Research Stash Weekly Review #14

Astronomers Have Detected 72 Incredibly Bright Explosions, Caused by a Mysterious Source

Astronomers have detected 72 incredibly bright and quick events flashing across a recent sky survey – and they’re struggling to understand where they came from. Read More [CREDIT: M. PURSIAINEN / UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON]

This ‘Injectable Bandage’ Made From Seaweed Could Stop Internal Bleeding in Minutes

Scientists have invented an injectable ‘bandage’ made out of a common food ingredient and nanoparticles. Read More

NASA funds plan to put robot bees on Mars

NASA is funding the development of a swarm of robotic insects which it hopes to send to Mars on a mission to explore inaccessible nooks and crevices on the Red Planet. Read More

These 170-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Tracks Were Uncovered in Scotland

Scientists have discovered ancient dinosaur tracks on the Isle of Skye in Scotland dating back to the Middle Jurassic period. Read More

The USDA Just Gave the Green Light to CRISPR’d Food

For nearly two years now, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has been quietly giving the go-ahead to a handful of crops that have been genetically engineered using CRISPR Read More

Monkeys surprised scientists by sharing even more when no one was looking

Marmoset monkeys exist on a branch of the evolutionary tree that is distinct from the one that led to humans Read More

Why do knuckles crack? The answer might be in a mathematical equation

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The reason why knuckles pop or crack when stretched is largely a mystery, but a recent study claims it’s because of popping fluid bubbles Read More

CERN Researchers Think They Saw Rare Particle Decay That Could Lead to New Physics

Physicists in Switzerland are on a subatomic hunt that, they hope, will reveal some entirely new results beyond the limits of their theories Read More

Astronomers use artificial intelligence to spot 6,000 new craters on the Moon

One of the biggest challenges in astronomy is also the most obvious: space is big, and it takes a long time to look at it all Read More

Earliest Known Human Footprints in North America Found on Canadian Island

Stamped across the shoreline of Calvert Island, British Columbia, are 13,000-year-old human footprints that archaeologists believe to be the earliest found so far in North America Read More

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