A New Method for Making Brilliant, Organic Dyes
Author Vishay SinghPosted on Categories Discover Magazine
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Author Vishay SinghPosted on Categories Discover Magazine
The More Fit You Are, the Better You Shiver
Author Vishay SinghPosted on Categories Discover Magazine
(Credit: tommaso79/Shutterstock) If you wanna shiver right, you gotta exercise. That’s the suggestion of a new study in The Journal of Physiology looking at how mice fared in the cold after they’d spent some time undergoing regular jogging sessions on a wheel. Compared to couch-potato mice, the fit mice lost less weight in the cold and had higher body temperatures. The findings reveal that physical fitness likely plays a role in how well we deal with chilly situations. Shiver ...read more
Multiple “Mini-Moons” Could be Orbiting Earth
Author Vishay SinghPosted on Categories Discover Magazine
(Credit: ESA – P.Carril) Think that the Moon is the only object orbiting Earth? You might want to think again. Researchers have theorized the existence of “mini-moons” — tiny asteroids pulled into Earth’s orbit by forces of gravity — ever since discovering one with NASA’s Catalina Sky Survey in 2006. These fast moving asteroids revolve around the planet before either falling toward the surface as a meteor, or being ejected back out into space ...read more
Magnetic Fields May Be to Blame for Jupiter's Skin-Deep Stripes
Author Vishay SinghPosted on Categories Discover Magazine
Jupiter’s signature stripes are streams of gas that flow in alternating directions. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill) What would Jupiter be without its stripes? The Great Red Spot might be Jupiter’s most famous feature, but the giant planet would be unrecognizable without the multicolored bands streaking across its face. The colors are there thanks to the chemistry of Jupiter’s atmosphere, but the striped pattern itself comes from long-lived winds called zona ...read more
Sleep Deprivation Makes Us Less Social
Author Vishay SinghPosted on Categories Discover Magazine
(Credit: Yuricazac/Shutterstock) Sleep deprivation strikes us all at some point in our lives, from stressed-out students struggling through finals week to parents of a newborn barely catching a wink. They’re all running on empty. And if you happen to interact with one of these poor souls, you’ll likely notice they may seem a bit distant. If so, you may feel a little bummed yourself once you part ways. You’re not imagining things, at least according to new research i ...read more