Science

April 19, 2021

Scientists Make Blue Ice Cream With All-Natural Blue Dye Discovered in Red Cabbage

As the world continues to embrace natural dyes over artificial chemical coloring, the race has been on to discover how to naturally dye one of the world's most popular colors—blue. Now, researchers led by a graduate student from UC Davis may have found the solution in a simple vegetable. In a new study published in Science Advances, the researchers show how red cabbage may be the answer to creating cyan blue colors naturally.

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March 10, 2021

Researchers Discover No Functional Difference Between Male and Female Brains, Debunking Neurosexism

A review paper published in Neuroscience and Biobehavioural Reviews has analyzed thirty years' worth of brain studies to conclude that very little difference has ever been successfully shown between the male and female brain. In fact, when ignoring the long acknowledged fact that male brains are typically larger (which does not improve cognition), sex accounts for only one percent of differences observed.

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February 1, 2021

29 Legendary Scientists Came Together in the “Most Intelligent Photo” Ever Taken

How many geniuses can one room hold? In 1927, 29 of the world's most brilliant minds gathered in Brussels for the Fifth Solvay Conference. Convened by Belgian chemist and industrialist Ernest Solvay, the theme of the conference that year was “Electrons and Photons”—topics of contention in the newly developed theories of quantum mechanics.

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January 14, 2021

Scientists Have Discovered a New State of Matter: Liquid Glass

You probably know that there are three classically taught states of matter—liquids, solids, and gases. However, the properties of certain materials defy simplistic categorization. For decades, scientists have sought to answer why glass lacks the crystalline molecular structure common to most solid materials. A recent paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has made an important discovery which helps to explain this special property.

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