When I conceived the idea for this column in 2013, I came up with the name "ImaGeo" as a mashup of "image" and "geo" — as in "images of Earth." (The mashup also hinted at "imagination.")Since then, I've tried whenever possible to emphasize images of Earth from space, as well as imagery created with data from other kinds of sensors. With that original ImaGeo theme in mind as 2024 was drawing to a close, I thought I would pick a selection of compelling images that helped me tell the stories of n ...read more
Lining grocery store shelves are supplements like omega fish oil, goat’s rue and others that sound more like the ingredients of a witch’s cauldron. Social media influencers also push high-tech sounding pills like CoQ10 or plant sterols to their followers. And you can find the classic supplements online or in person — vitamin D, vitamin C or a daily multivitamin.In the United States, the supplement market was estimated to be worth $42.6 billion in 2022, and it was projected to increase up t ...read more
At one time, the world of non-alcoholic drinks was limited to a few dusty old cans of O’Doul’s sitting in the back fridge of your local bar.But more recently, the genre has exploded. Craft beer companies are bending the basic tenets of chemistry in an effort to make non-alcoholic IPAs, stouts, and other styles that more closely resemble their boozy cousins.And restaurants are crafting mocktails that focus on flavor specifically tailored to a lack of alcohol. All of this comes at a time when ...read more
Is it a fish? Is it a sea monster? Is it Cthulhu?In 1997, while using underwater microphones to monitor volcanic activity in the depths of the southern Pacific Ocean, researchers with NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) recorded a mysterious sound. It was extremely loud and, well, weird. The fact that no one, including NOAA, had any idea what was making the noise fed theories like the ones above. The sound came to be called “the bloop” and remained a mystery for more than ...read more
Solar calendar. Place of worship. UFO Landing site. Many uses have been theorized for Stonehenge. Researchers have now added another: monument to unity, they propose in an Archaeology International article.Because the stones making up different aspects of the mysterious structure were moved from many parts of the British Isles, there must have been a reason for it. After all, it’s not the only henge in town. Hundreds of other stone circles have been found in Britain. But almost all of them hav ...read more
Author Vishay SinghPosted on Categories Discover Magazine