At only 14 years old, Siddarth Nandyala has created a heart disease detection app that can identify early signs of cardiovascular issues in seconds. The app is called Circadian AI, and it could be a powerful tool for early intervention, especially in regions where access to healthcare…
Category: 7. SciTech
-

Meet the world’s most aggressive bird
When you think of aggressive birds, the ostrich likely comes to mind due to the sheer size of their feet and discourse about their aggression. In fact, ostriches aren’t actually all that aggressive, and they usually only attack when provoked. Instead, the real danger, and perhaps the…
Continue Reading
-

Ethical questions swarm scientists after discovery that could wipe out pesky mosquitoes
Scientists have developed methods to wipe potentially disease-carrying mosquitoes off of the face of the Earth. But, should they?
The implications of such a…
Continue Reading
-

Why you can understand words even if they’re missing vowels
If you spend enough time online, you’re bound to come come across a sentence like this: “Yr brn cn rd wrds wtht vwls.” It looks like nonsense at first glance, but after a moment, you probably read it as “Your brain can read words without vowels.” So, how did you do that?
Continue Reading
-

Here’s what ‘porn addiction’ actually is (and how to manage it)
Porn: as a society, we’ve worked ourselves into a feverish state of worry over it. Separate from the legitimate ethical concerns about practices in the industry, there’s a plethora of other widespread anxious beliefs: that looking at or watching porn is inherently bad for you; bad for your…
Continue Reading
-
The 6 biggest questions about adult ADHD, answered by a neuroscientist
Unless you’ve been paying ironically little attention in recent years, you’ll have noticed the significant rise in adults being diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, more commonly known as ADHD.
While some people blame this on schools and education, others predictably…
Continue Reading
-

Rijksmuseum: 200-year-old condom etched with erotic art makes Amsterdam museum debut
Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum has unveiled a unique addition to its collection: a condom dating back almost 200 years, adorned with erotic art that…
Continue Reading
-

New theory could finally make ‘quantum gravity’ a reality
Scientists might be on the verge of cracking one of the biggest problems in physics, allowing them to finally create a grand Theory of Everything.
Currently, two separate theories are used to explain different aspects of the Universe around us – quantum mechanics and gravity. Though many have…
Continue Reading
-

How One Keto Trial Set Off a New War in the Nutrition World
While the study was still in the recruitment phase, Nadolsky left the team.
Entrenched Positions
Klatt, of UC Berkeley, is extremely well-versed in nutrition research and the current online debates around cholesterol. He’s written about this study and its fallout on his personal Substack, and…
Continue Reading
-

Scientists use giant magnets to solve a 20-year-old dark matter mystery
Physicists are always searching for new theories to improve our understanding of the universe and resolve big unanswered questions.
But…
Continue Reading
