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An unknown person working at Galveston Island Sate Park, Texas Parks and Wildlife, has posted a picture of a unique fish that was caught at the park on Facebook—it has no natural tongue. Instead, it has a tongue made up of a group of parasites known as a tongue-eating louse. In the picture, the fish is held up to the camera with its mouth wide open showing the strange foreign 'tongue' inside.
Researchers use AI – and witchcraft folklore – to map the coronavirus conspiracy theories that have sprung up Researchers have mapped the web of connections underpinning coronavirus conspiracy theories, opening a new way of understanding and challenging them. Using Danish witchcraft folklore as a model, the researchers from UCLA and Berkeley analysed thousands of social media posts with an artifi
Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Russian state space corporation Roscosmos, said that he's planning to assign cosmonauts to fly on SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station. It's a striking reversal in tone given Rogozin's strained relationship with NASA and particularly SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. The director recently invited Musk for tea at his home in Russia last month, marking
Scientists who want to understand what's beyond our solar system have designed an interstellar spacecraft that could go out farther and faster than the famous Voyager probes. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
H aving grown up in Germany , I am skeptical of the popular notion that life is so much more rational and efficient in the country than it is anywhere else. Those who believe that Germans are incapable of irrationality should suggest imposing a speed limit on the country's highways. And those who believe that Germans are incapable of inefficiency should learn how much time and money were spent to
Getty Who can get pregnant? It sounds like a trick question. For centuries, English speakers have talked about "pregnant women" without a second thought, but a vocal and growing movement wants to replace that phrase with the more inclusive pregnant people . And because the United States hasn't yet found an issue it can't turn into a polarized debate, a partisan divide has already formed. The rece
The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board is calling for a coherent action plan to counter future health emergencies Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Two years ago, three months before coronavirus erupted, the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) issued a warning to the international community that a pandemic was only a matter of time, and that the world was not
Saturn-sized planet candidate has been identified in Whirlpool Galaxy 28m light years away A possible Saturn-sized planet identified in the distant Whirlpool Galaxy could be the first exoplanet to be detected outside the Milky Way. The exoplanet candidate appears to be orbiting an X-ray binary – made up of a normal star and a collapsed star or black hole – with its distance from this binary rough
Royal Brompton and Harefield send teams to save cardiogenic shock patients at other hospitals ' People say it's a miracle, but it's not: the Royal Brompton saved Christina' World-leading NHS doctors are using "James Bond medicine" and cutting-edge technology to save the lives of people whose hearts collapse due to a rare and often fatal cardiac condition. Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals in
In England, masks are expected and recommended in crowded and enclosed spaces – but not legally required. Many have abandoned them altogether. What would convince everyone to put them back on? Dave stopped wearing his face mask "the second I didn't have to. I grudgingly wore it, because it was the right thing to do and because it was mandatory," says the teacher from East Sussex. "But I felt, and
Doomsday Machine It's a rough time to be the world's largest social media company. On top of the nearly constant firehose of embarrassing leaks , Facebook also has to deal with " Doomsday Machine ," an upcoming TV show focused on several of the company's notable controversies including its mishandling of user data and its inability to quell misinformation during the 2016 election. Now Facebook is
Pee Problems The saga of the broken space toilet continues. More than a month after the Inspiration4 space tourists encountered a problem with their Crew Dragon capsule's toilet , SpaceX has announced a redesign of the latrine's mechanics. Bill Gerst, a consultant for the company and former NASA human spaceflight chief, said that the issue occurred when a tube that sends urine into a container br
In a burst of work, mathematicians have moved closer to understanding just how many ways there are of contorting a simple sphere so that, in the end, it still resembles itself. Much of the progress comes from results by Tadayuki Watanabe at Kyoto University. Over the last several years, he has figured out how to adapt a powerful technique for the broader purpose of studying spheres of any number.
More than a year-and-a-half after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the scientific community is still feeling the effects of the vastly disruptive event—and may for many years to come.
While researchers have found more than 4,000 planets in our own galaxy, this is the first time anyone has found what could be a planet that exists outside the Milky Way. (Image credit: NASA/NASA via Getty Images)
The appeal of pumpkin spice has a lot to do with how we associate smells and flavors with fall — despite the fact that the flavoring doesn't contain any actual pumpkin. (Image credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
Ahead of a major climate summit in Glasgow, many countries have vowed to do more to curb their emissions. But those plans still put the world on path for dangerous warming.
As relatives looked on, some sobbing, some applauding, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam granted posthumous pardons in August to the Martinsville Seven, young Black men electrocuted 70 years ago for the rape of a white woman. Northam took no position on their guilt or innocence; he merely cited ample evidence that the state had not accorded the men justice. "Race played an undeniable role during th
Radio signal seemed to originate from the star Proxima Centauri, and provided a helpful drill for future searches — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
With the supply-chain disruptions of the past two years showing no signs of easing anytime soon, businesses are turning to a new generation of AI-powered simulations called digital twins to help them get goods and services to customers on time. These tools not only predict disruptions down the line, but suggest what to do about it. Desperate companies struggling with the collapse of just-in-time
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin announced plans this week for a "mixed use business park" in space called Orbital Reef, a lavish commercial space station. If Bezos' ultimate dream being a coworking space in orbit sounds a little pedestrian, you're not alone. "Jeff Bezos just announced that he's going to try to build the first commercial space station and his vision is literally for a suborbital 'mixed us
Multimedia artist Stuart Humphryes has retouched photographs from the famous Shackleton expedition to Antarctica, updating their color to modern brilliance.
Follows attacks on Covid nurses in the country where less than 1% of the population is fully vaccinated Papua New Guinea authorities have approved a mass burial to take pressure off Port Moresby's hospital morgue where bodies are stacked on top of each other as Covid-19 cases surge . The burial of more than 200 bodies comes as health teams around the country report being attacked as they took par
A rare English illuminated medieval prayer roll, believed to be among only a few dozen still in existence worldwide, has been analyzed in a new study to expose Catholic beliefs in England before the Reformation in the sixteenth century.
The quest to uncover the nature of dark matter is one of the greatest challenges in science today, but the key to finally understanding this mysterious substance may well lie in the stars.
Mountain snowpacks around the world are on the decline, and if the planet continues to warm, climate models forecast that snowpacks could shrink dramatically and possibly even disappear altogether on certain mountains, including in the western United States, at some point in the next century. A new study led by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) analyzes the likely
Standing a chance of staying under the Paris Agreement's target of 1.5°C of warming would require annual emissions in 2030 to be 28 billion tonnes lower than what countries' plans and pledges ahead of COP26 deliver
In December last year, the media reported an intriguing signal we at the Breakthrough Listen project found in our radio telescope data. Dubbed BLC1, the signal didn't appear to be the result of any recognizable astrophysical activity or any familiar Earth-based interference.
On Tuesday, a panel of experts at the FDA will meet to discuss whether Pfizer's covid vaccine should be approved for 5-to-11-year-olds in the US . If that group says yes, the decision will go to the CDC's immunization advisory board, known as ACIP, which meets next week. According to Anthony Fauci, if both those groups give the thumbs up, vaccinations for millions of children could begin in early
Listen & subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google If there's one thing we might regret at the end of life, it's that we missed out on moments that mattered—not because we weren't physically there, but because our mind wandered off to some unknown place. In this episode of How to Build a Happy Life, we explore why it's uniquely challenging to "live in the moment," how we limit our o
A growing body of evidence points to a link between iron-deficiency anemia and severe tooth decay. Whether the connection is correlative or causative is unknown, though both conditions are associated with poor diets and are more common in people living in impoverished environments and with underlying medical conditions.
Using the Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT), astronomers have investigated a planetary nebula known as NGC 6905 and its central star. Results of the study, presented in a paper published October 18 on the arXiv pre-print server, provide more insights into the nature of this object.
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Researchers from the Low Energy Electronic Systems Interdisciplinary Research Group at Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, MIT's research enterprise in Singapore, together with collaborators at the MIT, National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University have discovered a new method of generating long-wavelength (red, orange, and yellow) light through the use of i
An unusual signal from the direction of Proxima Centauri previously thought to be possible alien technology was actually just broken Earth technology, a new study suggests.
Preserving stem cells that go on to produce sperm and reimplanting them later can restore fertility for people who have undergone cancer treatments such as chemotherapy
At a recent contemporary-art exhibition I attended in the town of Asbest, in the Ural mountains east of Moscow, residents puzzled over the meaning behind an installation featuring a children's playground. The video explaining the art's meaning did not work, so visitors grasped for clues. Individual knots along some of the metal rods could hint at barbed wire, one suggested. Might this be a nod at
Some seahorses pair for life, with the males carrying the pregnancies – but if the pair are separated for even a few days the female seems to forget the male
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. Facebook is one of the most powerful forces in the world . Today we got an unprecedented glimpse into how the company operates through a trove of internal documents called the Facebook Papers. The
The prosthetics industry and military have a long history that doesn't serve most people with limb difference. It's time for a justice-oriented approach.
A new study reveals the specific molecular mechanism that controls the transition from acute to chronic pain. The research in mice identifies this mechanism as a critical target for disease-modifying medicines. Findings from the study in Science Advances show that disabling N-acylethanolamine acid amidase (NAAA)—an intracellular enzyme—in the spinal cord during a 72-hour time window following per
As demand for electric vehicle batteries continues to grow, researchers have developed a method for predicting how changes to manufacturing processes and materials will impact battery life.
A new study has found that women over the age of 50 who had breastfed their babies performed better on cognitive tests compared to women who had never breastfed. The findings suggest that breastfeeding may have a positive impact on postmenopausal women's cognitive performance and could have long-term benefits for the mother's brain.
Analysis: early uncertainty around vaccination advice for expectant mothers has left them confused and hesitant Pregnant women are being turned away from Covid vaccine clinics, experts warn Coronavirus – latest updates In the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, there was uncertainty around almost everything, from who was more adversely affected by Covid-19 to who should get vaccinated first
A pharmaceutical product called TT-10, which spurs proliferation of heart muscle cells, was thought to offer promise to treat heart attacks. In a mouse heart-attack model several years ago, intraperitoneal injection of TT-10 at first promoted proliferation of heart muscle cells and showed declines in the size of the dead area of heart muscle. However, these early improvements were followed by wors
Boji, a street dog living in Istanbul, Turkey, has become a popular sight on the city's subways, ferries, trams, and buses. Chris McGrath, a photographer with Getty Images, recently joined Boji as he made his rounds, during which he can travel as much as 30 kilometers a day. "Since noticing the dog's movements," McGrath says, "Istanbul Municipality officials began tracking his commutes via a micr
Nature, Published online: 26 October 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-02941-5 Jetties, docks and other artificial structures are fast replacing the natural ecosystems where sea meets land.
Incentives cover established sectors such as wind and solar as well as emerging technology, such as green hydrogen — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
(Photo: Bo Chen/UMD) Scientists have found a way to make wood sturdy and sharp enough to cut through steak. A team at the University of Maryland discovered that removing key polymers from wood allows them to "supercharge" the strength of the material and make it three times stronger than steel. In the latest issue of the materials science journal Matter , the UMD scientists detail their process.
Several years ago, I went on a somewhat fanatical quest to find a satisfying version of what I called a "metacookbook"—a book that doesn't just list out recipe instructions, but also explains the thinking behind them. The food journalist Priya Krishna and David Chang, the founder of the Momofuku family of restaurants, have together written a charming new entry in this subgenre, Cooking at Home: O
Scientists are probing topological insulators with circularly polarized light to reveal their many secrets. These exotic materials have potential for quantum computing and other technologies. They discovered that high harmonic generation produces a unique signature from the topological surface.
A new study reveals the specific molecular mechanism that controls the transition from acute to chronic pain, and identifies this mechanism as a critical target for disease-modifying medicines.
Interleukin-12 — a messenger molecule of immune cells — was long considered to trigger the development of psoriasis. Now, researchers have shown that interleukin-12 does not actually cause the skin disease but protects against it. This also explains why common psoriasis drugs that block the messenger show insufficient treatment efficacy.
In evolutionary biology, the 'Life History Theory,' first proposed in the 1950s, postulates that when the environment is favorable, the resources used by any organism are devoted for growth and reproduction. Conversely, in a hostile environment, resources are transferred to so-called maintenance programs, such as energy conservation and defense against external attacks. Scientists developed this i
Scientists have reported encouraging early tests of a gene therapy strategy against Angelman syndrome, a neurodevelopmental disorder that features poor muscle control and balance, hard-to-treat epilepsy, and intellectual disabilities.
Scientists have probed the molecular origins of recombination in RNA viruses. Hiccups during the copying process of viruses cause recombination to take place: the exchange of segments of viral RNA. While this can lead to the emergence of new virus variants, the mechanism can also be exploited to induce non-viable defective viruses
A drug used to treat agitation in people with dementia is no more effective than a placebo, and might even increase mortality, according to a new study. The research has shown that antidepressant mirtazapine offered no improvement in agitation for people with dementia — and was possibly more likely to be associated with mortality than no intervention at all.
With the WASA detector, a very special instrument is currently being set up at GSI/FAIR. Together with the fragment separator FRS, it will be used to produce and study so-called hypernuclei during the upcoming experiment period of FAIR Phase 0 in 2022. For this purpose, the assembly, which weighs several tons, is being transferred to the facility in a complex installation procedure.
Physicists have described in theoretical terms how to develop codes that cannot be broken by quantum computers — computing devices of the future. These codes rely on distributing single photons that share a quantum character solely among the parties that wish to communicate.
A new model sheds light on the function of a protein that is a major player in cancer growth, and their results could one day help researchers determine better ways to stop the spread of cancer.
The dislike of snakes is subconscious and, to some extent, learned, according to a new study. Snakes rank among Americans' top animal phobias, and are among the most disliked animals globally. "Snakes are important," says Audrey Vaughn, a former graduate student at North Carolina State University and first author of a paper published in the journal Anthrozoös . "They serve as both important preda
Nature, Published online: 26 October 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-02958-w Astronomers have found hints of what could be the first planet ever discovered outside our galaxy. Plus: A scientists' guide to COP26, and a strikingly detailed look at the insides of cells.
Nature, Published online: 26 October 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-02895-8 Catalogue of billions of phrases from 107 million papers could ease computerized searching of the literature.
Members of the public can now help teach an artificial intelligence algorithm to recognize scientific features in images taken by NASA's Perseverance rover.
»Tiden med halve tiltag og hule løfter skal afsluttes,« lød det fra FN's generalsekretær, Antonio Guterres, på et pressemøde i dag, da han præsenterede en ny UNEP-rapport, som tegner et sort billede af fremtidens klima.
By generating a specific mutation in lab mice, researchers determined that a protein domain in an enzyme called adenosine deaminase 1 p150 is necessary for binding and editing certain RNA molecules. Mutant mice showed inhibited growth after birth, as well as abnormally developed organs. Interestingly, their brains showed characteristics similar to encephalopathy seen in humans suffering from Aicar
Intensifying wildfire activity and climate change can drive rapid forest compositional shifts. In boreal North America, black spruce shapes forest flammability and depends on fire for regeneration. This relationship has helped black spruce maintain its dominance through much of the Holocene. However, with climate change and more frequent and severe…
Strawberry (Fragaria spp.) has emerged as a model system for various fundamental and applied research in recent years. In total, the genomes of five different species have been sequenced over the past 10 y. Here, we report chromosome-scale reference genomes for five strawberry species, including three newly sequenced species' genomes,…
Methyl farnesoate (MF) plays hormonal regulatory roles in crustaceans. An epoxidated form of MF, known as juvenile hormone (JH), controls metamorphosis and stimulates reproduction in insects. To address the evolutionary significance of MF epoxidation, we generated mosquitoes completely lacking either of the two enzymes that catalyze the last steps of…
Agricultural expansion into subtropical and tropical forests causes major environmental damage, but its wider social impacts often remain hidden. Forest-dependent smallholders are particularly strongly impacted, as they crucially rely on forest resources, are typically poor, and often lack institutional support. Our goal was to assess forest-smallholder dynamics in relation to…
The competition between turbulent convection and global rotation in planetary and stellar interiors governs the transport of heat and tracers, as well as magnetic field generation. These objects operate in dynamical regimes ranging from weakly rotating convection to the "geostrophic turbulence" regime of rapidly rotating convection. However, the latter regime…
There is an ongoing unprecedented loss in insects, both in terms of richness and biomass. The usage of pesticides, especially neonicotinoid insecticides, has been widely suggested to be a contributor to this decline. However, the risks of neonicotinoids to natural insect populations have remained largely unknown due to a lack…
Across many cities, estimates of methane emissions from natural gas (NG) distribution and end use based on atmospheric measurements have generally been more than double bottom-up estimates. We present a top-down study of NG methane emissions from the Boston urban region spanning 8 y (2012 to 2020) to assess total…
Snow is highly sensitive to atmospheric warming. However, because of the lack of sufficiently long snow avalanche time series and statistical techniques capable of accounting for the numerous biases inherent to sparse and incomplete avalanche records, the evolution of process activity in a warming climate remains little known. Filling this…
Pest management practices in modern industrial agriculture have increasingly relied on insurance-based insecticides such as seed treatments that are poorly correlated with pest density or crop damage. This approach, combined with high invertebrate toxicity for newer products like neonicotinoids, makes it challenging to conserve beneficial insects and the services that…
Accurate characterization of sexual dimorphism is crucial in evolutionary biology because of its significance in understanding present and past adaptations involving reproductive and resource use strategies of species. However, inferring dimorphism in fossil assemblages is difficult, particularly with relatively low dimorphism. Commonly used methods of estimating dimorphism levels in fossils…
Central questions for organ-specific autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes (T1D) are, What are the relevant self-antigens of the destructive processes and Why does the immune system become interested in them? In PNAS, Anderson et al. (1) provide more evidence that insulin and its precursors constitute a key antigen…
New data released today by the Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research on LawAtlas.org captures details of an emerging effort by states to limit executive authority to act in response to public health emergencies.
Kellie Lynch, associate professor in the UTSA Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice is addressing the critical link between the COVID-19 pandemic and firearm-related abuse and the need for safety planning.
After hours of searching conversation about America and the human soul, the former president of the United States reiterated his brand identity. "Here's what makes me optimistic … because, you know, I'm the hope guy," Barack Obama told Bruce Springsteen in a chat recorded last year for their podcast, Renegades: Born in the USA . Transcripts of that conversation have now been adapted into a book
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Researchers have successfully trialed two new qPCR assays to help detect the presence of transmissible AMR using water and wastewater samples. The scientists present a DNA-based testing method that provides a surrogate for monitoring AMR, which will make AMR screening cheaper and more accessible around the world.
Researchers have developed a tiny optical frequency comb, or microcomb, that uses two-mode squeezing to create unconditional entanglement between continuous optical fields. The miniature chip-based device lays the groundwork for mass production of deterministic quantum frequency combs that could be used for quantum computing, quantum metrology and quantum sensing.
Similar to grass stems, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists have created nanostrut-connected tube-in-tubes that enable stronger low-density structural materials.
Cambridge scientists have used downscaled laboratory models to show how sand dunes move through a landscape, revealing the conditions that determine whether they will pass through hurdles in their path—like pipelines or walls—or get stopped in their tracks.
Forest-dependent people living across the Gran Chaco have been put on the map for the first time. As agribusiness expands into the dry forest on which they rely, the impact of that expansion on them has been difficult to document because their homesteads are dotted over 1 million km2. But now an international team of researchers, including a researcher from McGill University, has used high resolut
Since 1974, contaminated water has been the most common driver of large-scale zoonotic infectious disease outbreaks, according to new research from the Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases (CEID) at the University of Georgia. The next two greatest drivers are unusual weather patterns and changes in the abundance of disease vectors such as mosquitos and ticks.
Mäktiga bergskedjor av Himalayatyp har bildats på liknande sätt under årmiljonerna. En studie visar att processerna varit likartade så långt tillbaka som åtminstone de senaste 1 800 miljoner åren – även för våra skandinaviska bergskedjor. Kaledonierna och den Svekonorvegiska provinsen kan för den oinvigda låta som två självutnämnda fantasiländer. Men den geologiskt bevandrade vet att namnen betec
Like some AI systems, the organ of thought appears to predict what word follows another to coax meaning from language — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Whales use a combination of rapid echolocation adjustments and nimble brain responses to zero in on fast-moving prey, suggests a study published today in eLife.
Cells can control their ability to move through the body by using a protein called fascin to control the stiffness of neighboring cells, suggests a study published today in eLife.
Meteorologists and emergency workers continue to contest the popular thinking that waiting out a tornado under an overpass is safe. According to the National Weather Service, doing so could actually increase the risk of death, in part because the wind from a tornado is thought to accelerate as it flows under the overpass, in what's known as the wind tunnel effect.
Seeing a person's face as we are talking to them greatly improves our ability to understand their speech. While previous studies indicate that the timing of words-to-mouth movements across the senses is critical to this audio-visual speech benefit, whether it also depends on spatial alignment between faces and voices has been largely unstudied.
Accurate forecasting of epidemic scenarios is critical to implementing effective public health intervention policies. While much progress has been made in predicting the general magnitude and timing of epidemics, there's still room for improvement in forecasting peak times, as unfortunately evidenced with H1N1 and COVID-19, when peak times occurred later than predicted.
Reihaneh Irani-Famili knows a little about the fault line running through just about every business today: the IT/OT divide. Now vice president of emergency planning and business resiliency at gas and electricity company National Grid, Irani-Famili was in previous jobs a translator of sorts between information technology, which manages data and applications, and operational technology, which mana
Researchers have, for the first time, seen how specific brain regions activate as two-year-old children remember newly learned words while the children are sleeping. "We can now leverage sleep to look at basic mechanisms of learning new words ," says Simona Ghetti, professor in the psychology department and at the Center for Mind and Brain at the University of California, Davis. At two to three y
Extragalactic Astronomers may have spotted thousands of exoplanets in different star systems, but they had yet to find evidence of exoplanets in other galaxies beyond our own Milky Way. Now, using data collected by NASA's Chandra X-Ray Telescope, an international team of scientists may have found evidence for the existence of a Saturn-sized planet in the Messier 51 galaxy, the BBC reports , some
Nature, Published online: 26 October 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-02834-7 Studies suggest that a reversal of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision would be detrimental for many.
Nature, Published online: 26 October 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-02891-y Funding pledges from China and other countries need to be given in grants — which must include research grants — and not as a reward for taking out loans.
Researchers have developed a chemical compound that interferes with a key feature of many viruses that allows the viruses to invade human cells. The researchers studied the compound, called MM3122, in cells and mice. It holds promise as a new way to prevent infection or reduce the severity of COVID-19 if given early in the course of an infection, according to the researchers. "The compound we're
A powerful atmospheric river storm that swept through California set rainfall records and helped douse wildfires. But it remained to be seen how much of a dent it made in the state's drought.
Countries' latest climate plans will deliver just a tiny percentage of the emissions cuts needed to limit global heating to 1.5C, the United Nations said on Tuesday in a damning assessment ahead of the COP26 climate summit.
A non-toxic, bacteria-based system can detect when it is inside a cancer cell and then release its payload of therapeutic drugs directly into the cell. The work could lead to effective, targeted therapies for currently untreatable cancers, such as liver or metastatic breast cancer.
Florida fishing guide and environmental activist Paul Fafeita says a highlight for his charter customers is spotting the manatees that forage for seagrass in shallow waters. It's not so thrilling when they come across the emaciated carcass of a manatee that starved to death.
In a world-first laboratory trial reported in Communications Biology, a research team at The University of Western Australia have mixed populations to produce tadpoles that would be more tolerant of climate change.
A new report has exposed how children and young people are vulnerable to the growing popularity of gambling adverts on social media, prompting calls from leading experts for much tighter regulations.
Climate hazards such as extreme heat, drought and storms could trigger "cascading impacts" that may be felt around the world within the next decade, warns a study released ahead of the UN climate summit, COP26.
An intriguing candidate signal picked up last year by the Breakthrough Listen project has been subjected to intensive analysis that suggests it is unlikely to originate from the Proxima Centauri system. Instead, it appears to be an artifact of Earth-based interference from human technologies, the Breakthrough Initiatives announced today. Two research papers, published in Nature Astronomy, discuss
A joint NASA-U.S. Naval Research Laboratory experiment dedicated to studying the origins of solar energetic particles—the Sun's most dangerous form of radiation—is ready for launch.
Barn med uppgivenhetssyndrom, det som tidigare kallades "apati", som separerades från resten av familjen blev friska. Uppehållstillstånd hade ingen påverkan på tillfrisknandet, visar en studie från Uppsala universitet. I Sverige har mer än 1 000 barn drabbats av uppgivenhetssyndrom. Sjukdomen, som tidigare kallades för apati, uppmärksammades första gången i Sverige 1998. Den drabbar barn och ungd
Microbes regulate soil carbon and nutrients cycles in terrestrial ecosystems through impacting the decomposition and incorporation of organic matter in soils. While, soil microbial communities are profoundly affected by changes in biotic and abiotic factors as a consequence of global change. How the soil microbial community responds to the inter—annual variations remains unclear.
Urban green infrastructure (UGI) refers to the natural and semi-natural open spaces with ecosystem functions in and around the cities. Improving urban green infrastructure is considered as an important technical means for the effective control of atmospheric PM2.5 (particles aerodynamic diameter of lower than or equal to 2.5 μm) pollution.
Imagine a single policy, imposed on one industry, which would, if enforced consistently, stop fossil fuels causing global warming within a generation. The Carbon Takeback Obligation could do just that. It requires fossil fuel extractors and importers to dispose safely and permanently of a rising fraction of the CO2 they generate, with that fraction rising to 100% by the year of net-zero. Criticall
The endosperm, the tissue surrounding the plant embryo in the seed, has long been perceived as a nourishing tissue that is abandoned once the transition to the seedling is complete. A Swiss team, led by scientists from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), has now shown that the endosperm also plays a key role in the proper development of the seedling after germination. It acts notably on the formatio
Today, Americans have access to what feels like an endless amount of workout routines, huge gyms, and even high-end home workout equipment like the Peloton. Despite all that, new research estimates that the average American does about 30 minutes less physical activity a day than an American 200 years ago.
Flame retardants are chemicals found in furniture, textiles, coatings, and plastics such as cell phones, laptops, televisions, etc., and are intended to prevent or delay the spread of a fire. The first ones came onto the market in the 1970s and since then the number of different ones has expanded. Flame retardants can be released into the environment through high temperatures, friction or cleaning
An often overlooked feature could give scientists new insight into the lives of ancient primate species. Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed formulas that can calculate the body size of a primate based on the root size of its teeth. The formulas could allow researchers to make use of partial and incomplete fossils in order to learn how ancient primates—including human a
Whether you prefer notes of berry and citrus or chocolate and nuts, dark roast or light, a good cup of coffee can be a simple pleasure. You probably would notice if some of your morning brew's brightness disappeared, or if the familiar fruity aroma dulled a little. Changes like these might not stem from when the beans were roasted or ground, but from growing conditions.
While Greta Thunberg, the climate activist, laments that animal products are 'stealing' her future, humanity keeps consuming meat. In fact, approximately between 90-97% of us eat meat, with worldwide meat consumption currently on the rise. Yet, the majority of people are concerned, at least to an extent, with animal welfare. In fact, research has shown that many are inclined to empathize more with
The widely used pesticide thiacloprid can cause a large-scale decline in freshwater insects. This was discovered by researchers from the Living Lab in Leiden. For three months they counted the flying insects in the 36 ditches of the lab. Their research appeared in PNAS.
Stem cell therapy requires a lot of human cells of a specific type. Shining a near-infrared laser on adult stem cells derived from human body fat makes the stem cells replicate 54% faster. Following that up with a green laser enables the stem cells to transform into different kinds of cells faster and more reliably, researchers from the University of Johannesburg discovered. The consecutive irradi
A team of Brown University researchers has shown a new method of probing the properties of anyons, strange quasiparticles that could be useful in future quantum computers.
In a recent study published in Physical Review Letters, a research team led by Prof. Jiang Bin from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences proposed a recursively embedded atom neural network (REANN) model based on their previous work on creating high-precision machine-learning (ML) potential surface methods.
Diffraction is a natural property of light beams that allows light to bend around obstacles. Because light serves as a carrier of information, some of the distorting effects of diffraction must be mitigated for many technological applications. Topological insulators, first unveiled in condensed matter physics, have attracted interest for over a decade. A photonic topological insulator can help ens
Reviews of Apple's M1 Pro and M1 Max landed yesterday. While most articles focused on the overall performance of the laptops, we're more interested in the comparative performance between Apple's larger M1 CPUs and the x86 CPUs it competes with from Intel and AMD. The competitive data now available suggests the scaled-up M1 remains a potent threat to Intel and AMD. The problem for the x86 manufact
The skin bacterium Staphylococcus aureus often develops antibiotic resistance. It can then cause infections that are difficult to treat. Researchers have now uncovered an ingenious way in which a certain strain of Staphylococcus aureus protects itself against the important antibiotic vancomycin.
Collagen, the main component of the skin's extracellular matrix, can cause a pathological condition if it is in excess. Applying an electric field to the skin affects collagen pathways, temporarily reducing collagen production and increasing its degradation. These results open new therapeutic perspectives for the topical treatment of skin fibrosis characterized by excessive collagen deposition.
Groups of scientists found in 2017 that long-range magnetic order can stably existence at atomic layer thickness in two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) materials. This significant discovery provides ideal materials platform for the realization of two-dimensional vdW spintronic devices. In order to construct new high-speed spintronics devices, it is necessary to study the ultrafast spin dynami
An important component of the development and growth of different parts of the human body is the disassembly of organs and structures from previous stages. The most obvious example is metamorphosis in insects, but this process also occurs in humans during the development of sex glands and during postlactational involution of the mammary gland.
Infrared (IR) light is invisible to humans. However, some animals, such as rattlesnakes or bloodsucking bats, can perceive IR radiation and use it to find food. But even for humans, the ability to see in the short-wave IR (SWIR) range would sometimes be useful. With the help of starlight alone, one could see quite sharply at night. Mechanics would be able to see the heat of a soldering tip at a gl
På en innerstadsskola pratade vissa elever förortsslang, trots att de aldrig bott i förorten. "Kulturell appropriering", menade andra elever. En avhandling har undersökt ungdomars syn på vad som är bra och dåligt språk. – När jag kom till gymnasieskolan i innerstaden hade jag förväntningar om att förortsslang skulle ha låg status eftersom tidigare forskning visar att förortsslangen har blivit för
In physics, "universality" refers to properties of systems that are independent of their details. Establishing the universality of quantum dynamics is one of the key interests of theoretical physicists. Now, researchers from Japan have identified such a universality in disordered quantum systems, characterized by a one-parameter scaling for surface roughness and entanglement entropy (a measure of
Households manage their yards in diverse ways and new research has found that their landscaping and management decisions have the potential to increase wild bird habitat and influence bird biodiversity in their yard and also at the neighborhood and city scale.
Benskörhet kan upptäckas med hjälp av vanliga röntgenbilder som tas på tänder och käkar i samband med tandläkarbesök. Många benbrott skulle alltså kunna förebyggas om läkare och tandläkare kunde samarbeta. En klinisk väg in till sjukvården för tandläkare samt en utveckling av mjukvaran som kan diagnostisera benskörhet. Det är två framgångsfaktorer för att tandvården ska kunna bidra till upptäckte
People can be your most important catalyst for digital transformation—or the greatest obstacle. When people-related challenges to transformation progress emerge, the problems are usually very easy to identify but much harder to solve. The challenge is not awareness. Organizations realize that cloud transformations are hard and that they need highly skilled, motivated staff to carry out the projec
A team of international researchers reported last year that they had uncovered the largest and oldest Maya monument — Aguada Fénix. That same team has now uncovered nearly 500 smaller ceremonial complexes that are similar in shape and features to Aguada Fénix. The find transforms previous understanding of Mesoamerican civilization origins and the relationship between the Olmec and the Maya people
Borneo's Mount Kinabalu stands as a geologic monument to plant diversity, laying claim to thousands of species—including the world's largest flower, a grapevine-sapping parasite that grows 3-plus feet wide and draws pollinating flies with a stench of decay.
Data gathered by backcountry skiers, avalanche forecasters and other snow recreationists and professionals has the potential to greatly improve snowpack modeling, research by the Oregon State University College of Engineering indicates.
Neurons live in a society, and scientists just found the ones that may allow us to thrive in our own society. Like humans, individual neurons are strikingly unique. Also like humans, they're constantly in touch with each other. They hook up into neural circuit "friend groups," break apart when things change, and rewire into new cliques. This flexibility lets their collective society (the brain) a
Using specialized carbon nanotubes, MIT engineers have designed a novel sensor that can detect SARS-CoV-2 without any antibodies, giving a result within minutes. Their new sensor is based on technology that can quickly generate rapid and accurate diagnostics, not just for COVID-19 but for future pandemics, the researchers say.
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For patients with anemia or low blood oxygen levels, blood substitutes could potentially replace transfusions of red blood cells, a mathematical model indicates. Blood transfusions save lives, yet the precious fluid is in desperately short supply in the United States and around the world. But what if transfusions don't always require blood? The mathematical model of the body's interacting physiol
Drone technology has moved from military bases to the wider world, and it's already changing much of what we do in our daily lives. If you're wondering why drones are everywhere, this Black Drone with Dual HD 4K Camera will help you take to the skies, shoot amazing footage, and see just why so many people love drones. And you'll get $5 in credit in our store to use on more gear for your shoot. Ge
Nature, Published online: 26 October 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-02739-5 Various approaches are approved for treating blood cancers and a few rare disorders—they may soon become standard care.
Nature, Published online: 26 October 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-02877-w Nature's pages feature musings about the value of studying wetlands, and a report of the excavation of an ancient city in Sicily.
Nature, Published online: 26 October 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-02734-w Tragic side effects plagued the field's early years, but researchers are finding ways to minimize the risks.
Nature, Published online: 26 October 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-02737-7 The field is beginning to fulfill its potential. These therapies offer a glimpse of what's to come.
Kids with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder often don't get the best treatment, researchers report. When a 4- or 5-year-old is diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, the pediatrician is supposed to recommend a specific therapy to improve parents' skill at handling the child's behavior. The therapy, called Parent Training in Behavior Management, is backed by scientific evi
The most striking feature of Prime Minister Scott Morrison's long-term emissions reduction plan outlined on Tuesday is not the long-telegraphed commitment to net-zero emissions by 2050, or the promise of a A$20 billion clean energy program (around 0.2% of national income annually).
Ved hjælp af stamcelleterapi har forskere kureret mus for type 2-diabetes. Musenes blodsukker forblev lavt i hele perioden, som forskerne fulgte dem efter behandlingen.
Government targets to make the UK carbon neutral by 2050 could be worthless if current carbon accounting systems aren't radically reformed, warns a leading academic.
Penn State scientists are combining their skills in data science and innovative approaches to mobile technology with their ability to forge community partnerships to find ways to support families in their home literacy efforts.
"There is no way we are going to be able to ban the entire world from using fossil fuels in time to meet our climate goals," warns Professor Myles Allen, the Oxford expert credited with first demonstrating, 15 years ago, the need for net-zero carbon dioxide emissions to stop global warming.
I dag venter børn og unge i mistrivsel alt for længe på at blive udredt af PPR, mener Lægeforeningen, der vil have indført en ret til vurdering i løbet af 30 dage. Men Lægeforeningen har ikke øje for bredden af PPRs arbejde eller konsekvenserne af en garanti, siger formand for KL's Børne- og Undervisningsudvalg.
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory experts race toward sustainable clean energy with advances in fusion energy. Steve Obenschain, Ph.D., a research physicist at NRL, said nuclear fusion would be a valuable addition to clean energy sources because it can provide baseload electrical power when the sun does not shine and the wind does not blow. The baseload is the minimum level of demand on an electrical
Discounting anthropogenic-induced changes, the seasonally oscillating environments where long-lived fish hatch and grow remain more or less the same throughout the course of their lives. This means that the common explanation that states that fish become sexually active—or spawn for the first time—after experiencing certain environmental stimuli does not properly explain this phenomenon.
Det här är en kommenterande text. Analyser och åsikter är skribentens egna. FORSKARKOMMENTAR. De kriminalpolitiska förslagen om hårdare tag har blivit ett återkommande inslag i de senaste årens samhällsdebatt. Den vanligaste förklaringen är att betrakta detta som en naturlig konsekvens av det allvarliga läge vi har när det gäller utvecklingen av det dödliga skjutvapenvåldet bland unga män.
A retrovirus is a virus that inserts a copy of its genome into the DNA of a host cell that it invades, thus changing that cell's genome. Once inside the host cell's cytoplasm, the virus uses its reverse transcriptase enzyme to produce DNA from its RNA genome, the reverse of the usual pattern, thus retro. The host cell then treats the viral DNA as part of its genome, transcribing and translating th
Astronomers once wondered if there were other planets in the heavens, and we certainly know the answer to that one: a resounding yes. With the help of instruments like the dearly departed Kepler Space Telescope, we've discovered thousands of exoplanets , but most of those are within a few thousand light-years of Earth. A new discovery courtesy of NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory could point the w
Logbooks kept by sailors on board the UK warship HMS Warrior in the 1860s could soon help reveal a more complete picture of how Earth's climate has changed since pre-industrial times.
Lakes are usually pictured as tranquil environments, largely uninfluenced by the enormous tidal power which drives the oceans. But the surface winds that act upon lakes can significantly alter the environment in which many lake species thrive—particularly during summer.
DNA, the hereditary material, interacts with proteins in the nuclei of cells to form a tightly packed complex with proteins, which is referred to as "chromatin." The molecular architecture of the chromatin regulates access to genes, and therefore determines which genes can be activated in different cell types. Various chemical modifications of proteins called histones—which play a decisive role in
Carotenoids are the underlying pigment for much of the enormous variety of color found across birds and form the basis for the colors red, yellow and orange. In a study published in Current Biology, researchers from Uppsala University and Princeton University have uncovered the genetic basis for the yellow beak of some Darwin's finch nestlings.
Many people—around half of the adult population—are infected with a type of herpesvirus called human cytomegalovirus, or HCMV. Though mostly asymptomatic, the virus can be dangerous for immunocompromised people and unborn babies. Because HCMV is so widespread, the chance of a baby becoming infected in utero is around one in 200, and that infection can lead to problems with the baby's brain, lungs
Scientists from Skoltech and their colleagues have used a 3D printer to fuse two materials in an alloy whose composition continuously changes from one region of the sample to the other, endowing the alloy with gradient magnetic properties. Despite the nonmagnetic nature of the constituent materials, the alloy exhibits magnetic properties. Published in the Journal of Materials Processing Technology
A team of researchers from the University of Florida, led by Dr. Philip Feng, in collaboration with Prof. Steven Shaw in Florida Institute of Technology, has now demonstrated extremely high-efficient mechanical signal amplification in nanoscale mechanical resonators operating at radio frequency. The devices employed in this research might be the tiniest mechanical resonators exhibiting amplificati
Scientists are learning more and more about human biological variation, including of sex characteristics. But images of the human body in anatomy remain mostly muscular, white, and male with limited diversity, including of sex.
Recent turns in popular rhetoric have inspired discussions about what it means to be politically tolerant and the degree to which Americans believe in the principle of rights reciprocity. Do people imagine their fundamental rights of expression, worship and assembly as being secure in a government controlled by their political opponents who do not share their broader sensibilities?
Alvarez studies collective and interpersonal violence. From 2001 until 2003 he was the founding director of the Martin-Springer Institute for Teaching the Holocaust, Tolerance, and Humanitarian Values. His latest book, "Unstable Ground: Climate Change, Conflict, and Genocide," looks at the human impact of climate change and its potential to provoke ethnic conflict, war and genocide.
Dags att ställa tillbaka klockan en timme igen. Men tidsomställningen är ifrågasatt och EU-kommissionen föreslår att den ska avskaffas. Sverige har ännu inte tagit ställning, och inte heller till om vintertid eller sommartid i så fall ska bestå. Enligt Arne Lowden, forskare vid Stockholms universitet, är morgonljuset prio – särskilt på vintern. Vad tycker du om att det snart är dags för vintertid
Fresh emissions targets from Saudi Arabia and Australia—two of the world's largest fossil-fuel producers—are due to arrive just in time for global climate talks in Glasgow. These would commit the two countries to reducing domestic emissions to net zero by around mid-century—though both are expected to continue exporting fossil fuels for decades to come.
Multilingual skills that allow people to switch from one language to another or mix languages are often considered more as a problem rather than an asset.
Why did the people living near the Nile river migrate to central Egypt 10,000 years ago, when the Egyptian Sahara was still green? Geologists led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland, have studied the fossil rivers north of Lake Nasser in Egypt in order to reconstruct the palaeo-hydrology of the region and to determine the rainfall rate of this African humid period. They found that fol
Employees may have all the leverage in today's job market, but looking for work is still a grind that must be managed correctly, according to a human resources expert at Florida Atlantic University.
Many Latino families chose virtual learning for their children instead of returning to the classroom last fall in an effort to minimize health risks and protect vulnerable family members from COVID-19, according to a new study from a Rice University sociologist.
Microplastics, owing to their chemical properties, can carry micropollutants into a fish's digestive system where they are subsequently released through the action of its gastric and intestinal fluids. EPFL scientists, working in association with other research institutes, have studied this process by looking specifically at progesterone—often pointed to as an endocrine disrupter.
Scientists have created wearable, stitchable, and sensitive sensors from flexible polymers and bundles of carbon fibre. Like our skin, these sensors respond to pressure and can measure body position and movement. They could be used to measure disease progress in Parkinson's disease, or sense joint movement in athletes, for example.
With the help of special glasses that interface with electrodes embedded in her brain, Berna Gomez was able to read letters and distinguish shapes for the first time in 16 years.
A look at 48,000 conventional monuments in the United States reveals trends in who or what gets memorialized with a statue and who or what does not. In October 2021, a statue of George Floyd —displayed among figures of John Lewis, the late civil rights activist and US Congressman from Georgia, and Breonna Taylor, a Black woman killed by Louisville police officers following forced entry into her h
What are the origins of musical rhythm? Are humans the only mammals that have rhythm? Researchers have studied indris, the 'singing primates' from Madagascar to learn more. Indri songs recorded in the wild have rhythmic categories similar to those found in human music. Finding common musical traits across species may shed light on the biology and evolution of rhythm and music.
New findings add to a growing body of evidence indicating that type 1 diabetes is not a single disease. The presentation and, perhaps, cause of autoimmune diabetes differs among genetically high-risk children, the University of South Florida Health-led research suggests.
With age, the human heart gradually loses its ability to repair itself following injury. Damage wrought by injuries such as cardiac ischemia and heart attack, which are associated with decreased oxygen levels in the heart, can cause the heart to function below normal capacity, making it difficult for patients to carry out day-to-day activities. To augment heart repair after ischemic injury, resear
What if we could identify proteins as easily as we can sequence DNA and RNA? Perhaps soon we will, thanks to new DNA Nanoswitch Calipers. DNA Calipers create a unique 'fingerprint' for peptides (the building blocks of proteins) by repeatedly applying force to them to generate a series of distance measurements for each peptide. This innovation opens up a new avenue for pursuing the goal of single-c
Scientists studying the most common and aggressive type of brain tumour in adults have discovered a new way of analysing diseased and healthy cells from the same patient.
We cannot see how plants sense force, at least not yet. But a discovery by plant biologists at Washington University in St. Louis will help make it possible to study how mechanical forces, such as gravity, affect the way that plant cells form and grow.
By combining computational and experimental approaches, researchers identified cancer drugs that show promise for treating pulmonary hypertension, or PH, a rare and incurable lung disease.
Scientists have revealed how bacteria make tiny liquid droplets from proteins to help them survive harsh environments and thus reduce their chances of being killed by antibiotics.
Muscle cells in patients with type 2 diabetes have a disrupted biological clock. The new findings suggest that treatments for type 2 diabetes may be more or less effective depending on the time of day they are given.
For most of recorded human history we knew of only those planets that were naked-eye visible (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn). We new these dots of light in the sky were different from the other stars because they were not fixed, they wandered about. The invention of the telescope and its use in astronomy allowed us to study the planets and see that they were worlds of their own, while
Nature, Published online: 26 October 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-02901-z Simple, regular checks could squelch some pernicious practices by unscrupulous publishers and preserve your digital presence.
Nature, Published online: 26 October 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-02904-w Cutting-edge microscopy techniques are allowing researchers to spy on the innards of cells in all their crowded glory.
Hos Danmarks satellit-producent Gomspace finder man nogle af landets reneste rum, og i samlehallen bliver satellitter skruet sammen af mænd i hvide kitler, iført hårnet og mundbind.
Svenskarna är mer uppkopplade än någonsin – men samtidigt ökar oron för obehörig övervakning. Det är några av slutsatserna i Internetsstiftelsen årliga undersökning "Svenskarna och internet".
Three years ago, we wrote that the Japanese Society of Anesthesiologists had in 2017 asked several journals to retract a total of nine papers by Yuhji Saitoh, formerly of Yachiyo Medical Center and Tokyo Women's Medical University. According to the society, Saitoh had committed ethics violations in 10 articles, three of which had already been … Continue reading
Scientific Reports, Published online: 26 October 2021; doi:10.1038/s41598-021-00510-4 Pseudogenization of the chloroplast threonine ( trn T-GGU) gene in the sunflower family (Asteraceae)
Chile peppers, which are native to South America, were introduced to what is now New Mexico more than four centuries ago. But growers of the state's iconic crop are already seeing the effects of climate change in a year beleaguered by drought — and their concern for the crop's future grows.
Nature, Published online: 26 October 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-02906-8 To thwart publishing rackets that undermine scholars and scholarly publishing, legitimate journals should show their workings.
Nature Communications, Published online: 26 October 2021; doi:10.1038/s41467-021-26249-0 The topology of a polymer is normally a fixed property of the material, derived from the characteristic of the monomers and their linkages. Here the authors present a method to transform the topology of block copolymers containing rotaxane linkages via acetylation.
Nature Communications, Published online: 26 October 2021; doi:10.1038/s41467-021-26428-z The pandemic has caused disruption to many aspects of scientific research. In this Comment the authors describe the findings from surveys of scientists between April 2020 and January 2021, which suggests there was a decline in new projects started in that time.
Nature Communications, Published online: 26 October 2021; doi:10.1038/s41467-021-26452-z The proportion of a population that has previously been infected by a pathogen is typically estimated using antibody thresholds adjusted for sensitivity and specificity. Here, the authors present a model-based alternative to threshold methods which accounts for antibody waning and other sources of spectrum bi
Nature Communications, Published online: 26 October 2021; doi:10.1038/s41467-021-26439-w Molecular designs improving the performance of thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitters are greatly desired for optoelectronic applications. The authors propose a molecular geometry with donor and acceptor moieties facing each other separated by an anthracene bridge, giving rise to hot exciple
Nature Communications, Published online: 26 October 2021; doi:10.1038/s41467-021-26474-7 How far back in time plate tectonics operated on Earth is debated because of a paucity of geological evidence for horizontal plate motions. Here the authors show that plates moved laterally by >3500 kilometres 2.7–2.5 billion years ago, demonstrating plate tectonics in the Archean Eon, when life developed on
Many experts have called for the reintroduction of some public health measures to reduce transmission rates. However, the government has repeatedly said it is not yet bringing in its 'plan B' for England. Madeleine Finlay speaks to science correspondent Nicola Davis about what it could entail and whether it would help us avoid the need for more stringent and longer-lasting measures down the line
Many experts have called for the reintroduction of some public health measures to reduce transmission rates. However, the government has repeatedly said it is not yet bringing in its 'plan B' for England. Madeleine Finlay speaks to science correspondent Nicola Davis about what it could entail and whether it would help us avoid the need for more stringent and longer-lasting measures down the line.
A nature reserve near the capital of war-scarred Libya that has long been a sanctuary for hyenas, rare birds and plants is now under threat due to climate change and human activity.
Coal-rich Australia unveiled a much-delayed 2050 net zero emissions target Tuesday, in a plan that pointedly dodged thorny details or near-term goals ahead of a landmark UN climate summit.
Hoof prints in the mud, tree bark nibbled away: even if the newest residents of Romania's Carpathian mountain forest shy away from visitors, their traces are there for those who know where to look.
Asia suffered its hottest year on record in 2020, the United Nations said Tuesday ahead of the COP26 summit, with extreme weather taking a heavy toll on the continent's development.
Tandvården kan spela en viktig roll för att upptäcka benskörhet. Genom ett närmare samarbete med sjukvården kan därmed flera benbrott förebyggas, menar forskaren Joanna Gullberg. Men intresset från läkarkåren är ljumt.
President Joe Biden heads to a vital U.N. climate summit at a time when a majority of Americans regard the deteriorating climate as a problem of high importance to them, an increase from just a few years ago.
Elbilar var populära under början av 1900-talet men slogs ändå snart ut av bensindrivna bilar. Nu tyder forskning från Lunds universitet på att dåligt utbyggda elnät var den främsta orsaken – inte låg prestanda och höga priser.
The documented habitat boundaries of the loggerhead, Kemp's ridley and green turtles are questioned by a new study suggesting that stranded turtles rescued from European French Atlantic and Channel waters could be visiting the area to forage for food. Published in Frontiers in Marine Science, satellite tracking data reveals that while some turtles may be able to return home, after their rehabilita
This book is a handy reference that explains what happens when you visit the Emergency Department and provides tips on how you can handle some problems at home. The post first appeared on Science-Based Medicine .
Whether you prefer visuals, audio, reading or writing, the concept of learning styles is the most widespread myth in education. Here are some science-backed alternatives.
Senast år 2050 ska Australien bli klimatneutralt, det vill säga nå nettonollutsläpp. Det lovar nu premiärminister Scott Morrison inför klimatmötet i Glasgow.
A small study puts a fine point on the concern that major surgery, which is highly invasive, may accelerate cognitive decline in some patients. Nobody would argue that undergoing a major surgical procedure is a walk in the park, but the worry over post-surgery cognition has, up until now, been based largely on anecdotal evidence. The new study's results, which appear in JAMA Neurology , point to
A cognitive click is a more like a sudden moment of realising something, like really getting the point, which might results in a drastic change in one's beliefs or attitudes. It's like there was a blind spot that suddenly been perfectly clear out of nowhere, whether it takes days, months or years to get. For example, an old woman told you once a simple sentence as an advice for you, but you didn'
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