Ecuador’s Tallest Waterfall Has Disappeared According to the NASA Earth Observatory, Ecuador’s tallest waterfall has mysteriously vanished, puzzling researchers. According to local authorities, a sinkhole recently formed a few feet above the San Rafael Waterfall which may have redirected its water flow. NASA is investigating the waterfall’s disappearance and they wrote on their website, Surrounded by lush vegetation and rare butterflies, the San Rafael Waterfall was […] SnowBrains | April 11, 2020 0 Comments
Brain Post: Scientists Discover First Living Creature Without the Need to Breathe The most vital resource for any creature’s survival is oxygen. However, scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery supporting evidence that not all living beings need oxygen to exist. The microscopic salmon parasite, known as the Henneguya Salminicola, is the only known animal that does not require aerobic respiration. Containing no mitochondrial genome, the species cannot, even if it wanted to, breathe […] Brains Emily Crofton | February 28, 2020 3 Comments
NASA Figures Out Why Mysterious Rings Form on one of Earth’s Oldest and Deepest Lakes For several decades, scientists and astronauts observing Lake Baikal have noticed giant rings in the spring ice on one of the world’s oldest and deepest lakes. Related: Snow: The Survival Mechanism For An Exclusive Ecosystem While the rings have attracted speculation and a few conspiracy theories, decades of satellite data and field-based studies collected by NASA have shed light […] Brains SnowBrains | February 8, 2020 0 Comments
“Super Snow Moon” to appear this weekend A “snow moon” will appear from this Friday evening to Monday morning — and not just any snow moon — a SUPER snow moon. The full moon that comes in February is traditionally known as the “snow moon,” despite its inability to actually affect snowfall patterns. Related: NASA Figures Out Why Mysterious Rings Form on one of Earth’s Oldest and Deepest […] Brains Martin Kuprianowicz | February 7, 2020 1 Comment
How to Be More Creative: In Life and on Skis Three ways to harness creativity based off of neurological research by Dr. David Eagleman, a neuroscientist and New York Times bestselling author: 1. Try new things 2. Push boundaries 3. Don’t be afraid of failure Trying new things increases the connections between neurons in your brain and provides perspective, according to studies done by Eagleman. Now apply this to your skiing. […] Brains Martin Kuprianowicz | August 16, 2019 1 Comment
Mammals of Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah For many of us, Little Cottonwood Canyon located near Salt Lake City, Utah, is a winter paradise with a high population of a certain seasonal species – the skier. The canyon is arguably overpopulated with these creatures on weekends in the winter. But when I was hiking up in that same canyon just the other day, I got to wondering: […] Brains Martin Kuprianowicz | July 19, 2019 0 Comments
10 Ways That Mushrooms Can Help Save The World We are just now beginning to delve into the mysteries of nature we have never even fathomed before. Yet, poetically, due to the alarming rate that global temperatures are rising, many of these mysteries and the hundreds of new species we are now discovering every day will vanish along with them. Only in the last twelve years have we discovered […] Martin Kuprianowicz | June 6, 2019 0 Comments
Is there Life on Mars? Scientists Have Discovered Huge Lake Beneath South Pole of the Red Planet Scientists have uncovered ‘a stable body of liquid water’ on Mars, in what some are calling a “game changer” in the search for alien life. Reported in the journal Science, researchers led by Dr Roberto Orosei from the National Institute of Astrophysics (INAF) in Rome say they have found a vast reservoir of water beneath the south pole of Mars. So […] Brains The Brains | July 26, 2018 0 Comments
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