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A group of Australian scientists have revealed that time travel could be mathematically possible. And no, this isn’t some clickbait title – they mean travel back in time, not forwards like we are literally doing right now… Einstein was also interested in time travel, but deemed it impossible due to the grandfather paradox. If you’re…
An asteroid passed earth very closely recently – and NASA apparently didn’t see it coming. Asteroid trackers in Italy said it was the closest they’ve ever recorded. The asteroid, called 2020 QG, flew within about 2,950km (1,830 miles) of Earth on Sunday. This is extremely close when it comes to asteroids – you’ve probably travelled…
Trials for a potential Coronavirus vaccine are set to begin this week. The researchers at Imperial College London were happy to announce that human trials were beginning this week, and if successful, the vaccine will be one of the most cost efficient vaccines there is. If successful, 1 litre of vaccine will be able to…
Top Chinese scientists in the country where it all began have said that they may have a partial explanation to why the virus is more deadly in different parts of the world. Researchers from Zhejiang University in China reported that they had “direct evidence” that the virus “has acquired mutations capable of substantially changing its…
Science (and twitter) has discovered that a small amount of people can make a “rumbling sound” in their ears. It’s done by contracting the tensor typani muscle inside your ear, and it creates a rumbling sound. Personally, I’ve always been able to do this but it’s apparently quite uncommon which came as a surprise to…
Contrary to the famous 1989 NASA study, it seems that having plants indoors doesn’t actually improve the quality of the air you breath (as much as it could). Researchers have found that the use natural ventilation of indoors gets rid of harmful air pollutants much faster than a plant is capable of extracting them. “The…
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