19/02/2025

Population panic: How demography is used for political gain

Population is far from the seemingly innocuous and bland topic of "people." We're not just talking people. We're talking the very foundation of society, culture, and economy … and it's deeply fraught. It's also an effective ...

A spiral structure in the inner Oort cloud

We typically think of the Oort cloud as scattered ice balls floating far from the sun, yet still tied to it gravitationally. Occasionally, some wayward gravitational perturbation will knock one of them a weird way and create ...

What would actual scientific study of UAPs look like?

For those who missed the memo, UFOs (unidentified flying objects) are now called UAPs (unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena). The term UFO became so closely tied to alien spacecraft and fantastical abduction stories ...

How plants remember stress without a brain

It may sound strange, but plants can remember stress. Scientists are still learning about how plants do this without a brain. But with climate change threatening crops around the world, understanding plant stress memory could ...

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