Four Arizona track and field state records broken in 1 hour
For an hour, the Arizona high school track and field record book was rewritten again and again and again and again. Four state records were broken by runners at the…
Alabama high school football player killed in shooting at sister’s birthday party
Dadeville High football player among four killed in Alabama birthday party shooting, according to Montgomery Advertiser. Dadeville senior Philstavious Dowdell, who was known as Phil, was a football, track and…
Is photographic memory real?
You may have heard stories about someone who has a photographic memory. You may have even thought that you or someone you know might have one. But is photographic memory…
How did dinosaurs have sex?
How did dinosaurs have sex? Sounds like the start of a risky prank. In the early years of paleontology it would have been considered beneath the dignity of the field…
Were woolly mammoths always woolly?
The first woolly mammoths were warm, but the last woolly mammoths were warmer. In fact, published article in Current Biology states that the woolly mammoths’ best-known traits, including their fluffy…
People love spinning—and researchers want to know why
If you’ve regularly ignored the playground swings, swings and slides – and headed straight for the merry-go-round instead – you’re probably familiar with the intoxicating giddy feeling that accompanies a…
There are more than 85,000 volcanoes on Venus
There are more than 85,000 volcanoes on Venus , our closest planetary neighbor in the Solar System, has long remained shrouded in a cloud of mystery—literally. The planet sits in…
Real manufacturing and trade sales likely rose to a new record in February; they may have decreased in March
– by a New Deal Democrat Real manufacturing and trade sales are one of the 4 monthly matching indicators most closely monitored by the NBER to determine whether the economy…
Friday night notes: Florida lands 5-star DB, Malik Blockton names his top 10 schools and more
USA TODAY high school sportsFriday Night Notes is a weekly roundup of high school recruiting that looks at the latest news from around the country – from the class of…
How accurate are lie detectors and should we use them?
In Liu Sixin’s famous science fiction series The three-body problem, human beings make their first contact with the Trisolarans, an alien civilization incapable of deception or lying because they broadcast…