Mastermind contestant lauded for 'most niche specialism ever'
Mail Onlineby Laura Fox·22 Aug 2026
- Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.co.uk - See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source A contestant on hit BBC quiz show Mastermind has earned praise from fans for...
Building An Analog Geiger Counter
Hackadayby Zoe Skyforest·22 Aug 2026
These days, it’s plenty easy to build a Geiger counter with a microcontroller that has a nice fancy display and a simple digital readout for how many radiations you’re likely sucking up into your...
Mysteries of the commonplace
Science Newsby Nancy Shute·22 Aug 2026
Static electricity is all around us. Who among us has not experienced a painful zap when touching a doorknob after crossing a carpeted room?
NIT Calicut Team Turns Regular Microscope Into AI-Powered Cancer Screening Device
Swarajyaby Arun Dhital·22 Aug 2026
A team of engineers and doctors at the National Institute of Technology Calicut has built an artificial intelligence system that converts a routine laboratory microscope into an intelligent imaging...
This yeast supplement may boost cancer-fighting immunity
ScienceDaily·22 Aug 2026
This yeast supplement may boost cancer-fighting immunity - Date: - August 22, 2026 - Source: - Trinity College Dublin - Summary: - A simple yeast-based food supplement may help restore the immune...
Hidden Pulses Within Your Brain May Hold Your Thoughts Together
ScienceAlertby Esra Öz·22 Aug 2026
When you recognize a familiar face, your brain must connect that face with a name, a place, and perhaps a memory.
The ‘uncanny valley’ theory meets Milei and Cerimedo
Buenos Aires Timesby Agustino Fontevecchia·22 Aug 2026
In 1970, Japanese roboticist Masahiro Mori coined the term “uncanny valley” to refer to an eerie, maybe even revolting reaction that humans would have when facing a nearly life-like robot.
Fears Mandelson probe is ‘on brink of collapse’ without unredacted Epstein files
The Independentby Amy-Clare Martin·22 Aug 2026
The police investigation into whether Lord Peter Mandelson shared confidential information with paedophile billionaire Jeffrey Epstein is feared to be on the brink of collapse.
Why NASA is adding the Nancy Grace Roman telescope to its fleet
Mashableby Elisha Sauers·22 Aug 2026
Astronomers once stumbled on what appeared to be a black hole racing through space, a bizarre sight they only caught because the Hubble Space Telescope happened to be staring in the exact right...
Notes on Mongoose's Bayern 12: The Relic
RogerBW's Blog·22 Aug 2026
This is part of an ongoing series about the preparations I've made to run Mongoose's revised edition of the Bayern campaign for 2300AD. Spoilers for Interlude 6 Part I.
All Those Nuclear Tests Decades Ago Have Revealed Something New About Our Planet's Core
ScienceAlertby Starre Vartan·22 Aug 2026
You probably remember learning about Earth's internal layers when you were a kid in Earth Sciences class: a superhot, solid inner core, surrounded by a molten metal outer core (how metal!), and a...
China’s new moon mission could unlock secret of lunar ice: Why that matters
Al Jazeeraby Sarah Shamim·22 Aug 2026
China is set to launch its Chang’e-7 unmanned, robotic space mission, possibly as early as Monday morning, to look for ice water in the permanently shadowed craters of the moon’s south pole.
Moon phase today explained: What the Moon will look like on August 22, 2026
Mashableby Lois Mackenzie·22 Aug 2026
The Moon is more than half illuminated tonight, so it's a perfect opportunity to do some Moon-gazing (cloud cover dependent, of course).
Queen bees have a disturbing way to survive pesticides
ScienceDaily·22 Aug 2026
Queen bees have a disturbing way to survive pesticides Honeybee queens may survive pesticide exposure by passing the toxic burden into their eggs, a hidden defense that could come at a cost to the...
Tooth count may predict survival after pancreatic cancer surgery
ScienceDaily·22 Aug 2026
Tooth count may predict survival after pancreatic cancer surgery - Date: - August 21, 2026 - Source: - Hiroshima University - Summary: - Pancreatic cancer patients with at least 21 natural teeth...
Archaeologists discover mysterious 400-year-old Indigenous pot in Florida
ScienceDaily·22 Aug 2026
Archaeologists discover mysterious 400-year-old Indigenous pot in Florida - Date: - August 21, 2026 - Source: - Florida Museum of Natural History - Summary: - A tiny, fully intact Indigenous pot...
This gut microbe may help keep you strong as you age
ScienceDaily·22 Aug 2026
This gut microbe may help keep you strong as you age A little-known gut bacterium may help build stronger, more powerful muscles and could offer a new way to fight age-related muscle loss.
Southland student's curiosity earns science honours and a ticket to the US
RNZ Nationalby RNZ; Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa·22 Aug 2026
Sophie Ineson admits she never quite outgrew her childhood habit of asking "why, why, why?" The Year 13 Southland Girls' High School student has instead channelled her relentless curiosity into...
Trump to honor Artemis II astronauts who traveled farther from Earth than any humans in history
FOX Newsby Jasmine Baehr·22 Aug 2026
President Donald Trump is set to honor four astronauts who traveled farther from Earth than any humans in history during a record-breaking journey around the moon earlier this year.
A Single Blood Sample May Reveal The Biological Age of Each of Your Organs
ScienceAlertby Esra Öz·22 Aug 2026
Your birthday tells you how many years you have been alive. But it cannot tell you whether your heart, brain, or kidneys have weathered those years equally well.
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