Popular Science News | Access EU Research For Free

Popular Science News | OK, being able to access EU Research for free might sound boring but this is a move with tremendous implications. The EU controls the largest science budget in the world and has decided that the results of any research using this budget should be freely available. Why is this important? […]

Popular Science News | Navy to Deafen 15,900 Whales and Dolphins and Kill 1,800 more

Popular Science News – according to U.S. Navy estimates, the use of high frequency underwater sound for testing in Hawaii, the California and Atlantic Coasts, and the Gulf of Mexico will deafen more than 15,900 whales and dolphins and kill 1,800 more over the next 5 years. Whales and dolphins depend on sound to […]

Popular Science News | Eat Easter Island Dirt and Live Longer

Popular Science News – or more precisely eat Easter Island dirt containing rapamycin. A study published in Nature found that mice taking rapamycin lived longer than mice that did not. The name comes from Rapa Nui, the Polynesian name for Easter Island. The island’s soil contains a bacteria which secrete rapamycin in order to […]