Category: Shorts

Last Pre-Human Primate In North America Identified #shorts #Ekgmowechashala #North America #Professor Chris Beard #last primate The last primate to live in North America before humans arrived was a tiny creature called Ekgmowechashala. It was about the size of a raccoon and lived in the rainforests of the Rocky Mountains. Scientists recently discovered that Ekgmowechashala’s…

How the Amazonian Pirahã Learned Blue and Green #shorts #color #second language #Tsimané people #colors Yo, check it out. Scientists say that learning a second language can change the way you see colors. That’s right, if you’re bilingual, you might be seeing the world in a whole new way. For example, take the Tsimané people…

7 New Planets Found – Listen to Their Music! #shorts #exoplanets #exoplanet properties #giant planets #Kepler Exoplanet catalog Astronomers have discovered the hottest seven-planet system yet! These scorching worlds orbit a star called Kepler-385, which is about 10 percent larger and 5 percent hotter than our Sun. The first two planets are about the size…

The Hidden Dangers of a Green Lawn #shorts #neat front lawns #nitrogen pollution #fertilizer #US homeowners Grass lawns may look great, but they’re bad for the environment. That’s because when you fertilize your lawn, the nitrogen from the fertilizer can run off into waterways and cause algal blooms and deoxygenated waters. The United Nations Environment…

Why Some People Prefer to Stay Uninformed #shorts #participants #people #ignorance #others 40 percent of people are just plain lazy. A new study found that these folks would rather not know the consequences of their actions so they can have an excuse to act selfishly. For example, in one experiment, participants could choose to receive…

Apollo 13: The Inside Story of NASA’s Most Dangerous Mission #shorts #tank #secondary oxygen tank #crew #Apollo spacesuit So, the Apollo 13 mission was supposed to be a cakewalk, but then the oxygen tank exploded and the crew was in danger of being left adrift in space. But they were saved by the quick thinking…

Omicron’s New Cousin: Here’s What You Need to Know About JN.1 #shorts #JN.1 #US #BA.2.86 #Dr Thomas Russo JN.1 is the latest COVID variant to hit the scene, and it’s a doozy. This highly mutated strain is a descendant of Omicron, and while it’s not widespread yet, it’s definitely something to keep an eye on.…

Euclid’s First Images Reveal a Universe Full of Mystery #shorts #galaxies #Euclid Consortium #images #universe The European Space Agency’s new dark matter-hunting telescope Euclid has been launched into space and it’s already making some amazing discoveries. The telescope has captured images of a cluster of galaxies, a spiral galaxy, and a local irregular galaxy. It’s…

Crabs: Ocean Nomads Who Conquered Land #shorts #many times true crabs #terrestrialization #Joanna Wolfe #certain traits Yo, crabs are the OGs of moving out. They’ve been ditching the ocean for other digs for like 100 million years, way before it was cool. And they’ve done it like seven to seventeen times, depending on who you…