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Fast Blue Optical Transients
https://wikenigma.org.uk/content/physics/cosmology/fbots
Published: December 11, 2025 14:10
Fast Blue Optical Transients Fast Blue Optical Transients (FBOTs) are a recently discovered (2014) class of transient astronomical objects. They have similarities with Gamma-ray bursts - but appear to be vastly more powerful. A research team from…
Tickling
https://wikenigma.org.uk/content/life_sciences/human_body/tickling
Published: December 11, 2025 13:42
Tickling "Gargalesis, or tickle, is one of the most trivial yet enigmatic human behaviors. We do not know how a touch becomes ticklish or why we respond to other people’s tickles but not our own. No theory satisfactorily explains why touch on some body…
Evolution of ageing
https://wikenigma.org.uk/content/life_sciences/evolution/ageing
Published: December 10, 2025 11:35
Evolution of ageing Evolutionary scientists have been trying to form a consolidated theory of ageing since the 1890's. "Enquiry into the evolution of ageing aims to explain why a detrimental process such as ageing would evolve, and why there is so much…
Cute Aggression
https://wikenigma.org.uk/content/psychology/general/cute_agression
Published: December 9, 2025 15:54
Cute Aggression The term Cute Aggression (originally 'Playful Aggression') originated in 2015 via a paper by Prof. Oriana Aragón (now at the University of Cincinnati) and colleagues. "Playful aggression is in reference to the expressions that people…
Random numbers
https://wikenigma.org.uk/content/mathematics/random_numbers
Published: December 9, 2025 12:06
Random numbers unknowable "We can never decide for sure that a number is random, but what we can do is apply an increasing number of tests and treat our sequence of numbers as innocent until proved guilty." Source : Prof. Colva Roney-Dougal, senior…
'Penitentes' (snow towers)
https://wikenigma.org.uk/content/earth_sciences/penitents
Published: December 8, 2025 13:38
'Penitentes' (snow towers) Snow and ice 'towers' found at high altitudes (above 4,000 m.) were given the name 'Penitentes' because they reminded some observers of crowds of people kneeling during penance. They can reach up to 6 m. in height, and, despite…
News
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Published: December 2, 2025 12:40
News [ newest at the top ] • Dec 2025 : A milestone of 1,250 - or, if you prefer, 1¼ thousand - articles has been reached. Many thanks to all supporters and contributors. • Aug 2025 : In a four year series of experiments, a team of investigators from…
Longevity and gender
https://wikenigma.org.uk/content/life_sciences/human_body/longevity_and_gender
Published: December 2, 2025 12:04
Longevity and gender The fact that women tend to live longer than men has been noted and discussed since the time of the Ancient Greeks. And, over the years, numerous theories attempting to account for the effect have been put forward. "Several…
Kidney stones
https://wikenigma.org.uk/content/medicine/diseases/g-l/kidney_stones
Published: November 28, 2025 14:44
Kidney stones Kidney stones are type of 'crystallopathy' - where a solid piece of crystalline material (known as a renal calculus) such as calcium oxalate develops in the urinary tract. They can be extremely painful and are very common - it's currently…
Chermozem
https://wikenigma.org.uk/content/earth_sciences/chernozem
Published: November 27, 2025 12:39
Chermozem Chermozem is a very distinct and highly fertile naturally-occurring* soil-type. There are two Chermozem belts in the Northern hemisphere (latitude roughly 8° 00' 0.00" N ), covering an area of around 230 million hectares. The origins of this…