The Incredible, Flat Particle That Could Be The Key to Unlocking Quantum Computing
We don’t hear a ton on the news or in our daily lives about quantum computing per se, but the majority of the technological advances that have changed our lives over the past several decades are thanks to increased computer power. Now, physicists have confirmed the existence of a particle they’re calling an anyon, and...
Discover the Two People Who Made GPS a Reality
There have been hundreds of thousands of advancements in the past several decades that have changed and improved the way we live our lives every single day, and GPS definitely fits into that category. Whether it’s helping us get where we’re going anywhere in the world or helping police find missing persons, to a hundred...
These 16 Food Charts Mights Help Shift Your Perspective on Eating
I don’t know many people who haven’t struggled with their relationship with food at some point in our lives. We want to be healthy and to live long lives, but in this day and age we have so many delicious choices – many of which aren’t great for us – that it can be hard...
18 Food Charts That Might Change the Way You Think About Your Diet
If there’s one thing I can say that I’ve learned for sure as a woman who has been many different weights at many different times in her life, it’s that diets that require you to deprive yourself of everything you love will never work long term. Human beings want to enjoy our lives, not just...
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Alaskan Beads Reveal Secrets about America’s Past
It’s sort of crazy to think that people are still discovering new information about our “recent” (in historical terms) past. In January, two researchers in Fairbanks, Alaska did just that. They took their field by storm, when they announced that they could prove European traders had made their way to Alaska before Columbus ever set...
How Lava Lamps Are Protecting You from Hackers
Everyone is worried about data encryption and cybersecurity these days. I’m certainly no stranger to the concept. I think my credit card has now been skimmed 3 times in 2 years, but 2020 was 5 years long, so I may have lost count. That’s where cybersecurity companies like San Francisco based Cloudflare come in, bringing...
Scientists Say There Could Be 36 Alien Civilizations Residing in the Milky Way
The X-Files. Roswell. Little green men. We’ve all wondered–could there be, not just life, but intelligent life, out there? And while relative intelligence of life on Earth could be debatable, two scientists from the University of Nottingham have a new theory that suggests there is. 36 different potential civilizations, to be exact. How can scientists...
The Spacecraft Drive That Could Propel Us to Saturn in Less Than Two Years
Space exploration is something that gets many people excited, but one thing that always dampens the party is the fact that, if we want to keep going, to explore deeper, we’re going to have to come up with a bunch of new technology that helps us circumvent all of the issues with just how vast the...