From bumble bees that play with toys to a quantum parlor trick that tests our perception of reality, our annual end-of-year list is here.
Scientists are people, too. They hoot, they holler, they even lose their mind, as this peek behind the curtains of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission shows.Are these bumble bees playing with toys?
It’s not quite the World Cup, but researchers have observed bumble bees playing with small wooden balls. The insects appear to be rolling the objects around for no other purpose than to have fun. Just one more reason to be nice to one of our favorite pollinators.Weather can affect baby names. A couple uncommon ones might be about to blow up
Beloved elders. Saints. Even movie characters. Baby names have all kinds of sources. This study shows nice weather can play a role as well, potentially even pushing a couple of rare monikers into prominence. During a museum renovation, archaeologists uncovered rows of graves containing 38 medieval friar skeletons that were buried near the ruins of Cambridge, England’s Augustinian friary.England’s 13th century friars lived a relatively sanitary existence. So why were they more likely to be riddled with parasites than their less hygienic contemporaries? The answer may lie in their surprising gardening practices.
It seems that every year a bizarre quantum physics story makes our top 10 list, and 2022 is no exception. This story involves pseudotelepathy, a matching game, and enough quantum weirdness to blow your mind.JULIE SARDOSFor such a seemingly simple fruit, the banana has a surprisingly complex genetic history. So complex, in fact, that researchers are still struggling to figure out where and when the modern banana arose. This slippery tale was one of our most popular stories of the year.
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