Cancel culture in botany
Recently, botanists voted to change the names of over 200 species that contained a racial slur related to the word "caffra. These changes are intended to remove offensive terminology and…
Category: Science
Deep Space Communication
NASA’s Psyche mission, currently en route to explore a metal asteroid between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, has reached a significant milestone in its journey. The mission successfully executed…
Hoping to cure diabetes with new treatment
A new cell therapy is to be tested for the first time on people with Type 1 Diabetes. If the researchers succeed, it could pave the way for a cure…
Gender is coded by chromosomes
Since the 1970s, people who have been diagnosed with transsexualism after examination by a medical specialist have been able to change their legal gender, which approximately 6,000 people in neighboring…
Gulf Stream Collapse Imminent, according to new data
A recent study released on Tuesday warns that the Gulf Stream, an Atlantic Ocean current responsible for keeping Europe warm, could suddenly and catastrophically halt at any point in the…
Scandinavians are the first Europeans, according to study
Before the Viking Age, the Northerners had 13,000 years of history in Scandinavia. The early history of the Nordic region is now being rewritten when new facts from modern research…
Woking the Dead
The managing curators of the British Museum have been accused of being 'woke' and virtue signaling to the public after banning the word 'mummy.' The museum claims they "don't want…
Once in a lifetime – Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) visible from Earth
AFP reports that a comet of ice and dust will pass the Earth and the Sun in January and February. The greenish light phenomenon was last visible from Earth 50,000…
Pathological Collecting Behavior
Collecting things is a common human phenomenon, confirmed in studies showing that 70 percent of children and 30 percent of adults have a collection. From an evolutionary biology perspective, it…
The Father of Cryptozoology
Often referred to as the Father of Cryptozoology, Bernard Heuvelmans was born on October 10, 1916, in Le Havre, France, to a Dutch mother and a Belgian father in exile.…