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Acid Rain and Why It is More Serious Than You Thought

The Effects of Acid Rain Sure, everyone has heard their science teacher mention acid rain or maybe you've even heard about it on the news, but what actually is ...

Radon-222: The Colorless, Odorless Radioactivity in Our Homes

Many people are surprised to hear that the second most frequent cause of lung cancer in the United States actually comes from something completely natural. It i...

CRYPTO NEWS: Billionaire Claims Bitcoin is Directly Killing People

Doug Polk here, back to share more cryptocurrency news with the good people of Steemit. Today I discuss: Bill Gates' claim that Bitcoin KILLS people Waltonchain...

What I learnt last week 30: AntiBEEotics, ANTibiotics, Spinning spiders, Ancient Kid Lifestyles, Rabbit domestication & Tesla's LONG future

Well it's been a while, but as you can tell from my previous posts I got somewhat distracted! But this is a big day, we're at week 30 of 'What I learnt last wee...

Are Real Lightsabers Coming Soon?

Introduction My fascination with the Star Wars universe has only grown since childhood, despite the newer movies not quite living up to the prestige of the orig...

Harvard Mathematician Discovers the Truth About Cheerios

The Observation Despite more than 2.7 billion boxes sold and approximately 3.2 billion pounds of it consumed per year in America alone, cereal is generally just...

New Blood Test Can Predict Early Signs of Alzheimer's Disease

--- I dread old-age at times. When I was younger I always had this ‘screwed’ mental picture of old-age being “that moment when I’d grow old get all wrinkly and ...

15-Yr-Old Discovers Natural Antibiotic In Back Garden, Wins BT Young Scientist Of The Year

15-year-old Simon Meehan was declared the winner of the 54th BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition for discovering a non-toxic, organic, original antib...