China has launched the world's biggest carbon trading system to help lower carbon emissions, but critics and analysts have raised doubts about whether it will have a signficant impact.
At best, vaccines and lockdown could make life more normal by May. But at worst, a new mutation could undo any progress Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Hopes are rising that Britain may soon put the worst of Covid-19 behind it. After a year in which the disease has paralysed the nation, killed more than 100,000 people, closed schools and universities, and brought the
Rats are clever, resilient, horrifying and yet somehow admirable. And, while we've been away, they've been colonising our office spaces An empty office building is a good place to shelter if you're a rat in a crisis. It will be warm and dry and, if you're lucky, one of the humans who hastily vacated before the last coronavirus lockdown will have left a half-eaten Pret flapjack in a drawer for you
Anxious moment for scientists in US, China and UAE as spacecrafts enter crucial stages of long journey to red planet The skies above Mars will witness some startling aeronautical displays in the next few days when three rival space robot probes reach the red planet after journeying for millions of miles across space. Related: US billionaires vie to make space the next business frontier Continue r
Ett över 50 000 år gammalt lårben från en ung grottbjörn kan vara världens äldsta upphittade instrument. Men forskarna är oense kring om hålen verkligen tillverkats av neandertalare eller om det är ett resultat av gnagande rovdjur.
Gitarren, trumpeten, pianot och flöjten. Det är instrument de flesta känner till. Färre vet att flöjten antas vara det första musikinstrumentet skapat av människan och att den äldsta bevarade gitarren är från 1581.
This week, learn about the African-American chefs who supported the White House kitchen, listen to a family-friendly concert or attend a poetry reading.
Cold weather workouts do bring unique risks, but a little planning and preparation can help whether you're going for a winter walk, trekking in snowshoes or sledding with the kids.
Dr. Gorski appeared on the Thinking Critically podcast to discuss the antivaccine movement, COVID-19, medical conspiracy theories, and his journey to skepticism. The post first appeared on Science-Based Medicine .
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What are the fundamental traits that intelligence enhancement (be it through a BCI, a pharmacological intervention, some sort of training, etc) can take place through? Increasing working memory capacity Increasing long term memory capacity Increasing speed of recall from long term memory Facilitating encoding to long term memory Extending maximum duration of sustained attention Making it possible
Hello everyone! I am a final year Psychology student currently recruiting participants for my dissertation project in psycholinguistics. My research is attempting to answer the question above by looking at the effects of potential factors, such as already known languages, on someone's ability to learn and acquire foreign languages. I need a few volunteers aged 18 or over whose first language is E
The Anglo-Swedish firm already had a strong lineup of cancer drugs when vaccine success gave it a further boost Before the pandemic, AstraZeneca was highly regarded in the business and pharmaceutical world – seen as one of the UK's best companies. Now, thanks to Britain's successful vaccine programme, it is a household name. The Anglo-Swedish firm, which publishes annual results on Thursday, has
University of the Witwatersrand and Oxford University research shows vaccine has reduced efficacy against mutation Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage British drugmaker AstraZeneca said on Saturday that its vaccine developed with the University of Oxford appeared to offer only limited protection against mild disease caused by the South African variant of Covid-19, based
U.S. Navy holds patents for enigmatic inventions by aerospace engineer Dr. Salvatore Pais. He came up with technology that can "engineer" reality, devising an ultrafast craft, a fusion reactor and more. While mostly theoretical at this point, the inventions could transform energy, space, and military sectors. The U.S. Navy controls patents for some futuristic and outlandish technologies, some of
Most people tend to associate jump ropes with games that kids play in the school yard. But jump rope isn't just for kids. It's actually one of the best and most effective exercises you can do, provided you have the right equipment and a little guidance. And the Crossrope Get Fit Jump Rope Bundle gives you all you need to be successful, and more, in achieving your fitness goals. Crossrope has comp
A new study provides evidence of a mechanism by which climate change could have played a direct role in the emergence of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic.
Night has just fallen in central Ivory Coast and the hour has come for two men, venturing forth in protective suits, veils and gloves, to steal honey from their bees.
Night has just fallen in central Ivory Coast and the hour has come for two men, venturing forth in protective suits, veils and gloves, to steal honey from their bees.
China's Tianwen-1 probe has sent back its first image of Mars, the national space agency said, as the mission prepares to touch down on the Red Planet later this year.
Australian firefighters have managed to contain a bushfire burning near Perth, authorities said Saturday, allowing them to downgrade the blaze which has destroyed 86 homes.
Discovering there's intelligent life beyond our planet could be the most transformative event in human history— but what if scientists decided to collectively ignore evidence suggesting it already happened?
Latest figures show 17.2% of the UK population have now received their first vaccination Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Almost 11.5 million people have now had their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine in the UK, with more than 500,000 now fully vaccinated after receiving a second dose, the latest government data shows. The figures mark an increase of 494,163 first
Common fungi, often present in the gut, teach the immune system how to respond to their more dangerous relatives, according to new research from scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine. Breakdowns in this process can leave people susceptible to deadly fungal infections.
Common fungi, often present in the gut, teach the immune system how to respond to their more dangerous relatives, according to new research from scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine. Breakdowns in this process can leave people susceptible to deadly fungal infections.
The path to graduation needs to be smoother—and less uniform. (Honey Yanibel Minaya Cruz/Unspa/) In the American education system, the kids are not all right. Recent tests show that high schoolers haven't improved in math or reading for the past 20 years , and middle schoolers have gone backward in their comprehension skills . All this comes after years of expensive education programs like No Chi
Since element 99 — einsteinium — was discovered in 1952 from the debris of the first hydrogen bomb, scientists have performed very few experiments with it because it is so hard to create and is exceptionally radioactive. A team of chemists has overcome these obstacles to report the first study characterizing some of its properties, opening the door to a better understanding of the remaining tran
To arrive at Nunavut, turn left at the Dakotas and head north. You can't miss it—the vast tundra territory covers almost a million square miles of northern Canada. Relatively few people call this lake-scattered landscape home, but the region plays a crucial role in understanding global climate change. New research from Soren Brothers, assistant professor in the Department of Watershed Sciences and
For thousands of years, this vital chest muscle has represented the feelings center of emotions, spirituality and romance. Here's how we got here, and why cardiologists say it's not so far-fetched.
London-based photographer and designer Tim Easley has spent the past few years taking emotive monochrome photographs of the moon. "I've always loved it," he says, "and, being from the city, it's often the only celestial object that you can see." The 60 or so images have now been collected in a book, The Moon , available from his website. "The moon invokes so much wonder and awe, so I wanted to re
Norrmännen är bäst i världen på att köpa elbilar – en bedrift som delvis beror på landets produktion av olja, uppger Frances Sprei, forskare i hållbar mobilitet vid Chalmers. – Att man har goda statsfinanser på grund av oljan gör att man har råd att satsa på ny teknik och subventioner, säger hon.
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Technological advances mean taking humans to play among the stars is just one of the aims of Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and a host of eager investors Later this year Jeff Bezos, the first person to have led a business from nothing to a trillion-dollar valuation, will step down from his job as head of Amazon. But as you'd expect from a tech multibillionaire, his eyes are on a potentially bigger prize:
A noted psychiatrist, he looked outside his Orthodox tradition to meld an eclectic menu of addiction treatments, including the A.A. idea of a "higher power."
We've had a heck of a week at Futurism. Now it's time for the Futurism Mailbag . You probably noticed our completely redesigned website , and that's without mentioning the jam-packed news cycle. Here's our week in review — and what you, our Futurism readers, have had to say about it via social media and email. >> Also… To submit your own thoughts to the Futurism Mailbag, email us ! Some comments
SPACE SpaceX Announces First 'All-Civilian' Mission to Space Joey Roulette | The Verge "Elon Musk's SpaceX is planning to send its first 'all-civilian' crew to space at the end of 2021 in a charity-focused mission commanded by tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman. The company said in a press release it'll pick three people to ride alongside Isaacman to orbit aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule." 3D P
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: On COVID-19 PCR testing paper, "the criteria for a retraction … Continue reading
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MICHELLE MISHINA KUNZ / New York Times / Redux If you've ever been lured into a mediocre dining establishment by the promise of unlimited food, you're not alone. In 2017, TGI Fridays made endless appetizers a permanent part of its menu because they had, in the words of the chain's CEO, become such a "pop-culture phenomenon, as evidenced by the outcry we heard every time the limited-time offer exp
Disillusioned after Biden was sworn in, conspiracy theorists could now be swayed back to reality by conservatives and family members—or toward darker fringes.
The Biden administration must do more to identify and track three fast-spreading mutations of the COVID-19 virus, researchers say. Clearer CDC guidelines for masks and reopening would help too.
This article was published online on February 6, 2021. L ast February , on a sunny afternoon in West Hollywood, two girls with precise eye makeup paused on Melrose Avenue and peered in the windows of a building whose interior was painted a bright, happy pink. Two pink, winged unicorns flanked racks of clothes: ribbed crop tops, snakeskin-print pants, white sleeveless bodysuits. One of the girls t
Our dependency on tech has soared during the pandemic. The app analytics company App Annie found that people spent around 4 hours and 18 minutes per day on mobile devices in April 2020. That's a 20% increase from the year before, equating to an extra 45 minutes per day of screen time. Research shows that there's nothing intrinsically wrong with spending more time on screens—especially right now.
Updated at 10:28 a.m. ET on February 6, 2021. Public-health experts predicted a tsunami of COVID-19 infections in Iowa this winter. Doctors and researchers told me in November that they expected thousands of Iowans to travel to visit family over Thanksgiving and Christmas. They worried that people would continue to pack into crowded bars and go maskless in public, and they thought that, by Januar
Over the past few years, the Supreme Court has been sketching the outline of a broad compromise on LGBTQ rights. Civil-rights protections will shield people from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. At the same time, religious objectors will have their own set of robust rights. For example, the Court recently clarified that Title IX, the federal antidiscriminatio
China, we are told, inveigles poorer countries into taking out loan after loan to build expensive infrastructure that they can't afford and that will yield few benefits, all with the end goal of Beijing eventually taking control of these assets from its struggling borrowers. As states around the world pile on debt to combat the coronavirus pandemic and bolster flagging economies, fears of such po
This could be you updating your browser. (Keira Burton from Pexels/) Generally speaking, you should keep your gadgets and apps updated as much as humanly possible. The nagging reminders are a pain, and having to stop what you're doing to apply a software patch is annoying, but it's an important step to take if you're trying to achieve any kind of real security and privacy online. In just the past
Results of England mapping will be used to lobby against 'bleaching' of night sky People are being urged to take part in a nationwide star count to see if lockdown has had an impact on light pollution. By counting stars within the constellation of Orion, "citizen scientists" will help map the best and worst places in England to enjoy a star-filled night sky, organisers said. Continue reading…
Elon Musk, Steven Spielberg and Nicolas Cage among those who collect rocks that can cost millions They really are from out of this world, and the prices are astronomical. For those who have everything they need on Earth, what they now want is a little bit of space. Meteorites are attracting the attention of celebrity collectors who have pushed the price of the rocks – which have hurtled through s
Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University studied the dynamics of foams. When a drop of water was added to a foam raft, the bubbles rearranged themselves to reach a new stable state. The team found that bubble movement was qualitatively different depending on the range of bubble sizes present. Along with analogies with soft-jammed materials, these findings may inspire the desig
Chinese spacecraft aiming to enter orbit in days before putting down lander and rover months later China's Tianwen-1 probe has sent back its first picture of Mars, the Chinese space agency has said, as the mission prepares to touch down later this year. The spacecraft, launched in July around the same time as a US mission , is expected to enter Mars orbit around 10 February. Continue reading…
A study reports that in a diverse, cross-national sample of youth, physical discipline and cognitive deprivation had distinct associations with specific domains of developmental delay. The findings are based on the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys, which is an ongoing, international household survey initiative coordinated and assisted by the United Nations agency, UNICEF.
Common fungi, often present in the gut, teach the immune system how to respond to their more dangerous relatives, according to new research. Breakdowns in this process can leave people susceptible to deadly fungal infections.
The discovery of an 'Achilles heel' in a type of gut bacteria that causes intestinal inflammation in patients with Crohn's disease may lead to more targeted therapies for the difficult to treat disease, according to investigators.
Progressive vision loss, and eventually blindness, are the hallmarks of juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (JNCL) or CLN3-Batten disease. New research shows how the mutation associated with the disease could potentially lead to degeneration of light sensing photoreceptor cells in the retina, and subsequent vision loss.
The first demonstration of an approach that inverts the standard paradigm of scanning probe microscopy raises the prospect of force sensing at the fundamental limit.
The largest single cell study to date of the childhood cancer, neuroblastoma, has discovered that all neuroblastomas arise from a single type of embryonic cell called sympathoblasts.
Health care and education systems are two main pillars of a community's stability. How well and how quickly a community recovers following a natural disaster depends on the resilience of these essential social services. New research has found hospitals and schools are interdependent, suggesting their collective recovery must be considered in order to restore a community in the wake of disaster.
Researchers have shown that single photons can be emitted in a uniform way from quantum dots arranged in a precise pattern. The team has used such methods to create single-quantum dots, with their remarkable single-photon emission characteristics. It is expected that the ability to precisely align uniformly-emitting quantum dots will enable the production of optical circuits, potentially leading t
Cells replicate their genetic material and divide into two identical clones to perpetuate life. Some cells pause in the process with a single, undivided nucleus. When the cell resumes division after such a pause, the nucleus can become caught in the fissure, splitting violently, and killing both cells. But that is not always the case. Researchers are starting to understand how active nuclear displ
A new study has found a link between high levels of air pollution at an individual's home address and an elevated risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Air pollution exposure appears to heighten the production of inflammatory cells in the bone marrow, triggering inflammation of the arteries.
Materials scientists have discovered that perovskites, a class of promising materials that could be used for low-cost, high-performance solar cells and LEDs, have a previously unutilized molecular component that can further tune the electronic property of perovskites.
A long-term study finds that these rhythms align at certain times of women's lives, shedding new light on the controversial idea that lunar phases influence human reproduction.
Materials scientists have discovered that perovskites, a class of promising materials that could be used for low-cost, high-performance solar cells and LEDs, have a previously unutilized molecular component that can further tune the electronic property of perovskites.
Scientists have made a significant breakthrough in the quest to understand the intricate processes that occur in the brain during seizures that are the key symptom of epilepsy.
Scientists found that the sustainability of plant-based bioplastics depends largely on the country of origin, its trade relationships and the raw material processed.
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