/oss/taxonomy/term/3204/all en /oss/article/health/dark-matter-inside-your-gut <p>There is a kind of dark matter inside our intestinal tract. “Dark matter” is the phrase coined for the matter that is implied to be present in the universe based on physicists’ calculations but that cannot be seen yet. Scientists who study tiny living things are facing their own type of dark matter: invisible microbes that are indirectly detected. They call it “microbial dark matter.”</p> Fri, 21 May 2021 19:41:42 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 8742 at /oss /oss/article/did-you-know-technology/how-old-everything <p>Everything has a birthday. It’s the same day, about 13.77 billion years ago. <a href="https://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/uni_age.html">Scientists claim that they are 99% certain</a> that this is the age of our entire universe. But how could they possibly know that?</p> Tue, 22 May 2018 23:28:33 +0000 Cassandra Lee, OSS Intern 7097 at /oss