Popular Science: Short Science Articles, 31 Dec 2018

December 31, 2018 Author: Russ Roberts

Welcome to the New Year’s Eve edition of “Hawaii Science Digest”–a Hawaii-based blog focusing on science, technology, medicine, health, the environment, cyber security, and artificial intelligence (AI). Today’s post contains articles from the current issue of “Popular Science” Magazine. Views expressed in this science news summary are those of the reporters and correspondents. Here are the details:

Accessed on 31 December 2018, 0452 UTC.

Source: https://www.popsci.com

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short science articles

SPACE

What is a super blood wolf moon?

What a strawberry moon? What is a worm moon? What is going on with my moon?

By Rachel Feltman
ANIMALS

9 jaw-dropping facts about naked mole rats to celebrate the bloody ascent of their new queen

Long may she reign.

By Rachel Feltman
SPACE

Ancient space crystals may prove the sun threw heated tantrums as a tot

You can learn a lot from 4.5-billion-year-old rocks.

By Neel V. Patel
ANIMALS

Scientists just discovered 125 million-year-old dinosaur dandruff

Dinos got dandruff, too.

By Neel V. Patel
ANIMALS

These animals spend their whole lives waiting to have sex, and then they die

Existing just to have sex is a solid evolutionary strategy.

By Sara Chodosh
ANIMALS

This croco-dolphin has it all

The 180 million-year-old fossil points to a missing link.

By Neel V. Patel
SCIENCE

The weirdest things we learned this week: The first celebrity diet, confused albatrosses, and delusions of death

Three PopSci editors share the freakiest facts they could find.

By Rachel Feltman
ANIMALS

Scientists taught a spider how to jump so they can one day do the same for robots

Kim the spider has a thing or two to teach us.

By Neel Patel
ANIMALS

Russian cuckoos are taking over Alaska

Thanks to climate change, these crybaby parasites are heading to North America.

By Kat Eschner
ALLERGIC REACTION

Local honey might help your allergies—but only if you believe it will

Eating allergens seems like it should reduce sneezes. In practice? Not so much.

By Sara Chodosh
SCIENCE

The weirdest things we learned this week: Giant sloths, caged babies, and spicy horse butts

Three PopSci editors share the freakiest facts they could find.

By Rachel Feltman
ALLERGIC REACTION

These are the most common—and deadliest—allergies

Seasonal allergies hit us hard, but you might be surprised by what kills us.

By Sara Chodosh
SPACE

Yes, Earth’s magnetic poles can flip. But they probably won’t anytime soon.

But they might wobble.

By Neel V. Patel
ANIMALS

Our bravest ancestors may have hunted giant sloths

Or maybe they were just having fun?

By Sara Chodosh
ANIMALS

You’d have to give birth to a 30-pound baby to truly know how a kiwi bird feels

If it looks like a fruit and acts like a mammal, what is it?

By Sara Chodosh

Categories: environment, Science, technology

Tags: Animals who wait for sex and then die, Popular Science, Scientists discover 125 million-year-old dinosaur dandruff, This croco-dolphin has it all, Weirdest science things we learned this week, What is a super blood wolf moon? Facts about mole rats, Why our sun threw tantrums as a tot

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