To Solve a Medical Mystery, This Doctor Drank Live Bacteria
Dr. Barry Marshall swallowed helicobacter pylori to prove it was the cause of a common ailment. Continue reading To Solve a Medical Mystery, This Doctor Drank Live Bacteria
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Where the Devil’s Kettle ‘Waterfall to Nowhere’ Really Goes
It turns out the water doesn’t disappear at all. Continue reading Where the Devil’s Kettle ‘Waterfall to Nowhere’ Really Goes
After Hundreds of Years, We’ve Finally Figured Out How These Flies Can Swim Underwater
Alkali flies have been a fixture of Mono Lake, California for hundreds of years, but scientists only recently unravelled the secret of their aquatic abilities. Continue reading After Hundreds of Years, We’ve Finally Figured Out How These Flies Can Swim Underwater
The Mystery of the Kentucky ‘Meat Shower’
A “meat shower” is exactly what it sounds like, but it turns out there’s a pretty simple, likely explanation for what caused it. Continue reading The Mystery of the Kentucky ‘Meat Shower’
Meat Rain, Blood Waterfalls, and Chemtrails Star in the Second Season of Our Podcast
Science Solved It returns Tuesday, June 26 with all new episodes. Continue reading Meat Rain, Blood Waterfalls, and Chemtrails Star in the Second Season of Our Podcast
Amelia Earhart Likely Died on Nikumaroro, Study Finds
Bones recovered on the remote Pacific island are more similar to Earhart than “99 percent of individuals in a large reference sample.” Continue reading Amelia Earhart Likely Died on Nikumaroro, Study Finds
Mystery Gravitational Lens Hints at Possible Primordial Black Holes, Dark Matter
At the very least, the new discovery offers a novel way of magnifying the distant cosmos. Continue reading Mystery Gravitational Lens Hints at Possible Primordial Black Holes, Dark Matter
We Found Out What the Fuck This Thing Is
Everybody’s arguing about whether this is a giant squid or a dead whale or something even weirder. Continue reading We Found Out What the Fuck This Thing Is
We Found Out What the Fuck This Thing Is
Everybody’s arguing about whether this is a giant squid or a dead whale or something even weirder. Continue reading We Found Out What the Fuck This Thing Is
This Ice Cream Cone Shaped Creature Finally Has a Home on the Tree of Life
20-year-old Toronto undergrad Joe Moysiuk helped solve a paleontological mystery. Continue reading This Ice Cream Cone Shaped Creature Finally Has a Home on the Tree of Life