SYFY WIRE Elizabeth Rayne This mysterious ancient civilization’s DNA was not what we thought it was The origins of the ancient Etruscans had remained an unsolved mystery hidden in their DNA — until now. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago Viruses body-snatch cells by shapeshifting like it's a micro horror movie Body snatchers really do exist, in the form of viruses that can shapeshift their RNA to invade victim cells. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago The fastest human superpower is finger snapping, just not while wearing the Infinity Gauntlet Finger snapping is the fastest human motion, but Thanos wouldn’t have been able to blast the universe with it. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago Malaria pathogens help mosquitoes smell fresh blood and feel younger Mosquitoes and malaria are in a symbiotic relationship; malaria pathogens give them an edge in smelling prey. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago Rare black hole might be what is left after one galaxy devoured another Are an intermediate-mass black hole and its star cluster all that's left after a galaxy ate another galaxy? By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago How NASA's DART mission got an extra push from Redwire tech so it can shove an asteroid out of orbit Next-gen tech from Redwire is powering NASA's DART mission to go smash an asteroid out of orbit. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago Video game reveals the psychedelic wonderland you’d see if the speed of light slowed down You'd see trippy things if the speed of light was slower, like in the video game A Slower Speed of Light. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago Hot superionic ice is the newest state of matter and a huge oxymoron As if the thought of scorching black ice isn’t weird enough, it now exists as a new state of matter. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago Neutrons could be the tiniest time capsules to come out of the birth of the universe How was the universe born? The way neutrons decay in space may tell us what happened in those first moments. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago Makeup was lethal 5,000 years ago, because it was laced with mercury The earliest cases of human mercury poisoning were caused by a red pigment made from cinnabar. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago SYFY WIRE | Page 24
This mysterious ancient civilization’s DNA was not what we thought it was The origins of the ancient Etruscans had remained an unsolved mystery hidden in their DNA — until now. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago
Viruses body-snatch cells by shapeshifting like it's a micro horror movie Body snatchers really do exist, in the form of viruses that can shapeshift their RNA to invade victim cells. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago
The fastest human superpower is finger snapping, just not while wearing the Infinity Gauntlet Finger snapping is the fastest human motion, but Thanos wouldn’t have been able to blast the universe with it. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago
Malaria pathogens help mosquitoes smell fresh blood and feel younger Mosquitoes and malaria are in a symbiotic relationship; malaria pathogens give them an edge in smelling prey. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago
Rare black hole might be what is left after one galaxy devoured another Are an intermediate-mass black hole and its star cluster all that's left after a galaxy ate another galaxy? By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago
How NASA's DART mission got an extra push from Redwire tech so it can shove an asteroid out of orbit Next-gen tech from Redwire is powering NASA's DART mission to go smash an asteroid out of orbit. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago
Video game reveals the psychedelic wonderland you’d see if the speed of light slowed down You'd see trippy things if the speed of light was slower, like in the video game A Slower Speed of Light. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago
Hot superionic ice is the newest state of matter and a huge oxymoron As if the thought of scorching black ice isn’t weird enough, it now exists as a new state of matter. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago
Neutrons could be the tiniest time capsules to come out of the birth of the universe How was the universe born? The way neutrons decay in space may tell us what happened in those first moments. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago
Makeup was lethal 5,000 years ago, because it was laced with mercury The earliest cases of human mercury poisoning were caused by a red pigment made from cinnabar. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago