The Weird Science Drop #68 🧠 Lab-grown mini-brains could replace massive AI data centers
Being a braggart works (sigh), ghosts are good for you, it's not what you eat but when you eat, and a robot works out how to climb a ladder
The Weird Science Drop
Science is weird, and here’s the proof. The Weird Science Drop newsletter brings you the overlooked, under-the-radar and, above all else, most madcap science news, views and research.
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The Weird Science Drop #67 🦖 Unlucky dinos got hit by 'oddball' space rock
US launch suspicious satellite, don't eat just before going to bed, and ancient human footprints give the game away
The Weird Science Drop #66 🐵 Ancient ape discovery rewrites human history
What to do if you find an alien, you could live to 190, AI helps the bad guys, and weight-loss drugs linked to hair loss
The Weird Science Drop #65 ☺️ We've cracked the three simple ways to be happy
Dolphins save whale, the Sun's going to get us, amazing secrets of snake biology, and a very old fridge
The Weird Science Drop #64 👾 Alien power plants staring us in the face for years
Apes could save the planet, frogs vs cancer, AI cracks water mystery, and why you hate other people
The Weird Science Drop #63 👴 'Cure' for grey hair close and first artificial cells created
Humans and Neanderthals lived together, cancer mystery solved, the world's fastest spider, and a ‘once-in-a-millennium’ chance to see an asteroid
The Weird Science Drop #62 ⚛️ Tiny particle could end the universe tomorrow
Ancient human DNA found, China takes supercomputer crown, kids are growing up too fast, and let's set sail for Titan
The Weird Science Drop #61 🌟 You can learn the 'rizz' Starmer lacks
Ancient Mexican pyramid suddenly collapses, crazy alien sci-fi conspiracies, weight-loss drugs curb violence, and the sound of the ‘Devil Bird’
The Weird Science Drop #60 ⚛️ Scientist builds his own mini-universe and creates time
Sex caused evolution explosion, San Andreas Fault is ready to blow, Alzheimer’s beaten by magic mushrooms, and the terrifying sound of the ‘Aztec death whistle’
The Weird Science Drop #59 ⏰ Your ‘gut instincts’ could be memories of the future
Chunk of long-lost world found, bots outnumber humans on the web for the first time, the world's better when women are in charge, and the upcoming great mech war claims its first casualty