The 'Lost City' of Atlantis Massif Could Reveal How Life Survives on Dark, Alien Water Worlds

 Posted on November 28, 2022  |  4 minutes  |  640 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

BELLEVUE, Wash. — In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, an underwater mountain is dotted with chimneys that spew hot water and minerals from deep below. This group of chimneys, collectively called the "Lost City," is teeming with life — and scientists think that what powers them might also fuel life elsewhere in the universe, William Brazelton, a biologist at the University of Utah, said Tuesday (June 25) during a talk at the 2019 Astrobiology Science Conference. [Read More]

Where You Glance Can Reveal Feelings of Love or Lust

 Posted on November 28, 2022  |  2 minutes  |  418 words  |  Arica Deslauriers

There may be something to the cliché of lovebirds gazing into each other's eyes, new research suggests. A glance at a person's face tends to indicate romantic love, whereas looking at a person's body is associated with feelings of sexual desire, according to a new study. These telling glances can last less than half a second, lead study author Stephanie Cacioppo, director of the University of Chicago High-Performance Electrical NeuroImaging Laboratory, said in a statement. [Read More]

Which Jobs Actually Use Math?

 Posted on November 28, 2022  |  1 minutes  |  149 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

Sure, your 7th grade algebra teacher claimed you'd need math all the time. But something doesn't add up: most Americans never use advanced math on the job, research suggests. Less than a quarter of workers use math beyond fractions at their jobs, according to a survey of 2,300 workers conducted by Michael Handel, a researcher at Northeastern University in Massachusetts. And highly skilled blue-collar workers — think machinists, mechanics and the like — use advanced math such as algebra more than their white-collar peers. [Read More]

Why Pooh Bear Loves Honey, But Tigger Doesn't

 Posted on November 28, 2022  |  3 minutes  |  564 words  |  Trudie Dory

Cats will ignore your sugary treats, but will literally jump onto the counter at the chance to scarf down some meaty goodness. The behavior stems from a missing sweet-taste receptor on their tongues, and now researchers have found some of their carnivore cousins in the wild, including sea lions and hyenas, also lack the taste for sweetness. Other carnivores, like bears, retain the sweetness receptor on their taste buds (causing Pooh Bear to keep getting his hand stuck in that honey pot), which might be because of their flexible diets, the researchers added. [Read More]

Why Russia Is So Anti-Gay

 Posted on November 28, 2022  |  5 minutes  |  1047 words  |  Arica Deslauriers

Nearly three-quarters of Russians believe that homosexually is morally unacceptable, more than disapprove of other hot-button issues such as extramarital affairs, gambling and abortion. The numbers come from newly released data from the Pew Research Center, which surveyed Russians on their moral attitudes in spring 2013. Russian attitudes toward homosexuality have been at the forefront given the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Just eight months before the games, Russia's governmental body, the Duma, passed a law making it illegal to distribute homosexual " [Read More]

7 Most Misleading Animal Names

 Posted on November 27, 2022  |  3 minutes  |  596 words  |  Patria Henriques

Deceptive namesWhat's in a name? When it comes to animals, a variety of characteristics can be wrapped up in a common name, including where an animal lives (mountain goat), what an animal eats (anteater), the color of an animal (brown bear) or, more broadly, what an animal looks like (dragonfly). This last category, however, is where the naming scheme can become misleading. Is a dragonfly a true fly? No – it belongs to the order Odonata, along with damselflies, whereas true flies (house flies, fruit flies, etc. [Read More]

Earth's Moving Mantle Leads to Earthquakes in Unusual Places

 Posted on November 27, 2022  |  4 minutes  |  688 words  |  Trudie Dory

It has long been a mystery why some earthquakes strike towns in seemingly earthquake-proof regions, but researchers now have a potential explanation for why temblors sometimes rattle where they're not expected. Understanding the underlying source of these quakes could help officials prepare for their associated hazards. Researchers found that intraplate earthquakes — which occur in the middle, instead of at the borders, of tectonic plates — are influenced by convection, or heat-driven movements, of the molten mantle beneath the planet's cold, solid crust. [Read More]

Failed Doomsday Has Real Deadly Consequences

 Posted on November 27, 2022  |  2 minutes  |  392 words  |  Trudie Dory

Harold Camping, the 89-year-old leader whose study of the Bible convinced him and his followers that the world would end, has been described by his wife as "flabbergasted" that the apocalypse didn’t start over the weekend. There are some red faces out there. And if that's all it had been, then one could argue no great harm had been done. But while Camping and his followers try to figure out what went wrong (or right) — with news Monday night that he now says Judgment Day will come on Oct. [Read More]

Goliath Gates: Entrance to Famous Biblical Metropolis Uncovered

 Posted on November 27, 2022  |  3 minutes  |  476 words  |  Fernande Dalal

A massive gate unearthed in Israel may have marked the entrance to a biblical city that, at its heyday, was the biggest metropolis in the region. The town, called Gath, was occupied until the ninth century B.C. In biblical accounts, the Philistines — the mortal enemies of the Israelites — ruled the city. The Old Testament also describes Gath as the home of Goliath, the giant warrior whom the Israelite King David felled with a slingshot. [Read More]

Here's What You Say When You Talk in Your Sleep

 Posted on November 27, 2022  |  4 minutes  |  645 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

Worried you might say something you regret when talking in your sleep? Your concerns may be justified: According to a recent study from France, your midnight mumblings may be more negative and insulting than what you say while awake. In the study, researchers found that sleep talkers said the word "no" four times more often in their sleep than when awake. And the F-word popped up during sleep talking at a rate of more than 800 times than what was spoken while awake. [Read More]