High-Speed Rail Gets A Boost In The U.S.
While the US was known for its railroads in the 1800s, we’ve fallen behind places like Japan, China, and Europe, which have invested in trains that go upwards of 200 miles per hour. There are economic...
29 Touko 202416min
Using A Lab On Wheels To Study Weed From Dispensaries
Cannabis is legal in some form or another in over half of US states. But federally, it’s illegal and has no accepted medical use. However, the Biden administration is moving to reclassify cannabis as ...
28 Touko 202417min
Jelly Creatures That Swim In Corkscrews | Keeping Wind Turbines Safe For Birds
For the first time, scientists have recorded how salps form chains and swim in corkscrews to reach the ocean’s surface each night. Also, a wind utility company in Wyoming is trying to make wind turbin...
27 Touko 202420min
Zapping Nerves Into Regrowth | Celebrating the Maya Calendar In Guatemala’s Highlands
An early study found that electrical stimulation could improve hand and arm function in people with spinal cord injuries. Also, for thousands of years, Indigenous communities in Guatemala have used ob...
24 Touko 202421min
Fine-Tuning Grapes For Iowa’s Wine Industry
Did you know that almost all the wine we drink, no matter what color it is or where it’s produced, comes from a grape species called Vitis vinifera? But these grapes can’t survive the cold, harsh wint...
23 Touko 202417min
How To Recycle Rare Earth Elements
Rare earth elements are a group of 17 metals used in a wide range of things that make modern life possible, including batteries, magnets, LED light bulbs, phone screens, and catalytic converters.These...
22 Touko 202417min
New Evidence Questions Dark Energy’s ‘Constant’ Nature
After the Big Bang, the universe expanded rapidly. And, once upon a time, conventional wisdom held that that expansion would eventually slow, dragged back inwards by the gravitational pull of all the ...
21 Touko 202418min
New Guidelines Recommend Earlier Breast Cancer Screening
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has updated its recommendations for breast cancer screening once again. The recommendations now stipulate that women and people assigned female at birth should ...
20 Touko 202417min
