When we add cream to coffee or a bath bomb to a tub, we see beautiful swirling colours mingling in the liquids. This is a field of study called fluid dynamics, which is just as enigmatic as it is beautiful. Although it’s easy for us to see the way the way things mingle in the …
Before you take one more bite of that pasta dish, you might want to think twice about what those carbs are doing to your weight – or maybe not. New research shows that pasta, in particular, may not be the bad guy when it comes to weight gain. As it turns out, pasta’s low glycemic …
I get it. I have purchased a lab piecemeal, and every piece we invest in here at Insanitek makes me cringe. The price tag can be more than a bit stressful. But there is a secret in science that most people don’t know: Much of what we use is often cobbled together or have a …
Welcome to Henderson Island, where you can literally live alongside 38 million pieces of trash. This little island located halfway between New Zealand and Chile is considered to be a UNESCO world heritage site. Unfortunately, it’s been plagued with a plastic problem. A recent report published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences …
For the first time, the Doomsday Clock moved 30 seconds closer to midnight, placing it two-and-a-half minutes to midnight, according to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. The move was made by the group on Jan. 26, and it was determined by the Bulletin’s Science and Security Board. A team of experts, which including 15 …
If you love snow leopards, you might want to prepare yourself for some disheartening news. A new report from TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, claims that there are only about 4,000 snow leopards left in the wild. Additionally, an average of four leopards a week are being poached, according to experts. However, not everyone …
Bees are the little garden insects with fail to think twice about, but now that they are endangered, perhaps more attention will be paid to them. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has given endangered species status to seven species of yellow-faced bees that are native to the islands of Hawaii. They are now the …
Editor’s note: This post has been updated and broken links removed. Please see our policy on broken hyperlinks for more. You might have heard of creatures, such as sharks and whales, finding themselves in fishermen’s nets during harvest. In some instances, these creatures can be saved, but what happens after these nets are used? As it turns …
It’s no secret that polar bears are having a hard time in today’s world, especially with ongoing global warming. However, China might just have made matters worse with an exhibit that puts the bears’ misery on display for the public to see. A bear named Pizza housed at an “ocean theme park” at the Grandview …
A new report published in PeerJ shows that leopards, one of the most iconic big cats, has lost approximately 75 percent of its historic range. This conclusion was drawn by the National Geographic Society’s Big Cats initiative, the Zoological Society of London, Panthera, and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature Cat Specialist Group. …