How Engineers Move Massive Structures Without Breaking Them
Author Vishay SinghPosted on Categories Discover Magazine
Relocating historic structures can be tricky business. ...read more
Author Vishay SinghPosted on Categories Discover Magazine
The Curious Foreign Accent Syndrome
Author Vishay SinghPosted on Categories Discover Magazine
"Foreign Accent Syndrome" (FAS) is a rare disorder in which patients start to speak with a foreign or regional tone. This striking condition is often associated with brain damage, such as stroke. Presumably, the lesion affects the neural pathways by which the brain controls the tongue and vocal cords, thus producing a strange sounding speech. Yet there may be more to FAS than meets the eye (or ear). According to a new paper in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, many o ...read more
What Happens When Galaxies Collide?
Author Vishay SinghPosted on Categories Discover Magazine
Galactic smash-ups can reignite or destroy galaxies — but which will it be? Astronomers using space- and ground-based telescopes to peer inside the mergers of nearby galaxies are hoping to learn more about these events and what they mean for the history and future of our universe. Mergers: Good or Bad? Galaxy mergers have built our universe into the place it is today. Over time, smaller galaxies crash into each other, creating larger, more complex structures. But what exactly happens durin ...read more
You Should Take Care of Your Lungs, They’re Beautifully Complex
Author Vishay SinghPosted on Categories Discover Magazine
Lungs are remarkable organs that continuously achieve amazing feats, which they do so well that we take them for granted, except when their function is diminished. It all happens in a space inside your chest, divided in two and reduced by the presence of the heart, the great vessels and the esophagus. With Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg having recently returned to the court after surgery for lung cancer, I have been asked a lot of questions about the lungs, as I am a professor ...read more
Citizen Science and March Mammal Madness
Author Vishay SinghPosted on Categories Discover Magazine
The 7th annual March Mammal Madness Tournament (MMM) is upon us! What is MMM, you ask? Only the most engaging, riveting, and scientifically accurate bracket-based tournament around! 82 contenders enter, but only one (or this year, perhaps two) will be the Champion! March Mammal Madness was created in 2013 by Dr. Katie Hinde. Fed up with other March Madness-themed games that relied on popularity or cuteness to determine the winners, Hinde decided to create a game based on more realistic sc ...read more