E-waste drawers of doom growing, say campaigners
Our household hoards of unused electricals and broken tech are growing, recycling campaigners warn. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
Our household hoards of unused electricals and broken tech are growing, recycling campaigners warn. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
Climate change may be making it harder to know exactly what time it is. The rapid melting of the ice sheets atop Greenland and Antarctica, as measured by satellite-based gravitational measurements, is shifting more mass toward Earth’s waistline. And that extra bulge is slowing the planet’s rotation, geophysicist Duncan Agnew reports online March 27 in […]
Astronomers have captured the first view of polarized light and the magnetic fields that surround Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milly Way. The historic observation made with the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) has revealed the neatly ordered magnetic fields have similarities with those that surround the supermassive […]
CLIMATEWIRE | The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on Tuesday disrupted the supply chain of major automakers and blocked access to the nation’s second-largest port for coal exports, sending companies scrambling to reroute shipments. The disaster occurred after a ship leaving the Port of Baltimore collided with a central support of […]
Coming Soon: Uncertain, a New Podcast Series on the Joys of Not Knowing Does the word “uncertainty” make you nervous? Would you say it kinda describes the state of the world these days? Enter Uncertain, a new limited podcast series from Scientific American, that will change the way you think about that word. By Christie Aschwanden […]
Does Long-Term Benadryl Use Increase Dementia Risk? Benadryl, which contains diphenhydramine, is a drugstore mainstay and just one medication out of many that could possibly damage brain health By Hannah Seo Credit: John Kuczala/Getty Images In the past few months TikTok videos about the over-the-counter antihistamine Benadryl have gone viral because of research suggesting that […]
You see a woman on the street who looks familiar—but you can’t remember how you know her. Your brain cannot attach any previous experiences to this person. Hours later, you suddenly recall the party at a friend’s house where you met her, and you realize who she is. In a new study in mice, researchers […]
Solar Eclipse Experiment Will Fly a Kite to Avoid Cloudy Skies A kite-borne experiment will observe the sun’s mysterious corona during the upcoming total solar eclipse By Anavi Uppal The 2017 total solar eclipse, photographed by the Solar Wind Sherpas. Red corresponds to light from Fe XI and green corresponds to light from Fe XIV. […]
In June 2022 I sat shaking my head as I heard from senior U.S. government officials that mpox (then monkeypox) was under control. At the time, my dear friend back home in New York, to whom I’d spoken on the phone, had mpox. I knew the government officials were wrong. If they weren’t outright lying, […]
This article is part of a special report on the total solar eclipse that will be visible from parts of the U.S., Mexico and Canada on April 8, 2024. The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Many people in the U.S. will have an opportunity […]
Environment Agency data shows sewage spilled into England’s waterways for over 3.6 million hours last year. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
Christopher Intagliata: One of the most crucial discoveries in 20th-century medicine may not have happened when it did if not for some snot on a petri dish. This is Christopher Intagliata, and you’re listening to Scientific American’s Science, Quickly. Today I’m taking you on part two of a three-part journey into the deeply sticky—and fascinating—subject […]
The first sewage is expected to flow into the tunnel this summer and it should be fully operational in 2025. Initially expected to cost £4.2bn, the tunnel has ending up costing about £5bn. That cost will be paid for by Thames Water customers over several decades with bills increasing by about £25 a year. Source […]
Orca Groups with Radically Different Cultures Are Actually Separate Species “Resident” and “transient” killer whales, or orcas, have unique hunting habits and genetics, proving they are in fact separate species By Douglas Main Wide view of two Bigg’s Killer Whales in Washington State. Credit: Cavan Images/Alamy Stock Photo Two populations of killer whales off the […]
After a long day of landing on the moon and discovering new fossils, it can be hard to wind down enough to enjoy a sleepy girl mocktail, but a good book can do the trick. Featuring some failed experiments, a few broken hearts and real answers on how we can save the world, here are […]
As an enormous container ship was leaving Maryland’s Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore just before 1:30 A.M. on Tuesday, it crashed into a pier supporting the Francis Scott Key Bridge. In less than a minute, the midsection of the 1.6-mile-long truss bridge plunged into the cold river below. Nothing indicates the collision was intentional, […]
How a Rare Islamic Astrolabe Helped Muslims, Jews and Christians Tell Time and Read Horoscopes A rare Islamic astrolabe discovered in Verona, Italy, reveals how the instrument passed through different countries and cultures By Annie Melchor A close-up of the Verona astrolabe shows Hebrew inscribed (top left) above Arabic inscriptions. The stars that twinkled over […]
How to Talk to Kids about Cancer A social worker explains ways that parents can gently share news about their cancer diagnosis with their children By Riis Williams Credit: Westend61/Getty Images As a social worker in a breast cancer clinic, Liz Farrell meets a lot of young mothers. Her job is to sit beside them […]
Why Some Songs Make Everyone Want to Dance A syncopated rhythm may prompt our brain to find the beat By Anna von Hopffgarten A group of people dancing. Credit: Flashpop/Getty Images Experts have gained deeper insight into why people spontaneously dance to music. That impulse to bop to the beat—what some scientists call the “groove […]
How Do Animals Respond to a Total Solar Eclipse? Scientists are finally getting their hands on enough data to begin to understand how animals react to a total solar eclipse By Meghan Bartels Ring-tailed lemurs look on as children view a solar eclipse at the Japan Monkey Center in Inuyama city in Aichi prefecture, central […]
Attacks on Diversity in Higher Education Threaten Democracy The forced resignation of Harvard’s president provides a peek at the blueprint for the war against justice in the U.S., concludes a long-time observer of attacks on academia By Abby L. Ferber Claudine Gay, president of Harvard University, during a House Education and the Workforce Committee hearing […]
Warmer, drier conditions have also affected the trademark bitter flavour hops gives beer. And the worry is that because of climate change, the problem is only going to get worse. Eddie Gadd, the head brewer at Ramsgate Brewery said that it was already having an impact. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments […]
Farmers from across the UK drive tractors to Westminster to protest a lack of support for food producers. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
Cement, Steel—And Pasta—Are About to Get Greener Factories that produce everything from aluminum to pasta are receiving a combined total of billions of dollars in government funding to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from industry By Scott Waldman & E&E News Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, shown speaking at the White House, announced $6 billion in grants […]
Wild Birds Gesture ‘After You’ to Insist Their Mate Go First Like humans, these small Japanese birds communicate abstract concepts with gestures By Olivia Ferrari Credit: Yasumasa Ochi/Aflo/Alamy Stock Photo To communicate without words, humans use a host of gestures—whether a wave to wish someone goodbye, a thumbs-up to indicate approval or “flipping the bird” […]
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, is asking the UnitedHealth Group (UHG) to explain what it is doing to address the ongoing fallout from the cyberattack on one of its subsidiaries last month. In a letter addressed to UHG CEO Andrew Witty, Raskin wrote that the committee […]
Increased exposure to wildfire smoke is one of the most damaging effects of climate change Nasa's Earth Observatory Exposure to rising levels of wildfire smoke could lead to more than 10,000 additional deaths each year in the US by 2050. This could make deaths due to wildfire smoke the costliest consequence of climate change for […]
But employers whose staff do NHS work but not on Agenda for Change contracts will not get the government funding. Dan Gregory, director of Social Enterprise UK, said: “While we’re relieved to see some of our members receive this long-awaited funding, the process itself is fundamentally unfair, failing to recognise their crucial role in delivering […]
Wood Ink For 3D Printers Can Turn Old Scrap into New Parts A 3D-printing ink developed from wood waste recombines its natural components back into wooden products By Payal Dhar Credit: Eugene Mymrin/Getty Images Wood is one of humanity’s oldest and most versatile building materials—but turning tree trunks into today’s plywood and two-by-fours generates huge […]
The patient’s teeth appeared to be well cared for, but dentist James Mancini did not like the look of his gums. By chance, Mancini knew the man’s physician, so he raised an alert about a potential problem — and a diagnosis soon emerged. “Actually, Bob had leukemia,” says Mancini, clinical director of the Meadville Dental […]
The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments March 26 in a case involving mifepristone, a pill commonly used in medication abortion. If the court rules to revoke the drug’s U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval or restrict its distribution, that will make abortion harder to access for many people. But the potential repercussions […]
It was May 2013, and the Kepler space telescope was dead. The Kepler planet-hunting mission had been discovering new planets since its launch in 2009, but in May 2013 the second of its four reaction wheels failed. The telescope could no longer control where it pointed; the prime Kepler mission was over. At the time, […]
Alabama’s Embryo Personhood Decision Threatens Patients, Medicine and Advances in IVF A state court ruling that embryos from in vitro fertilization are unborn children harms access to care for fertility patients, as well as medical innovations By H. Irene Su IVF embryo. Colored light micrograph of a human embryo 48-72 hours after in vitro fertilization […]
Another image on the site showed a group of young teens who appear to be in middle school: a boy taking a selfie in what appears to be a school gymnasium with two girls, who smile and pose for the picture. The boy’s features were obscured by a Snapchat lens that enlarged his eyes so […]
In October 1217 the abbot of the Ursberg Abbey in present-day southern Germany looked to the firmament and, in the arc-shaped constellation Corona Borealis, saw something wondrous. “It was originally a faint star that for a time shone with great light and then returned to its original faintness,” he wrote in Latin at the time. […]
The voice of a woman largely overlooked by history has been discovered in a “dangerous” declaration attributed to the father of famous playwright William Shakespeare. It’s known as the “Spiritual Testament“, discovered in the rafters of Shakespeare House in Stratford-Upon-Avon in 1757, signed by one J. Shakespeare. Historians have interpreted this J. Shakespeare to mean […]
Douglas Fudge: Did you wanna look at some slime? Christopher Intagliata (tape): I was hoping you would say that. Fudge: Let me grab a bucket here. On supporting science journalism If you’re enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by subscribing. By purchasing a subscription you are helping to ensure the future of impactful […]
Physicists believe a new experiment could prove their existence and answer fundamental questions about our Universe. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
Reuters: Chinese state media: at the China Development Forum, Tim Cook said Apple will launch Vision Pro in China this year, first official non-US launch confirmation — Apple (AAPL.O) Vision Pro will hit the mainland China market this year, Apple chief executive Tim Cook said on Sunday, according to state media. Source link Please enable […]
We may still be getting used to the Samsung Galaxy S24 line after it was released in January this year, but we’re already looking ahead to the hugely anticipated Samsung Galaxy S25 range. The Galaxy S24, Galaxy S24 Plus and Galaxy S24 Ultra have so far exceeded Samsung’s expectations, with reports last month confirming record […]
New Tech, New Career: 2024’s Top Tech Skills To Develop It’s not news anymore that tech is currently the fastest-growing industry globally. As companies become more tech-aware, the demand for employees with specialized talent and skills is increasing. This has, in turn, led to many people transitioning from non-tech backgrounds with hopes of pursuing a […]
Join Gen AI enterprise leaders in Boston on March 27 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversations surrounding data integrity. Request an invite here. “It’s venture money, not adventure money.” That was the loving response a dear friend once got from a VC while pitching an idea. But when we are in the […]
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Company Accused of Greenhouse Gas Smuggling Hit with Record Fine A penalty leveled against a company accused of smuggling greenhouse gases is part of the EPA’s crackdown on the planet-warming hydrofluorocarbons used in refrigeration and air-conditioning By Lesley Clark & E&E News EPA has fined a chemical manufacturer for the illegal import of hydrofluorocarbons, potent […]
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Two years ago, in a project called the Beyond the Imitation Game benchmark, or BIG-bench, 450 researchers compiled a list of 204 tasks designed to test the capabilities of large language models, which power chatbots like ChatGPT. On most tasks, performance improved predictably and smoothly […]
contributed by Barbara R. Blackburn Differentiation is a popular concept in today’s schools. After all, it makes sense. We’d all love to provide instruction tailored to every student’s needs. However, intentionally or accidentally, many teachers simply lower the rigor for struggling students. When we do that regularly, students always stay behind. In some cases, they […]
By James Giordano, PhD, as told to Kara Mayer Robinson Over the last 20 years, we’ve seen major strides in the treatment options for major depressive disorder. We now understand that depression isn’t the same for everyone. The idea is to identify and diagnose what’s happening in a person’s neurochemistry so we can target our […]
By harnessing light, my colleagues and I designed a wireless, ultrathin pacemaker that operates like a solar panel. This design not only eliminates the need for batteries but also minimizes disruptions to the heart’s natural function by molding to its contours. Our research, recently published in the journal Nature, offers a new approach to treatments […]
The Future of Driving in the U.S. Is Electric—Sort Of The EPA’s final rule on car emissions will result in far fewer battery-powered electric vehicles than what the agency envisioned last year By Mike Lee, Jean Chemnick & E&E News Credit: Cavan Images/Getty Images CLIMATEWIRE | The Biden administration’s plan to electrify the car industry […]
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. With the arrival of springin North America, many people are gravitating to the gardening and landscaping section of home improvement stores, where displays are overstocked with eye-catching seed packs and benches are filled with potted annuals and perennials. […]
Renting in the countryside is outpacing London and other cities as house prices rise, a study finds. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
The results were promising, according to the paper. The model was able to make more accurate predictions than audio-only or text-only models, and improved further as the size of the models grew larger. Beyond exploring the research question, it’s unclear if Apple plans to eliminate the “Hey Siri” trigger phrase. Neither Apple, nor the paper’s […]
How Much Energy Would It Take to Blow Earth to Smithereens? A mathematical formula shows what would be needed to reduce the planet to cosmic dust By Florian Freistetter Credit: johan63/Getty Images An apocalypse needs a lot or just a little energy—depending on what you compare it with. But what’s really exciting is the math […]
Pig Kidney Transplanted into Living Human for First Time Doctors have transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a living human patient for the first time ever By Nicoletta Lanese & LiveScience Surgeons perform the world’s first genetically modified pig kidney transplant into a living human at Massachusetts General Hospital. Credit: Massachusetts General Hospital A […]
4 actionable lessons teachers can use today By Allison Leedie, M.Ed, partnerships manager at Khan Academy Kids and former teacher and literacy coach Planning time is limited, the copier is jammed, and a classroom observation is imminent. Sound familiar? Me too. As a former teacher and literacy coach, I know that sometimes what is most […]
Teaching teens life skills doesn’t just build independence, it also builds social-emotional learning (SEL) skills that teens need. There are five core SEL competencies that experts recommend, and we’ve gathered the top life skills that help build them. Look for self-awareness, social awareness, self-management, responsible decision-making, and the tools to build relationships in the 26 […]
Pediatric infectious disease doctor Paul Offit isn’t vaccinated against measles. Like many of his peers, he caught the virus as a child in the 1950s, roughly a decade before a vaccine was created. At that time the highly contagious and potentially fatal disease sickened an estimated three million to four million Americans each year. Offit […]
Dogs may know more than they let on. Pet dogs’ brains displayed neural signs of surprise when their owners showed them an unexpected toy. The findings, published March 22 in Current Biology, suggest that dogs create mental concepts of objects. “Anyone who has ever interacted very much with a dog probably is not that surprised […]
Last week the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted to approve a bill that would ban TikTok in the U.S.—unless the wildly popular short video app is sold to a non-Chinese parent company. President Joe Biden and some U.S. lawmakers have called the app a potential national security threat and warned that the Chinese Communist […]
Can AI Replace Human Research Participants? These Scientists See Risks Several recent proposals for using AI to generate research data could save time and effort but at a cost By Chris Stokel-Walker Credit: zepp1969/Getty Images In science, studying human experiences typically requires time, money and—of course—human participants. But as large language models such as OpenAI’s […]
We Need a Public Service Internet to Free Us from Big Tech’s Grasp The profit-led business models of big tech are harming democracy. We should look to the tradition of public media to help us find alternatives By Helen Jay Credit: rob dobi/Getty Images “Big tech”—aka Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft—now outdoes the notorious trusts of […]
Sometimes the simplest questions are the hardest to answer. How, for example, do you decide to wiggle your fingers? Quite a lot is known about the neural structures and muscles involved— the puppet and the strings, as it were—but what about the puppeteer? Humans act with purpose, but much is still unknown about how we […]
Here’s a trick question: How many moons does Earth have? And to be clear, I mean natural satellites, not human-made ones. I remind you, this is a trick question. The answer is one—the moon. See? Tricky. But there’s another part to this: if you change your frame of reference and squint a little bit, the […]
Allison Parshall: Hey, I’m Allison Parshall, you’re listening to Science, Quickly. This week, we’re revisiting some of our favorite episodes – and honestly this one is one of my favorite things I’ve ever worked on. It’s the first in a three-part series on artificial intelligence making music. Together we’re going to hear a very unique […]
The Verge’s David Pierce, Alex Cranz, Lauren Feiner and Nilay Patel discuss the breaking news about the the US Department of Justice accusing Apple of operating an illegal monopoly in the smartphone market in an expansive new antitrust lawsuit. Further reading: US v. Apple: everything you need to know US sues Apple for illegal monopoly […]
As many as 200,000 people are expected to flood prime viewing locations in southern Illinois for The Great American Eclipse, Part II. But this will be true, also, all along the eclipse path, from Mexico’s Pacific coast to Canada’s Atlantic seaboard. The upcoming event is set to be a blockbuster. Source link Please enable JavaScript […]
But the parliamentary move has been condemned as counter-productive by several African countries. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
Getty Images Researchers have unearthed never-before-seen wiper malware tied to the Kremlin and an operation two years ago that took out more than 10,000 satellite modems located mainly in Ukraine on the eve of Russia’s invasion of its neighboring country. AcidPour, as researchers from security firm Sentinel One have named the new malware, has stark […]
“Despite its rejection as a formal unit of the geologic timescale, the Anthropocene will nevertheless continue to be used not only by Earth and environmental scientists but also by social scientists, politicians and economists as well as by the public at large,” the IUGS said. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered […]
Babies Smell Sweet, but Teenagers Stink. Is Evolution the Explanation? Carboxylic acids make teens give off a pungent olfactory mix redolent of cheese, plum and even goats By Joanna Thompson Credit: HAndrii/Getty Images Teenagers have a reputation for smelling, well, just a tad bit funky. According to the latest research, that stereotype might be more […]
While working at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, Calif., the late cognitive neuroscientist Ursula Bellugi discovered that, much like spoken language, sign language was made up of specific building blocks whose assembly followed strict rules. Her subsequent discoveries about the complexities of sign language led to both linguistic breakthroughs and changes […]
Another of NASA’s “Great Observatories” is facing its end. Between 1990 and 2003 the space agency launched four magnificent machines into Earth orbit to observe the universe with different eyes, giving us a profoundly unmatched view of phenomena and vistas across the cosmos. The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory did so in gamma rays and was […]
Mathematician Who Tamed Randomness Wins Abel Prize Michel Talagrand innovative work has allowed others to tackle problems involving random processes By Davide Castelvecchi & Nature magazine Michel Talagrand, Abel Prize Laureate, 2024. Credit: © Peter Bagde/Typos1/Abel Prize 2024 A mathematician who developed formulas to make random processes more predictable and helped to solve an iconic […]
‘What really jumped out to us was how [the fossil looked] bug-eyed, and due to slight crushing during the preservation it gave it kind of like a lopsided, crooked smile, and it really evoked Kermit’s smile,” said Calvin So, a doctoral student at George Washington University and lead author of the study. Source link Please […]
Agriculturist Cary Fowler is best known as former executive director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust and co-founder of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, which houses more than 1.2 million seed samples covering every crop variety imaginable on an island in the Norwegian Arctic. Now he’s engaged in an ambitious new plan to use the […]
Kitten Season Is Out of Control. Are Warmer Winters to Blame? The summer “kitten season” is starting earlier and lasting longer, which is bad news for both animal shelters and wildlife By Sachi Mulkey & Grist Rescue kittens in an animal shelter. Credit: Mariia Zotova/Getty Images It’s almost that magical time of year that the […]
About half of those who took part worked in jobs where they were exposed to high levels of heat, such as agriculture, brick kilns and salt flats. The others worked in cooler environments, such as schools and hospitals, although some workers were also exposed to very high levels of heat in those jobs too. Source […]
An Australian researcher spotted the white furry bug by chance while camping within rainforest. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
Chocolate prices rise in the run up to Easter after high temperatures curb cocoa crops in West Africa. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
Noland Arbaugh, who is paralysed below the shoulders, received a chip implant in January. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
“Google Earth had over a billion downloads to look at static imagery, so a real-time dataset about Earth which tells the story of what’s unfolding on Earth and in space right now, which is fully searchable and uses artificial intelligence and augmented reality to show insights, will be a mass data product for humanity. Source […]
Travis John Branson killed about 3,600 protected birds to sell their parts online from 2015-21. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
A monumental Polish beech has been crowned European Tree of the Year 2024. Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
Is our solar system quotidian or quirky? It’s one of the greatest questions in astronomy, and scientists are getting a little bit of a handle on it as they examine the more than 5,500 exoplanets (and counting) discovered around other stars. Reaching an answer is, however, confounded by a rather dramatic problem: certain stars eat […]
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, one of the most common species in the U.S., love everything about humans. They love our body heat and odors, which enable them to find us. They love to feed on our blood to make […]
Stunning Comet Spiral Offers Glimpse of Icy Snowball at Its Core Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is hiding a strange spiral in its icy heart—and it may tell scientists about the comet’s innards By Meghan Bartels An image of Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks and its rotating core taken by Jan Erik Vallestad. Credit: Jan Erik Vallestad Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is a […]
Tanya Lewis: Hi, this is Tanya Lewis, a senior health and medicine editor at Scientific American. We’re taking a short break from our regular programming this week, and looking back at some of our favorite Science, Quickly episodes. I loved this episode my cohost Josh Fischman and I did on the science of napping and […]
61 Unexpected ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found in Food Packaging A global study identified 61 PFAS chemicals in food packaging that are not authorized for use in such products By Katherine Bourzac PFASs can be found in various food packaging, ranging from coated paper wrappers to plastic containers. Credit: Erlon Silva – TRI Digital/Getty Images Food packaging […]
A computer illustration of heart muscle cells KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Alamy Two widely used antibiotics may be able to regenerate heart cells in pigs, suggesting they might one day be used to treat heart failure. Heart failure occurs when the heart is unable to pump enough blood to meet the body’s needs. It commonly develops […]
First Weight-Loss Drug Gets Approval for Heart Disease. Here’s What We Know The FDA recently approved semaglutide (Wegovy) for preventing serious heart conditions in some people, but questions remain about how it works By Sara Reardon An electrocardiogram of a person with atrial tachycardia, a heart rhythm disorder in which people experience rapid palpitations. Credit: […]
High-Profile Geoengineering Experiment Shuts Down A beleaguered solar geoengineering project failed to conduct field tests because of opposition from environmentalists and Indigenous residents By Chelsea Harvey & E&E News The idea of spraying substances into the atmosphere to reflect sunlight has raised concerns among some scientists. Credit: chuchart duangdaw/Getty Images CLIMATEWIRE | Harvard University ended […]
The COVID-19 vaccine can cut the risk of heart failure and blood clots after a COVID-19 infection, a new study in the British Medical Journal found. Previous studies found that a SARS-CoV-2 infection can trigger cardiac and thromboembolic complications, and the risk for a person infected remains high for a year after becoming sick, researchers […]
Reanalysis of a meteor that fell to Earth has cast some doubt on its origin—and its final destination. This much is certain: on January 8, 2014, an object now catalogued as CNEOS 2014-01-08 entered Earth’s atmosphere somewhere overhead off the northern coast of Papua New Guinea in the South Pacific, heating to become a blazing, […]
The Dangers of Fast Science Scientific research needs to slow down, not speed up, to produce trustworthy results By Naomi Oreskes A theme at this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, was the perceived need to “accelerate breakthroughs in research and technology.” Some of this framing was motivated by the climate emergency, […]
Partial Heart Transplants Grow with Their Young Recipients A heart valve transplant could save the life of a baby—or two By Tanya Lewis Children who are born with heart valve defects often undergo surgery to receive frozen valves from cadavers. Because thawed cadaver tissue is dead and doesn’t grow, however, the child must periodically have […]
Cannibal Cells Inspire Cancer Treatment Improvement Giving cells an appetite for cancer could enhance treatments By Kate Graham-Shaw Macrophage (green) consuming cancer cells. Credit: From “Hyperactive Rac Stimulates Cannibalism of Living Target Cells and Enhances CAR-M-Mediated Cancer Cell Killing,” by Abhinava K. Mishra et al., in Cell Biology; December, 2023. In living organisms, some cells […]
Lava-Lit Lenticular Cloud Crowns Volcano in Spectacular Photo These bizarre-looking clouds form in stable atmospheric eddies By Joanna Thompson Credit: Francisco Negroni Villarrica is one of Chile’s most active volcanoes. Its Mapuche name, Rucapillán, means “house of the spirits,” and looking at it, it’s not hard to see why. But that isn’t some kind of […]
Pollinators Flock to Flower-Filled Solar Panel Fields Solar farms seeded with wildflowers can boost pollinator populations By Syris Valentine Credit: Frederick Bass/Getty Images Sprawling plains of solar panels can help nature more than just by providing clean energy: As populations of crucial pollinators decline, developers have been seeding the grounds of their solar arrays with […]
New Insights from AI, Strange Metals and Parents of LGBTQ Kids AI has deciphered ancient texts, learned new math and provided new ideas about human consciousness By Laura Helmuth Credit: Scientific American, April 2024 Artificial intelligence is finally starting to live up to the second half of its name. You’ve probably heard a lot of […]
How to Make Alien Ice Tricks to produce strange “ordered” ice could reveal new ice forms By Elise Cutts Most solids owe their solidity to the regular, latticelike arrangements of their molecules and atoms. But in the water ice that falls as snow or crusts over windows on frosty mornings, only the oxygen atoms are […]