#University of Edinburgh

Author: Miss Cellania / Source: Neatorama Some experiments go on long past the original scientist’s lifetime, like the Pitch Drop experiment that began in 1927. Experiments that have to do with living things and their longevity are harder to design, and often only come about by serendipity, like

Author: Jane Stewart / Source: Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers Editor’s note: While we were preparing this article, Jane interviewed herself just for fun and we liked it, so here it is. Since then, she has been invited to show her macramé periodic table at several 2019 events celebrating

Author: McKinley Corbley / Source: Good News Network This exciting new drug treatment could help to extend the lifespans of women suffering from one of the world’s worst cancer survival rates. Ever after undergoing chemotherapy and surgery, 70% of ovarian cancer patients suffer relapses within

Author: Helen Thompson / Source: Science News When you’re essentially a little ball of floof, flying is hard. To ride the wind, dandelion seeds stir up a weird type of whirlpool in the air directly above them. The newly discovered way of moving through the air, described October 17 in Nature,

Author: Stephen Johnson / Source: Big Think A new paper suggests past research on MDMA, the main component of ecstasy pills, often overestimated the dangers of the drug because the studies examined heavy users, not average ones. The idea for the study, published in the Journal of