Scientists find aberrant immune system in patients with virus could also be cause of 'long Covid' Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Dramatic levels of "friendly fire" from the immune system may drive severe Covid-19 disease and leave patients with "long Covid" – when medical problems persist for a significant time after the virus has been beaten – scientists have said.
Any time a worst-case scenario doesn't come to pass, the comforting idea emerges that it wasn't really in play after all. That pattern is now unfolding, following a week during which the United States Supreme Court dealt a pair of what are almost certainly fatal blows to President Donald Trump's bid to overturn the 2020 election results. But concluding that the justices would never have interfere
Sometimes when I lie in bed, with my eyes closed, I get the sense that my head is actually at the bottom of the bed, where my feet usually are, when I know it is still resting on the pillow on the top pat of the bed. Sometimes, I get the sense that my head is turned towards one side of the room, when I know is turned to the other side of the room. Basically, there is a disconnect between my consc
With false irregularities in faces, I mean aspects of for example deepfake faces or photoshopped faces which leave irregularities that are not normal for a human face (for example weird lines around eyebrows in deepfakes or colour irregularities in the face). Are there specific brain regions that are used when such irregularities are observed by the human during facial perception? Maybe someone c
Google knows a lot, but you can control how much it knows about you. (Solen Feyissa/Unsplash/) It's difficult to avoid Google apps, but using them doesn't necessarily mean handing over all your data and online activity to the tech giant—you can still work within the Google ecosystem while maintaining a respectable level of privacy. Your options vary depending on the app you're using, but Google a
This article was published online on December 13, 2020. S everal months ago , I got into a long discussion with a colleague about the origins of the "Sunday scaries," the flood of anxiety that many of us feel as the weekend is winding down and the workweek approaches. He said that the culprit was clear, and pointed to late-stage capitalism's corrosive blend of performance stress and job insecurit
Having your nose in a book is the perfect way to kick off a new year. You also won't want to miss another editor's pick for the month: a podcast with fresh insights on climate change.
Det Europæiske Rumagentur (ESA) har udgivet nye og mere præcise data over Mælkevejen i tre dimensioner. De nye data har allerede givet astronomer nye indsigter, mens flere opdagelser forventes at være på vej.
Feeling their work on COVID-19 was being ignored, and facing hostility, epidemiologists Eileen White and Caroline Buckee threw in the towel. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro discusses their decisions.
The goal of the "busy beaver" game is to find the longest-running computer program. Its pursuit has surprising connections to profound questions in math.
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The power of family history can lead a person to do a lot of things. For Howard Berkes, the family tradition of facing crises head-on led him to sign up for experimental testing of a COVID-19 vaccine. (Image credit: Berkes family)
I rely on apps for help with spelling and grammar as if they were old friends. Now I'm a tech entrepreneur I'm 10 years old. Minutes into a maths lesson and my palms have already begun to sweat. I've positioned myself in the back row, but the teacher walks up and down the aisles of the classroom, peering over our shoulders. I don't understand the rules. The teacher's voice becomes a blur, and I s
Part of the Galloway Hoard, found in 2014, the piece is so spectacular it may have belonged to a monarch A spectacular Anglo-Saxon silver cross has emerged from beneath 1,000 years of encrusted dirt following painstaking conservation. Such is its quality that whoever commissioned this treasure may have been a high-standing cleric or even a king. It was a sorry-looking object when first unearthed
Ten years ago, the United States was clawing its way out of a miserable recession. Washington was running an annual deficit of $1.3 trillion, and the national debt had reached $9 trillion, roughly 60 percent of GDP. Those figures were frightening enough to spur the Obama White House and Congress to create a panel of experts to address the long-term budget and to kick-start several rounds of gover
Vial used to give Margaret Keenan the first non-trial dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is among items being used to document UK's response to pandemic The vial of the first dose of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine to be used outside a trial – administered last Tuesday to 90-year-old Margaret Keenan from Coventry – has been added to a collection of artefacts documenting the pandemic. The empty vial has
The pandemic is expected to precipitate a mental health crisis, but perhaps also a chance to approach life with new clarity Show your support for rigorous, independent Guardian journalism Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage When the bubonic plague spread through England in the 17th century, Sir Isaac Newton fled Cambridge where he was studying for the safety of his famil
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Some Russian scientists are warning that people should avoid drinking alcohol around the time they receive coronavirus vaccines. But while heavy drinking can affect the immune system, it isn't clear whether low levels of alcohol are problematic
Coronavirus vaccinations have begun in the UK, but it will be a huge challenge to deliver the vaccine more widely through local practices, writes one doctor working on the front line
Astronomers have long wanted to find primordial magnetic fields, which were created fractions of a second after the big bang, and now researchers have found a way to detect them
Quantum chess – a complicated game in which pieces can be in more than one place at the same time – has had its first tournament, and a player from Amazon won
Computer models have overestimated the boost in plant growth from increases in carbon dioxide levels, meaning plants will soak up less of the greenhouse gas than expected
It has long been thought that new species are most likely to evolve in biodiversity hotspots like the Amazon rainforest, but a genetic analysis of birds suggests that extreme environments where few species exist help drive evolution
Coral reefs in the Caribbean are being overrun by seaweed, but the Caribbean king crab could get the overgrowth under control – providing the crabs aren't eaten themselves
The latest prototype of Starship, the spacecraft that SpaceX plans to use to bring astronauts to the moon, made its highest test flight ever on 9 December – and then exploded
A researcher has claimed that England didn't need a second lockdown because daily covid-19 daily cases were already peaking under regional restrictions, but other scientists disagree
Geologist have often served fossil fuel exploration – now is the time for them to focus on climate change and other sustainable development goals instead, says Christopher Jackson
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Rejoice at the worldwide success of research and technology, but if we don't follow the rules it could all be for nothing Nearly a year after the pandemic started, it was a moment of hope when Margaret Keenan – a 90-year-old grandmother, and resident of Coventry for 60 years – received what she described as an "early birthday present". She was the first person to receive an approved vaccine agains
2019 blev Kina först i världen med att landa en rymdsond på månens baksida. I november i år skickade de upp sin andra. I klippet ovan visas unika bilder från det första uppdraget. – Under miljoner år har ingen sett baksidan, säger den före detta astronauten Ulrich Walter i Vetenskapens värld.
Trots ökad oro och depression visar svenska siffror att självmord faktiskt minskat under pandemin. Nu släpper forskare från Karolinska institutet en kartläggning av självmordsstatistik från tidigare pandemier i Sverige.
Last week, Dr. Vinay Prasad decided to resurrect his misguided criticism from over a year ago likening SBM-style criticisms of alternative medicine to "dunking on a 7' hoop". Why he would decide to renew his attack on combating science disinformation in the middle of a pandemic that has killed close to 300,000 Americans alone we don't know, but Steve Novella and I could not let such an off-base a
Whether made of cardboard or sculpted out of wood, jigsaw puzzles test skills like spatial reasoning and can help to stave off anxiety. They can also be works of art in their own right.
Trump hails start of immunisation programme; Italy overtakes UK for Europe's highest death toll; Germany expected to close shops before Christmas How Covid revealed the truth about our world FDA chief urged by White House to approve Pfizer vaccine 'or quit' Scientists warn against Christmas gatherings in UK California's ICU beds near capacity as hospitalizations hit record See all our coronavirus
He invented the field at the C.I.A., producing influential "psychobiographies" of world leaders. He later used the same methods to analyze Donald Trump.
Space party kicks off on Monday with the annual display, followed on Thursday by a once-in-a-20-year event when Jupiter and Saturn 'kiss' Australian stargazers are set to be treated to a galactic display as planets align and shooting stars light up the night sky through the next week. The space party starts with the annual Geminid meteor shower on Monday morning when the Earth passes through the
A new study found that changes in the food environment around low-income and high-ethnic/racial minority populations over time impact childhood obesity. Increased availability of small grocery stores selling a selection of healthy items in close proximity to children's homes improves their weight status over time, whereas increased availability of convenience stores selling predominantly unhealthy
A study has found that a toxin produced by E. coli changes intestinal cells to benefit itself, an ability that could provide a clue to why the bacteria have been linked to nutritional problems such as malnutrition and stunted growth.
Patients living in precarious circumstances are less likely to use antibiotics appropriately according to a new study, suggesting that efforts to improve conditions for those with little security in their livelihoods could have an unexpected benefit in helping to tackle antimicrobial resistance globally.
They really aren't difficult or expensive to make, and it could double as a way to generate seeds for pseudo random number generators. Having solid random numbers is extremely important for cyber security. It would also be nice to know if you are being exposed to dangerous levels of radiation. Apps already exist to detect radiation like Bionerd23 on YouTube clued me in to this one. https://play.g
(11) [WP] In 2066, all physical contact has been outlawed. Hug dealers tenderly embrace people in the dead of night and shady people hold hands in dark streets. : WritingPrompts (reddit.com) This seems to be like things are today. I could see this happening, a market for hugs for all the people who are isolated from physical contact due to lockdown restrictions. I haven't had a hug since before t
https://lightyear.one/articles/a-car-built-to-perform-on-energy-efficiency I'm seriously blown away, we're making progress a s a species, way to go humans. Shoutout to all those ambitious Lightyear engineers for making such a marvelous piece of tech possible… next year. It's pricey though, but hey, remember the Tesla Roadster? Now we have the Model 3, looking forward to when this tech makes i
Speaking at an online summit on the fifth anniversary of the Paris climate agreement, Xi Jinping said that China would reduce its carbon intensity by over 65 percent by 2030.
Many of our planet's features are thanks to tectonic plates bumping and grinding together. Two new studies revealed that this movement may have kicked off earlier than geologists previously thought.
Exposure to toxic pollutants associated with human activities may be influencing the spread of infectious diseases in wildlife, according to a new study.
Chileans will turn their eyes to the sky on Monday to admire a total eclipse of the sun, but unlike last year's phenomenon their numbers will be severely reduced by coronavirus restrictions.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday an annual hike of his country's carbon tax by Can$15 (US$12) per tonne after 2022, and billions in new investments to try to beat its climate target.
Nanoparticles that attach to photoreceptors allowed mice to see infrared and near-infrared light for up to two months. — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
A Virgin Galactic test flight Saturday ended prematurely as the spacecraft's rocket motor failed to ignite and it then glided down safely to its landing site in southern New Mexico.
Nanoparticles that attach to photoreceptors allowed mice to see infrared and near-infrared light for up to two months. — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The giant orange icebreaker Aurora Australis left Australia for the final time on Saturday after more than 150 trips to Antarctica. Next stop: a shipyard in Dubai, where it will be refurbished and either leased or sold.
States are starting to administer their first doses of Pfizer's newly FDA-authorized COVID-19 vaccine. It marks a new phase in the pandemic, but what's that mean for you? (Image credit: Frank Augstein/AP)
Here are some quality brewers to make the best cup of coffee. (Karl Fredrickson via Unsplash/) Making coffee used to be simple: you'd toss your grounds in a percolator or drip machine, let it go, and drink. But today, browsing the available coffee makers will bombard you with Aeropresses, vacuum pots, nine-bar espresso machines, precise drip makers, and French presses. Each of these gadgets has i
NASA's Hubble Telescope provides 14 years of data on the exoplanet HD106906 b. It exhibits strange behavior along its orbit 336 light-year away from Earth. Scientists think data from the exoplanet may explain what happened to the possibly hidden Planet Nine in our Solar System. How many planets are in our Solar System? You may think there's an obvious answer you learned in kindergarten, but the n
Hi, I've been looking into and trying to understand both amodal and grounded theories of perception and how both are meant to help us conceptualize the world. I feel like I have some understanding of what both of them are, I feel like a lot of it is going over my head. If anyone could correct me or explain further the main arguments for supporting one over the other, I would be very grateful. So
Before we present this week's Weekend Reads, a question: Do you enjoy our weekly roundup? If so, we could really use your help. Would you consider a tax-deductible donation to support Weekend Reads, and our daily work? Thanks in advance. The week at Retraction Watch featured: Western University materials scientist committed misconduct, according to investigation Public … Continue reading
ENVIRONMENT Human-Made Stuff Now Outweighs All Life on Earth Stephanie Pappas | Scientific American "Humanity has reached a new milestone in its dominance of the planet: human-made objects may now outweigh all of the living beings on Earth. Roads, houses, shopping malls, fishing vessels, printer paper, coffee mugs, smartphones and all the other infrastructure of daily life now weigh in at approxi
The newest trend in oral care lets you skip the dentist's office by taking molds of your teeth at home and having a protective night guard mailed to you.
A few times a week, Vincent Buyssens's students in Mechelen, Belgium's Thomas More University College get on Instagram while he's lecturing about creative strategy. They swipe through stories, add posts to their profile, and get lost in rabbit holes. But they're not being surreptitious about it; in fact, Buyssens requires those taking his college course to use the app. The more they scroll during
In 2020, TV became essential. With the closures of sports stadiums, concert halls, and movie theaters, the only stage fit for the pandemic turned out to be the small screen. And for those of us who could afford to spare time for such storytelling, TV took us to places where we could find some reprieve, whether in the form of a pulse-pounding mystery, a gut-wrenching romance, an endearing fish-out
Photographs by Terry Adkins This article was published online on December 12, 2020. W hat you are looking at is the afterlife of memories. Memory jugs were funerary objects found in the South on the graves of African Americans through the mid‑20th century. These small stoneware vessels were adorned with fragments—broken china, glass shards—and items beloved by the departed. The ritual is said to
After losing to Joe Biden in November, President Donald Trump has been amplifying conspiracy theories about electronic voting without knowing or caring just how much this year's swing states have done to protect the integrity of their elections. False claims that voting machines were "rigged" to change or delete votes— accepted by a disturbingly large percentage of Trump supporters —are harmful f
The Australian mathematician Samuel Blake describes how he and and two other cryptologists finally solved an encrypted message written by the unnamed serial killer 51 years ago. The FBI confirmed the code, cracked with help from a supercomputer called Spartan, is accurate, but they said it did not help with identification Zodiac: cipher from California serial killer solved after 51 years Continue
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This week is coming to a close with truly miraculous news: In the coming days, Americans across the country are expected to begin getting vaccinated against COVID-19, a virus that emerged just a year ago. But even miraculous vaccines do little good for public health if people refuse to take them. What will persuade millions of Americans to take these new vaccines, which were developed and tested
When Chinese scientists alerted colleagues to a new virus last December, suspicion fell on a Wuhan market. What have health officials learned since then? Show your support for rigorous, independent Guardian journalism Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Maria van Kerkhove was staying with her sister in the US for the Christmas holidays, but checking her emails. As always
Despite Boris Johnson's pledges, the UK is way off course on its path to net zero emissions. It's Labour's job to force the issue • Matthew Pennycook is shadow minister for climate change The coronavirus pandemic and the jobs crisis it has precipitated are rightly consuming our immediate attention. Meanwhile, the climate and environment emergency has not gone away. These intersecting crises deman
A dangerous trip almost ended in disaster but the project was saved with some ingenuity What is the weather like up on Mount Everest today? Last year a bunch of daredevil scientists and Sherpas laboured in the "death zone" and installed the world's highest weather station, perched at 8,430 metres, just 400 metres short of Everest's summit. But it nearly didn't happen. Having been stuck behind a q
Flere patentkommissioner nægtede opfinderen patent, da opfindelsen måtte anses for en fysisk umulighed. For at få det vigtige tyske patent måtte han demonstrere apparatet for de tyske patentmyndigheder, og først da de hørte deres egne stemmer gengivet af telegrafonen, måtte de indrømme, at opfind…
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They're loyal, diligent – and have unbeatable noses. Could dogs play a key part in the fight against the pandemic? A single-storey building in a lonely rural business park, a few miles from Milton Keynes on a grey autumn day. It looks like a location for a bleak thriller: where a kidnap victim is held, perhaps, or the scene of a final shootout. Inside, though, something kind of cool is happening.
Patients diagnosed with non-cardiac chest pain are reluctant to believe they do not have heart disease. A new study shows that explaining the test results convinces patients and reduces the likelihood of future chest pain. The research is presented at EACVI – Best of Imaging 2020, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Chest pain is one of the most frequent causes of co
Hjärnan har ett slags rengöringssystem som skyddar mot hjärnsjukdomar såsom Alzheimers sjukdom. Nu har forskare vid Lunds universitet fångat systemet i 3D-upplösning hos grishjärnor. Spela klippet för att se hur det ser ut.
Just nu ligger Jupiter och Saturnus ovanlig nära varandra på himlen. Den 21 december är de som närmast och då kommer det att vara svårt att urskilja de bägge planeterna. Spela klippet där astronom Maria Sundin berätta hur du kan se den unika planetträffen.
Kina planerar att skicka människor till månen om tio år. Kolonisationen av vår närmaste granne är ett led i landets långsiktiga strategi att vara en stormakt i rymden. – Rent tekniskt har inte Kina längre någonting att lära av resten av världen, säger rymdexperten Sven Grahn.
This is just the first vaccine to be approved in the US. (Pexels/) Follow all of PopSci's COVID-19 coverage here , including the truth about herd immunity , advice for pregnant women , and a tutorial on making your own mask . The FDA just announced that Pfizer will get an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to distribute its COVID-19 vaccine in the US. The decision comes just one day after the FDA'
The FDA issued the emergency use authorization for the vaccine late on Friday. And immunizations of health care workers and long-term care facility residents could begin within days — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The FDA issued the emergency use authorization for the vaccine late on Friday. And immunizations of health care workers and long-term care facility residents could begin within days — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Fatty acids (FAs) are central cellular metabolites that contribute to lipid synthesis, and can be stored or harvested for metabolic energy. Dysregulation in FA processing and storage causes toxic FA accumulation or altered membrane compositions and contributes to metabolic and neurological disorders. Saturated lipids are particularly detrimental to cells, but…
Electrocatalytic generation of H2 is challenging in neutral pH water, where high catalytic currents for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) are particularly sensitive to the proton source and solution characteristics. A tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane (TRIS) solution at pH 7 with a [2Fe-2S]-metallopolymer electrocatalyst gave catalytic current densities around two orders of magnitude…
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus responsible for COVID-19, employs two key host proteins to gain entry and replicate within cells, angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and the cell surface transmembrane protease serine 2 (TMPRSS2). TMPRSS2 was first characterized as an androgen-regulated gene in the prostate. Supporting a…
The outbreak of COVID-19 has forced communities to confront what sacrifices they are willing to make to quickly address threats to public health. The pandemic shock is unusual in its rapid appearance, but the question of trade-offs is nothing new. Environmental regulations, safety mandates, and the battles against other infectious…
The celebrated Hong–Ou–Mandel effect is the paradigm of two-particle quantum interference. It has its roots in the symmetry of identical quantum particles, as dictated by the Pauli principle. Two identical bosons impinging on a beam splitter (of transmittance 1/2) cannot be detected in coincidence at both output ports, as confirmed…
The drift-diffusion model (DDM) is a model of sequential sampling with diffusion signals, where the decision maker accumulates evidence until the process hits either an upper or lower stopping boundary and then stops and chooses the alternative that corresponds to that boundary. In perceptual tasks, the drift of the process…
An alloy material called InGaAs could be suitable for high-performance computer transistors, according to researchers. If operated at high-frequencies, InGaAs transistors could one day rival those made of silicon.
Ytterbium silicide (Yb-Si) is a promising coating material for the high-temperature sections of aircraft gas turbine engines. Although Yb-Si is heat-resistant and prevents formation of structurally harmful SiO2 in the coating, its oxidation mechanisms are unclear. In a recent study, scientists demonstrate how the Yb to Si ratio in the material, and the surrounding atmosphere, affect the oxidation
Nearly two decades ago, a small-bodied 'human-like' fossil, Homo floresiensis, was discovered on an island in Indonesia. Some scientists have credited the find, now nicknamed 'Hobbit,' as representative of a human ancestor who developed dwarfed features after living on the island, while others suggest it represents a modern human suffering from some type of disease because of its distinct human-li
UK coronavirus hospitalisations increase; indoor dining restrictions reinstated in New York; WHO warns number of deaths surging FDA chief urged by White House to approve Pfizer vaccine 'or quit' Scientists warn against Christmas gatherings in UK California's ICU beds near capacity as hospitalizations hit record See all our coronavirus coverage 1.53am GMT South Korea reported 950 new coronavirus c
Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. Subscribe to get this delivered to your inbox . DAVID GOLDMAN / AP Donald Trump did not win the 2020 election. That outcome has been obvious for more than a month now, and yet the president and his supporters refuse to accept the result. Inste
Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. Subscribe to get this delivered to your inbox . KATIE MARTIN / THE ATLANTIC Welcome to vaccine purgatory. "We've spent 2020 adjusting to a pandemic normal, and now a strange, new period is upon us," my colleague Sarah Zhang, who covers vaccine
The growing consensus among experts is that surgery should no longer be the only therapeutic option for rectal cancer. A non-invasive approach, the Watch-and-Wait protocol – which drastically reduces the toll on patients' quality of life – has increasingly shown promising results for the treatment of such tumours. A new study now explores the next logical step: should these patients be submitted f
Experts have warned that a 'no deal' Brexit will result in the exclusion of the UK from the 24 European Reference Networks (ERNs) that were established to improve the care of patients bearing the lifelong burden of a rare disease, which require highly specialised diagnosis and treatment.
Following the first recorded death of an anaesthetist from COVID-19 in the UK in November 2020, a review of available data published in Anaesthesia (a journal of the Association of Anaesthetists) shows that unexpectedly, despite their perceived increased exposure to COVID-19 patients and high-risk procedures, anaesthetists and intensive care doctors appear to be at lower risk of being infected wit
Diemut Strebe, an artist who's worked at MIT since 2010, recently in an MIT residency program, has a lot to say about the United States' failure to contain or even meaningfully slow down the coronavirus pandemic. But she decided to let a single-celled organism called Physarum polycephalum , better known as slime mold, do the talking. In a new project titled "HYDRA," Strebe and scientist collabora
Upgrade your mouse option for smoother gameplay. (Emmanuel via Unsplash/) Any PC gamer knows that finding the best gaming mouse is paramount to your setup. A good gaming mouse determines how precise, quick, and accurate your various strikes, selections, and sudden moves will be. A regular computer mouse isn't built to handle rapid movement or vigorous clicking, which makes it susceptible to break
Over centuries of cultivating Saccharomyces cerevisiae to make dough, bakers have put selective pressure on the species, causing it to diverge into two distinct groups, according to the authors.
Covering Up At the Walt Disney World theme parks in Florida , masks are required at all times — even during photo ops. But that hasn't stopped some defiant park guests from sneaking around and getting on rides mask-free. Now, Disney is reportedly taking an eccentric approach to mask enforcement: editing a digital mask onto visitors' faces in photos. The bizarre practice, first spotted on social m
A vaccine is on the way , but countries around the world are getting clobbered by COVID-19 at record-breaking levels. The death toll in the U.S. continues to climb, reaching an all-time high of over 3,300 deaths on Thursday, according to The Washington Post . And other countries — especially in Europe — that initially seemed to be on the mend are seeing record-breaking death tolls as well. So far
Engraved Monolith Australia just got its own mysterious metal monolith — and this time it features coordinates engraved on its surface that point to some cryptic places, as Yahoo News reports . The world has been gripped by monolith fever, with a countless number of new ten-foot-ish installations popping up around the globe on an almost daily basis. The first one, discovered in the Utah wildernes
Carrots are a good source of beta-carotene, which is a precursor of vitamin A. But to get the full health benefits of this superfood, you need an active enzyme to produce this vitamin.
Archaeologists in Mexico City said Friday they have found another section of 119 skulls that were part of the Aztec capital's main trophy rack of sacrificed humans.
More than 100 countries—responsible for about two-thirds of the world's heat-trapping gases—have announced plans to cut their greenhouse gas emissions to "net zero" in coming decades to help curb man-made climate change.
European Union leaders reached a hard-fought deal Friday to cut the bloc's net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by the end of the decade compared with 1990 levels, avoiding a hugely embarrassing deadlock ahead of a U.N. climate meeting this weekend.
According to many medical experts, reduced social mobility—defined here as social contact and travel within and among communities—is a necessary factor to contain the spread of COVID-19.
Phase transitions describe dramatic changes in properties of a macroscopic system – like the transition from a liquid to a gas. Starting from individual ultracold atoms, physicists were able to observe the emergence of such a transition with an increasing number of particles.
A muscle fiber consists of just one cell, but many nuclei. A team has now shown just how varied these nuclei are. The study can help us better understand muscle diseases such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
In many species all over the animal kingdom, males have eye-catching characteristics. Although often impractical, they are beneficial in finding a mate. Scientists have now mapped the genetic bases of such a male ornament in a fish.
Phase transitions describe dramatic changes in properties of a macroscopic system – like the transition from a liquid to a gas. Starting from individual ultracold atoms, physicists were able to observe the emergence of such a transition with an increasing number of particles.
In today's world, it seems like almost everything we do is online. Not only are we shopping and banking via the web, but we're also having virtual get-togethers with loved ones, watching movies and TV shows, playing video games, and even working and going to school online. And if you want to make sure you have privacy and security when you do these things, you need to get a VPN . And right now, t
A new study shows that ancient peoples in the American Southwest were using the same caves to collect ice for a millennium. The dates of their collection activities line up with tree-ring records of drought events in the area. The ice in the cave is melting, and studies on other possible collection events must occur soon before the evidence vanishes. Living in the desert isn't easy. Being defined
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