The Tragedy of the Compost

Signs of Modern Human Cognition Were Found in an Indonesian Cave

Share this on WhatsApp Imagining things that do not exist in nature and weaving them into narratives are unique signatures of the human psyche. These abilities are abundantly evident in the earliest example of narrative art, which was recently discovered in a cave on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. In these newly reported images, one […]

Bread Science: A Yeasty Conversation

Share this on WhatsApp “Backing is applied microbiology,” according to the book Modernist Bread. During pandemic lockdowns, many people started baking their own bread. Scientific American contributing editor W. Wayt Gibbs talks about Modernist Bread, for which he was a writer and editor.    Source link Share on FacebookTweetFollow usShare this on WhatsApp

How to Engineer Buildings That Withstand Earthquakes

Share this on WhatsApp Our planet is covered by tectonic plates that are slowly moving around, pushing into or sliding past one another along boundaries called faults. Friction sometimes causes two of these plates to get stuck to each other spots along a fault. Tension builds up over years, decades or even centuries until suddenly […]