Author: Mikael Angelo Francisco
Prosopagnosia: Why some people are bad at recognizing faces
Ever bumped into someone at a party and thought, “Who’s this person, again?” You might have prosopagnosia. For many folks,…
FlipFact (January 10, 2020): Feel the need to pee? It’s (probably) not the coffee
FlipFact of the Day: For many people, starting their mornings with a cup of coffee is an absolute must, as it helps them…
Why the banana tree isn’t really a tree (the answer’s quite bananas)
RD Pixel Shop/Flickr Don’t go bananas overthinking this one: Banana trees are actually herbaceous flowering plants (herbs), and the fruits they…
FlipFact (January 8, 2020): Mice don’t like cheese—but what started this mouse-conception?
FlipFact of the Day: It’s a pop culture trope that everyone’s familiar with: A hungry mouse stumbles upon a delicious-looking wedge…
FlipFact (January 7, 2020): This moon is bigger than Mercury, but only half as massive
FlipFact of the Day: On January 7, 1610, Galileo Galilei made the first recorded observation of Jupiter’s four largest satellites: Io,…
The first animal cloned into de-extinction (that promptly went extinct again)
On January 6, 2000, forest rangers in Spain’s Ordesa National Park found the corpse of Celia, the last Pyrenean ibex…
FlipFact (January 5, 2020): Tardigrades will outlast all of us (yes, even cockroaches)
FlipFact of the Day: Reading all the feats attributed to tardigrades (also known as water bears) feels like listing down a…
Louis Braille:The man who helped blind people read (and has an asteroid named after him)
The blind French educator Louis Braille invented the Braille system to enable the visually impaired to learn through the written…
Is it a bear? Is it a cat? Nope – it’s a bearcat (binturong)!
Shutterstock (Updated on January 3, 2021) Despite what its name and appearance may suggest, the binturong or Palawan bearcat (Arctictis binturong)…
This is how owls can twist their necks a la ‘The Exorcist’
Shutterstock (Updated on January 2, 2021) Ever gone owl-watching? You’ve probably seen our feathery friends rotate their heads in ways…
