovered Off Guatemala’s Coast #shorts #feet #Schmidt Ocean Institute’s exploration and research vessel Falkor #colossal seamount #meters Scientists discovered a massive underwater mountain that’s twice as tall as the Burj Khalifa. The colossal seamount is over 1,600 meters high and covers an area of 14 square kilometers. It’s located 2,400 meters below…

7,000-Year-Old Shipwreck Discovered With Obsidian Cores From 1,000 Miles Away #shorts #obsidian #Naples #island #Metropolitan Area Yo, check it out! Some underwater archaeologists discovered a Stone Age ship that sank off the coast of Capri. The boat was carrying a bunch of obsidian, which is a type of volcanic glass that was used to make…

You’ll Never Believe Who the World’s First Scientist Was! #shorts #inquisitiveness “science #first scientist #whole #Ḥasan Ibn al-Haytham The world’s first scientist was a dude named Thales. He was from Greece and lived a long time ago. He was into science, math, philosophy, and deductive reasoning. He predicted a solar eclipse but nobody knows how…