A rainbow during storms in Haikou, the capital of China's Hainan province. Photo: China Daily/Reuters
Lightning rainbow
A star discovered in 2014 has exploded six times and none of the theories explain it
When astronomers first observed iPTF14hls in September 2014, they identified it as a supernova and expected it to dim within 100 days. Instead, it kept erupting. Over approximately 1,000 days,… READ THE REST
In 1985, a Japanese woman wrote a letter about bookstores making her need to use the bathroom. It became a phenomenon.
In February 1985, a 29-year-old woman from Tokyo's Suginami neighborhood sent a letter to the Japanese magazine Book Magazine. "I'm not sure why," she wrote, "but since about two or… READ THE REST
Brain scans of authoritarians show reduced grey matter in regions for empathy and social reasoning
A study published in Neuroscience by researchers at Spain's University of Zaragoza scanned the brains of 100 young adults and found structural differences in those who hold authoritarian beliefs —… READ THE REST
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