Month: June 2022

  • The best marble runs of 2023

    The best marble runs of 2023

    We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Updated Apr 24, 2023 6:26 PM Marble run toys are classic games that not only provide fun and excitement for your child, but they also help build STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) and other skills like…

  • New CO2 Record Prompts a Scientist to Ask, ‘What’s It Going to Take for Us to Wake Up?’

    New CO2 Record Prompts a Scientist to Ask, ‘What’s It Going to Take for Us to Wake Up?’

    Every year at this time, headlines proclaim that carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has climbed to record high levels. But that really shouldn’t be all that surprising, given that CO2 has risen to a new high every single year but one since direct measurements began in 1958. Now, however, an arguably more meaningful milestone has…

  • Study explores the promises and pitfalls of evolutionary genomics — ScienceDaily

    Study explores the promises and pitfalls of evolutionary genomics — ScienceDaily

    The second century Alexandrian astronomer and mathematician Claudius Ptolemy had a grand ambition. Hoping to make sense of the motion of stars and the paths of planets, he published a magisterial treatise on the subject, known as the Almagest. Ptolemy created a complex mathematical model of the universe that seemed to recapitulate the movements of…

  • Washing and Drying Machines are Polluting the Air

    Washing and Drying Machines are Polluting the Air

    While we are cleaning our clothes, we are polluting our air. A typical U.S. household does about 300 loads of laundry every year and because our cleaning habits are bad for the environment, scientists want us to cut back. Not only does washing our clothes this much use an excessive amount of energy, it also…

  • What’s next for gene drives that fight malaria-carrying mosquitoes?

    What’s next for gene drives that fight malaria-carrying mosquitoes?

    In a large laboratory cage, a male mosquito carries a genetic weapon that could launch the destruction of his species. That loss could also mean the end of the parasite that causes malaria. The weapon, a self-replicating bit of DNA known as a gene drive, is one of the most anticipated and controversial tools being…