RIP Claude: San Francisco’s Iconic Albino Alligator Dies Aged 30
A beloved resident of the city, he’s going to be sorely missed.
With Only 5 Years Left In Space, The International Space Station Just Hit A New Milestone
For the first time in its 25-year history, all eight docking stations are currently occupied by spacecraft.
Nitrous Oxide: Inhaling “Laughing Gas” Could Be Surprisingly Effective For Treating Severe Depression
A new meta-analysis has looked at the evidence, and it’s promising.
7,000-Year-Old Atacama Mummies May Have Been Created As ”Art Therapy”
The Chinchorro culture experienced tragically high rates of infant mortality, possibly due to arsenic poisoning.
In 1985, A Newborn Underwent Heart Surgery Without Pain Relief Because Doctors Didn’t Think Babies Could Feel Pain
The belief that children cannot feel pain lasted well into the 1980s. It was common for them to undergo surgery while paralyzed, but without any pain relief at all.
”Happy Molecule” Precursor Discovered In Extraterrestrial Material For The First Time
Bennu’s sample might have just seen a new amino acid in a space sample.
A Wobbling Brown Dwarf Might Be A Sign Of The First Discovered ”Exomoon” – A Moon Outside The Solar System
Previous claims of exomoon discoveries haven’t stood up well to replication, but perhaps a new method will have more success.
Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Appears To Be Experiencing ”Cryovolcanism”, And Is Eerily Similar To Objects In The Outer Solar System
New observations suggest that our interstellar visitor may be a ”primitive carbonaceous object”, complete with ”ice volcanoes”.
What Is Christougenniatikophobia, And What Do I Do About It?
It’s the most terrifying time of the year…
Defiant Stars And Unusual Objects Survive Against The Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole
Hanging out at the center of our galaxy is not as dangerous as previously thought.