An unhealthy Western-style diet was associated with a faster cognitive decline in people with a genetic risk of Alzheimer's disease, according to a study on 185 older adults followed for more than 7 y
TIL a Babylonian clay tablet called Plimpton 322, made around 1800 BC, lists number patterns matching Pythagorean triples, over 1,000 years before Pythagoras was born
Babies ‘will face almost twice as much’ extreme fire weather in Europe than great-grandparents. Under current policies, which will result in 2.6C of warming, children born today can expect to experien
Sex differences in attention are present at birth. The findings suggest that some psychological differences between males and females (such the development of social skills) may be influenced by both
A recent study published in Imaging Neuroscience indicates that engaging in a very slow jog for just ten minutes can improve a person’s mood and enhance their ability to focus.
Standoff That Changed American Law Enforcement Forever, How the North Hollywood Shootout Led to New Police Tactics, Heavier Firepower, Better Body Armor and Changes in Law Enforcement Equipment
Engineered Probiotic Wipes Out 43% of Colorectal Tumors in Mice: The engineered E Coli packed a triple-whammy – chemotherapy produced directly inside the tumor, an immune stimulant, and a localized fo
Research shows that people with low implicit self-worth, or a large mismatch between their conscious and unconscious self-esteem, are quicker to detect subtle facial expressions of anger and disgust.
Thousands of handmade carpets are laid out across massive open-air fields in Döşemealtı, Türkiye every summer—baking under the sun until mid-October to naturally achieve vintage pastel tones and steri
TIL King Mithridates VI took small doses of poison daily to make himself immune to assassination. When he later tried to poison himself to avoid capture, it didn't work, and he had to ask a guard to k
During the Apollo 15 mission in 1971, astronaut David Scott dropped a hammer and a feather on the Moon at the same time, and both objects hit the lunar surface simultaneously. And proved Galileo corre
TIL that as a baby, Harambe was taken home by a zoo employee at night, bottle-fed and even had his diapers changed after his mother stopped caring for him at about 21 days old.
TIL that in 1977 GM secretly put Chevy engines in Oldsmobiles, and a jury awarded 14,000 owners $550 each in one of the biggest consumer fraud cases in US history.
TIL the world's first bike path made entirely of recycled plastic waste was opened in the Netherlands, taking equivalent amounts of over 218,000 plastic cups out of landfills.
TIL cities are actively using vertical vine coverage and green canopies on buildings as a low-tech solution to drop surface temperatures by up to several degrees.
TIL that the infamous comic where Hank Pym hits his wife Janet was meant to be an accident. According to writer Jim Shooter, Pym was meant to accidentally strike her while making a dismissive gesture.
Targeting the best-connected buyers of green hydrogen makes subsidies up to 41% more cost-effective. Over half of the 10% most connected sit in five German or Belgian industrial regions.
