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GeekSpin - 1 day 23 hours agoForget swords, arrows, and getting dramatically thrown from a castle wall. Scientists may have identified something much more brutal in a medieval soldier who appears to have been obliterated by a giant catapult. Researchers studying a 14th-century skeleton found at Stirling Castle in Scotland say the man’s extraordinary collection of fractures is consistent with being […] Read the original article here: Scientists find first human killed by a giant catapult...
Retraction Watch - 1 day 23 hours agoElsevier says it will begin investigating two papers coauthored by disgraced surgeon Paolo Macchiarini "soon," more than a year after two critics of his work formally requested the publisher retract the articles and nearly a decade after two institutions found him guilty of misconduct for related work. The papers, published in Biomaterials in 2009 … Continue reading Elsevier to soon investigate' two Macchiarini papers more than a year after retraction request...
GeekSpin - 2 days 17 min agoIsrael is pushing warfare into a domain once reserved for science fiction, with Defense Minister Israel Katz calling for the country to become a pioneer in offensive space warfare. The strategy could eventually allow Israel to disrupt systems or even strike targets on Earth from orbit, while billions of shekels are being considered to expand […] Read the original article here: Israel is planning military strikes on Earth from space...
Why delayed diagnosis of autism in young girls puts their mental health at risk.
Last Word On Nothing - 2 days 3 hours agoInnovation is one of those abilities we used to think only humans possessed. But you've probably heard about the creative problem solving of New Caledonian crows who are able to build tools by bedding wires to fish food out of holes. Captive orcas have been observed chewing up the dead fish they are fed and […] The post Are Jumping Spiders Capable of Innovation? appeared first on The Last Word On Nothing .
Britain's postwar sugar rationing created a rare natural experiment that let researchers examine how early sugar exposure might affect health decades later. People who experienced more rationing during their first 1,000 days had lower rates of several cancers and showed signs of slower biological aging. They were also still eating less sugar and maintaining healthier diets around age 50.
SpaceX's Elon Musk plans to build new Starship launchpads in Louisiana, replacing sections of marshland as part of a major spaceport project. Space journalist Kristin Fisher talks with NBC News' Gadi Schwartz about the plans.
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