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Everybody loves bees, but their cousins the wasps often provoke a far less friendly reaction. The much-maligned insects often inspire fear, disgust or even the "kill it with fire" response.

Was the story of the Garden of Eden originally told as a way to explain the unfolding Agricultural Revolution from the perspective of the people who were there? We discuss on the latest episode of the Human Nature Odyssey podcast submitted by /u/humannatureodyssey [link] [comments]

The cost of building an artificial intelligence product like ChatGPT can be hard to measure.

Plants range from simple seaweeds and single-celled pond scum, through to mosses, ferns and huge trees. Paleontologists like us have long debated exactly how this diverse range of shapes and sizes emerged, and whether plants emerged from algae into multicellular and three-dimensional forms in a gradual flowering or one big bang.

The U.S. government is investing over US$7 billion in the coming years to try to manage the nation's escalating wildfire crisis. That includes a commitment to treat at least 60 million acres in the next 10 years by expanding forest-thinning efforts and controlled burns.

Plants range from simple seaweeds and single-celled pond scum, through to mosses, ferns and huge trees. Paleontologists like us have long debated exactly how this diverse range of shapes and sizes emerged, and whether plants emerged from algae into multicellular and three-dimensional forms in a gradual flowering or one big bang.

More than 1,000 people were killed by a powerful earthquake that shook Morocco late yesterday, forcing residents to flee their homes in the middle of the night. The 6.8-magnitude quake caused widespread damage in both small villages and the city of Marrakesh. Rescue operations are under way, though they are slowed by damaged roads and communication networks, in a race to find those who remain tra

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Nature Communications, Published online: 09 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-41358-8 Brachiopod-bivalve switch in diversity dominance after the Palaeozoic era is a textbook example of clade replacement, and its mechanism has long been debated. Here, new Bayesian analyses suggest that diversification turnover between the two was not driven by biotic competition but the end-Permian extinction

Known as Dr. Max (he was not a medical doctor. but had a Ph.D. in neuroscience), he reported on health and science with an easygoing gravitas.

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In camera trap footage captured in the Alaskan wilderness, the moose appears to try to fight off the bear, as the wolf goes after the calf.

For the most sensitive parts of the human body, friction is the enemy. Here's how to keep it at bay.

Michael Truelsen har sendt os dette feriebillede fra Cusco i Peru, hvor han så en masse Inka-ruiner. Han hæftede sig dog især ved skiltene, der indikerer et problem med, at de besøgende opfører falske mure. Megairriterende, når nu de har så mange i forvejen! Illustration: Michael Truelsen. Hjemvendt igen har Michael Truelsen i øvrigt bidt mærke i DR-nyheden fra sidste uge, om at de indfører krav o

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Get ready to witness the most remarkable gold site improvements ever revealed! Join us as we embark on an exhilarating journey deep into the heart of gold mining, unveiling groundbreaking enhancements that will leave you in awe. Prepare to be amazed as Freddy Dodge provides significant upgrades designed to optimize productivity and efficiency at the site. #discovery #goldrushminerescue Stream Ful

Monkeys and dogs were usually used to test whether humans could survive outside Earth’s atmosphere – but 60 years ago the French tried something a little different In a few weeks, space scientists will celebrate a remarkable event – the 60th anniversary of the launch of the first cat into space, an astronautical feat that has never been repeated. A small black-and-white Parisian stray, Félicette,

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The "yeti" crab is white and hairy, as its nickname suggests, and it thrives in hydrothermal vents in Antarctica's frigid waters.

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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE What OpenAI Really Wants Steven Levy | Wired “For Altman and his company, ChatGPT and GPT-4 are merely stepping stones along the way to achieving a simple and seismic mission, one these technologists may as well have branded on their flesh. That mission is to build artificial general intelligence—a concept that’s so far been grounded more in science fiction than science—an

This article originally appeared in Hakai Magazine . In several quiet rooms in a marine lab in southwest France, dozens of Pacific oysters sit in glass tanks, quietly living their oyster lives. Each morning, the lights come up slowly, carefully mimicking the rising sun, but at night the test groups’ rooms never fully darken. The dim glow simulates the light pollution that plagues many marine spec

This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. For many years, choosing to give up meat meant choosing to stop experiencing its taste. Vegan and vegetarian food had many merits, but tasting like meat was not one of them. In the past half decade, th

Plus: Google leaked its own images of the Pixel 8 and Pixel Watch, and you can now learn music in Duolingo.

Plus: Apple patches newly discovered flaws exploited by NSO Group spyware, North Korean hackers target security researchers, and more.

Two studies use artificial intelligence to analyse ‘old master’ painting and return opposite verdicts Authenticating works of art is far from an exact science, but a madonna and child painting has sparked a furious row, being dubbed “the battle of the AIs”, after two separate scientific studies arrived at contradictory conclusions. Both studies used state-of-the art AI technology. Months after on

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Laxatives are having a major cultural renaissance — so much so, in fact, that soaring demand for the drugs is reportedly causing a national shortage. As T he Wall Street Journal reports , the US is experiencing a scarcity of polyethylene glycol 3350, the pharmaceutical powering name-brand products like Miralax and Glycolax. As for why? It's complicated. Per the report, there are several suspected

In what may be a resurgence of an outdated and wasteful custom, people in fishing towns are launching dynamite into the water — to catch fish. As The Guardian reports , this method known as "blast fishing" is illegal in most parts of the world, including the waters around the island country of Sri Lanka, where an uptick in this harmful practice is devastating local communities. "Everything within

Living Tissue Over Endoskeleton A pair of researchers have created a living skin made of fungus, directly inspired by the 1984 film "The Terminator." The goal is to develop a coating that could act as a biodegradable and multifunctional sensor for electronics, as New Scientist reports . Conventional electronic sensors made of silicone tend to be difficult to manufacture and often are limited in h

Spying Spectra What if NASA's groundbreaking James Webb Space Telescope was pointed straight at an exoplanet exactly like the Earth? Would it recognize a civilization like ours? In a yet-to-be-peer-reviewed new paper , a team of researchers including NASA and Jet Propulsion Lab scientists examined high-resolution spectra taken by a Canadian satellite called SCISAT. The data identified a variety o

Reintroducing large herbivores into fire-prone areas can help combat the global rise in megafires

Doona's newest device promises that you won't forget your kid in a hot car seat. But be wary of devices that could harm more than help.

As dry soils contract, underground pipes rupture—disrupting cities, frustrating conservation efforts, and highlighting the vulnerability of critical infrastructure to a warming climate.

Democrats say deaths will follow false claim by Dr Joseph Ladapo that new boosters were not tested on humans Covid-19 deaths are inevitable in Florida, Democrats are warning, after rightwing Republican governor Ron DeSantis joined the state’s controversial surgeon general in urging residents to ignore public health advice and avoid new vaccines targeting a resurgence of the virus . The extraordin

Relief at rejoining flagship research scheme tempered by anger over loss of top academics since Brexit Britain may have rescued its scientific fortunes with a last-minute decision to rejoin the EU’s Horizon research programme – but the move should not be treated as a cause for jubilation, scientists have warned. The sluggish pace at which the agreement was reached has had too severe an impact on

New genetic research has reignited the controversy over which type of creature was the first to branch off the evolutionary tree from the common ancestor of all animals While life on Earth has flourished for billions of years, much of it has been single-celled and microscopic. None of the first organisms had brains, or even neurons (nerve cells). None of them could “think”. The first animals to e

Several distinguished individuals have recently expressed grave reservations about the prosecutions of former President Donald Trump. Notably, they appear to have no dispute about the seriousness of his wrongdoing. Rather, their main concern is that “ terrible consequences ” may result, because the prosecutions “ may come to be seen as political trials … and play directly into the hands of Trump

The world’s most powerful leaders gathered in New Delhi for the year’s premier diplomatic event—the G20 summit—but China’s Xi Jinping deemed it not worth his time. His absence sends a stark signal: China is done with the established world order. Ditching the summit marks a dramatic turn in China’s foreign policy. For the past several years, Xi has apparently sought to make China an alternative to

Earlier this year, the Department of Justice blocked Penguin Random House, owned by the German media giant Bertelsmann, from acquiring Simon & Schuster. The big five publishers—HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, Hachette, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster—already control about 80 percent of the book market. The literary class was relieved. Less than a year later, the private-equity firm Kohlberg

Nature Communications, Published online: 09 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-41268-9 The Mannich reaction is a well-established method for the synthesis of β-amino carbonyl compounds while the analogous reactions of homo-enol or its equivalents with imines or iminium ions are much less explored. Here, the authors describe a homo-Mannich reaction of cyclopropanol with imines generated via a

Nature Communications, Published online: 09 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-41257-y The introduction of metal sites into polyoxometalates is key for tuning their structure and reactivity but the complex mechanisms which govern metal functionalization of polyoxometalates are still poorly understood. Here, the authors report a coupled set of light-dependent and light-independent reaction equ

Nature Communications, Published online: 09 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-41113-z Silicon-stereogenic optically active silylboranes could potentially allow the formation of chiral silyl nucleophiles as well as the synthesis of various chiral silicon compounds but the synthesis of such silicon-stereogenic silylboranes remains underdeveloped. Here, the authors report the synthesis of silic

A long, dark night descends on the Moon.

A new investigation by Vulture reveals the alarming lengths movie studios will go to manipulate scores on Rotten Tomatoes, severely undermining the credibility of one of the world's foremost review aggregation sites. Under the microscope is a PR company called Bunker 15, which Vulture reports targets small, often self-published critics to help boost "Tomatometer" scores, paying them upwards of $5

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It's pumpkin spice season, and what better way to celebrate that than with some spice for your bedroom?

A new US government body would force companies to seek a license before working on powerful AI models like OpenAI's GPT-4, under a bipartisan proposal by senators Richard Blumenthal and Josh Hawley.

Charles Martinet has finally explained his new ambassador role at Nintendo. But the person behind Mario’s new voice remains a mystery.

After 11 years, Apple's Lightning connector is being replaced by USB-C in the iPhone 15.

Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has released a draft feral cat management plan.

Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has released a draft feral cat management plan.

At a recent medical gathering, researchers presented their latest hypotheses about what causes – and what could treat – the lingering disease. (Image credit: Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Nature Communications, Published online: 09 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-40784-y Magnetization reversal in magnetic topological insulators drives quantum phase transitions between quantum anomalous Hall, axion insulator, and normal insulator states. Using novel analysis protocol, the authors investigate critical behaviours of these transitions and establish their electronic origin.

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Red Handed A paper published in the journal Physica Scripta last month became the subject of controversy after Guillaume Cabanac, a computer scientist and integrity investigator, noticed that the ChatGPT query to "Regenerate Response" had been copied into the text, seemingly by accident. Now, the authors have fessed up to using the chatbot to help draft the article, becoming the latest testament

Darting Around Nearly a year ago, NASA successfully smashed an asteroid for the first time, in a landmark test to see whether we could divert a killer space rock before disaster — but now, the asteroid in question is behaving strangely. As New Scientist reports , a schoolteacher and his pupils seem to have discovered that the orbit of Dimorphos, the space rock socked by the Double Asteroid Redire

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Scientific Reports, Published online: 09 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41598-023-41995-5 ERG K + channels mediate a major component of action potential repolarization in lymphatic muscle

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Billions were sunk into the Human Genome Project and the promise of precision treatments personalised to the individual. Now many believe the money might have been better spent on public health interventions After spending 13 years and $2.7bn, the Human Genome Project announced in 2003 that it had successfully mapped our DNA, paving the way for a new era of medicine that would deliver “the right

Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner are the latest high-profile pair to announce their split in what some have deemed "the year of the celebrity breakup." Experts explain why people get so invested from afar. (Image credit: Rich Fury/Kevin Winter/Amy Sussman/Getty Images)

W ould you consider a donation to support Weekend Reads, and our daily work ? The week at Retraction Watch featured: Eight papers retracted after author found to be fictional Former Stanford president retracts 1999 Cell paper Weill Cornell cancer researchers committed research misconduct, feds say Frontiers retracts nearly 40 papers linked to ‘authorship-for-sale’ Our list of retracted or withdra

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Nature Communications, Published online: 09 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-41344-0 Carbon is a key support for metal-catalyzed acetylene hydrochlorination to vinyl chloride but its role remains elusive. Here, the authors, by means of operando spectroscopy, demonstrate the co-catalytic function of neighboring carbon and isolated metal atoms, constituting the active ensemble.

The answer depends on the design of the bullet and the gun, as well as on what happens once the bullet leaves the muzzle.

This first week of September, researchers reported on burned-out sharks, a method for maintaining quantum coherence and some positive market news for old-timey coal barons. Plus: Snail slime is really impressive if you look at it from a molecular standpoint.

G/O Media's vision of the future continues to come into focus. Unfortunately, as it stands, that vision seems increasingly human-free. To recap: last week, Gizmodo owner G/O Media fired the human employees at the blog's Spanish-language site, Gizmodo Español , replacing those writers and their work — which included original reporting as well as translation work — with an AI tool that translates a

Dan Buettner has spent decades exploring the lifestyles and diets of people in remote places where living to 100 is more common. Here are life-enhancing habits from these "blue zones." (Image credit: David McLain/Dan Buettner)

Everybody loves bees, but their cousins the wasps often provoke a far less friendly reaction. The much-maligned insects often inspire fear, disgust or even the "kill it with fire" response.

Nature Communications, Published online: 09 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-40982-8 Co-inhibitory signaling controls immune mechanisms in health and disease. The authors here show that in autoimmune neuroinflammation, astrocytic PD-L1 mitigates autoimmune neuroinflammation through interaction with PD1 expressing microglia.

Nature Communications, Published online: 09 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-41306-6 Errors during pancreas development and specification of the endocrine lineage can result in severe neonatal diabetes. Here they show that loss of NEUROD1 leads to disturbances in endocrine cell identity acquisition during pancreas development, with cellular reprogramming occurring at the single-cell level w

Nature Communications, Published online: 09 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-41340-4 The authors show that adriamycin induces global changes on chromatin conformation associated with phase transitions mediated through Histone H1.

Simple actions can be taken to prevent the deaths of whales, sharks and other ocean giants caused by collisions with ships, argue David Sims and colleagues in a Comment published in this week's Nature. "Humanity and some of the world's most charismatic wildlife are on a collision course in the oceans," they write.

Simple actions can be taken to prevent the deaths of whales, sharks and other ocean giants caused by collisions with ships, argue David Sims and colleagues in a Comment published in this week's Nature. "Humanity and some of the world's most charismatic wildlife are on a collision course in the oceans," they write.

Nature Communications, Published online: 09 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-41188-8 The authors examine how mutations combine to alter phenotypes in biophysical models of proteins and conclude that non-additive interactions (epistasis and dominance) are frequent, context-dependent and so challenging to predict in even the simplest of biological systems.

Nature Communications, Published online: 09 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-41326-2 The microvasculature is critical for delivery of oxygen and metabolites throughout tissues. Here they use human blood vessel organoids to show that CTGF is a critical paracrine regulator of microvascular integrity that can restore pericyte coverage and vessel structure.

Nature Communications, Published online: 09 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-41210-z Robust genome-wide association study (GWAS) methods that can utilise time-to-event information such as age-of-onset will help increase power in analyses for common health outcomes. Here, the authors propose a computationally efficient time-to-event model for GWAS.

Nature Communications, Published online: 09 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-41293-8 Here, the authors theoretically predict the formation of synergistic correlated and topological states in Coulomb-coupled and gate-tunable graphene/insulator heterostructures, proposing a number of promising substrate candidates and a possible explanation for recent experimental observations in graphene/CrO

In a controversial bid to expose supposed bias in a top journal, a US climate expert shocked fellow scientists by revealing he tailored a wildfire study to emphasize global warming.

Disinformation about deadly wildfires in the United States and Canada has run rampant across social media, with posts falsely blaming coordinated arson, lasers—and plans to develop "smart cities."

Hurricane Lee is rewriting old rules of meteorology, leaving experts astonished at how rapidly it grew into a goliath Category 5 hurricane.

A University of Texas at Arlington hydrologist's study in the Nature journal Scientific Data provides the first-ever global estimate of human destruction of natural floodplains. The study can help guide future development in a way that can restore and conserve vital floodplain habitats that are critical to wildlife, water quality and reducing flood risk for people.

It supplies half of Belfast's drinking water but blue-green algae has caused havoc on Lough Neagh this summer.

Flere virksomheder bruger kunstig intelligens for at skabe jobannoncer med så bred appel som muligt.

Przewalskis häst är den enda kvarvarande vildhästen i världen. De lever i harem och ny forskning visar att de också har ett avancerat socialt liv med hierarkier och vänskapsallianser. – De är väldigt smarta och nyfikna djur, säger Katalin Ozogány som ledde forskningen.

The blow fly’s antenna is a specialized organ that helps the fly detect food quicker than its competitors.

Flying reptiles, also known as pterosaurs, evolved to have the ability to fly. With large wings and razor-sharp teeth, these flying reptiles dominated the prehistoric skies.

In the face of a perceived threat, your body often activates a fight-or-flight response.

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Josh Green, the state governor, approved $25m for business recovery and said Maui will reopen for tourism on 8 October One month after the deadliest US wildfire in more than a century leveled the historic town of Lahaina, the governor of Hawaii, Josh Green, said Friday that the number of missing has dropped to 66, the confirmed death toll remains at 115 and authorities will soon escort residents

Blandt andet gennem motion og sund livsstil kan vi holde vores blodkar smidige, så de bevarer en…

For the next few mornings, just before sunrise, the cosmic snowball will glow green low on the horizon.

Millions of Americans have inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which occurs in one of two forms: Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis. Though the two have similar symptoms, they require different treatment strategies, and tests to distinguish between them are invasive. Researchers now show that chains of sugar molecules are tacked onto antibodies differently in patients with the diseases, which cou

Music can take on many forms in cultures across the globe, but researchers have found in a new study that some themes are universally recognizable by people everywhere with one notable exception — love songs.

An international team of scientists analysed publicly available sustainability reports released by 100 of the world's largest companies and found that around two-thirds of these global corporations are undertaking ecosystem restoration. However, the results highlight that despite many businesses claiming to actively rebuild damaged ecosystems, we know very little about what is actually being achie

Millions of Americans have inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which occurs in one of two forms: Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis. Though the two have similar symptoms, they require different treatment strategies, and tests to distinguish between them are invasive. Researchers now show that chains of sugar molecules are tacked onto antibodies differently in patients with the diseases, which cou

New research shows that socio-economic factors play a larger role in migration than climate.

Researchers reveal for the first time that high blood sugar levels in type 2 diabetes can play a causal role in lung disorders.

An eerie pattern emerges at night.

A hydrologist's study provides a global estimate of human destruction of natural floodplains. The study can help guide future development in a way that can restore and conserve vital floodplain habitats that are critical to wildlife, water quality and reducing flood risk for people.

Researchers have shown that table salt outperforms other expensive catalysts being explored for the chemical recycling of polyolefin polymers, which account for 60% of plastic waste. The research shows that sodium chloride could provide a safe, inexpensive and reusable way to make plastics more recyclable. The team also showed that table salt and other catalysts could be used in the recycling of m

Scientists believe they have discovered a special antibody which may lead to a treatment for Retinitis Pigmentosa, a condition that causes loss of central vision, as well as night and color vision.

Researchers have used machine learning to perform error correction for quantum computers — a crucial step for making these devices practical — using an autonomous correction system that despite being approximate, can efficiently determine how best to make the necessary corrections.

Aripiprazole enhances the entrainment to external light-dark cycles by weakening the synchronization between neurons in the central circadian clock, thereby improving the symptoms of circadian rhythm sleep disorders.

Researchers have developed a new imaging technique to observe active gene expression in real time. They found that four molecules work together to control the timing of each stage of the C. elegans worm's development. This timekeeping process could provide important clues about the natural rhythm of development in humans and other animals.

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Researchers who created a soft robot that could navigate simple mazes without human or computer direction have now built on that work, creating a 'brainless' soft robot that can navigate more complex and dynamic environments.

A team of researchers has demonstrated that benchtop spectrometers are capable of analyzing pyrolysis bio-oils just as well as far more expensive, high-field spectrometers.

A research team has evaluated the feasibility of ammonia-based power generation through techno-economic and carbon footprint analyses.

A new study has found that air pollution is preventing pollinators finding flowers because it degrades the scent.

This could be a first for non-human animals.

Elon Musk says he refused to give Kyiv access to his Starlink communications network over Crimea to avoid complicity in a "major act of war". Kyiv had sent an emergency request to activate Starlink to Sevastopol, home to a major Russian navy port, he said. His comments came after a book alleged he had switched off Starlink to thwart a drone attack on Russian ships. A senior Ukrainian official say

•A man and a woman who perished at the World Trade Center in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks have been identified, New York City officials said. •The names of the victims are being withheld at the request of their families, officials said. •The remains of 1,104 victims, or 40% of those who died, still have not been found nearly 22 years after the al-Qaida attacks on the World Trade Center.

Even though phone mirroring is one of the most popular tech features in today’s cars, GM said it will eliminate Apple CarPlay from its electric vehicles. The 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV will be the first to get this downgrade, but other EV models will follow. GM will not remove CarPlay from any of its gasoline-powered models, which it only plans to build until 2035. GM said the change is needed to k

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A group of big team science veterans has published a how-to guide to help their fellow academics build research projects involving dozens or hundreds of collaborators. The article is based on expertise gained over multiple BTS projects, and provides a road map for best practices and overcoming challenges.

Researchers have found a way to maintain valley polarization at room temperature using novel materials and techniques.

Medical researchers have used a 3D human neural cell culture model to show that the exercise-induced muscle hormone, irisin, reduces the level of amyloid beta deposits associated with Alzheimer's disease.

A new report presents major findings on the gravity of impacts from invasive alien species on our planet.

Engineers have developed a new device that can warn consumers about early risks of tooth decay from diseases such as gingivitis and periodontitis.

Between 1.5 and 2°C of global warming will lead to heatwaves so extreme that healthy people can't survive outdoors for long, in areas where people aren't used to extreme heat

Research suggests a sharper decrease in the number of women reporting recent sexual partners after 70 compared with men A study has shed light on how the number of sexual partners British people have changes as they age, and new findings have surprised researchers. While the frequency of sexual partners among heterosexual people declines steadily from age 40, the study found stark gender disparit

This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. Like millions of other Americans, I enjoy many of Sylvester Stallone’s movies. But in recent years, I’ve come to think that Sly might have also been teaching me something. First, here are four new stor

An amateur metal detectorist hit pay dirt in Norway, finding a collection of 1,500-year-old gold jewelry.

After weeks at 100 degrees F, the drought and heat wave in Texas are taking their toll

Burning Trash This year's Burning Man in a remote part of the Nevada desert was marked by an extremely rare torrential rain, turning the drug-fuelled event into a mud-covered mess. The mud — technically hydrated desert dust — proved to be a major hindrance for the around 80,000 attendees, forcing them to shelter in place and wait out the rain. Even trucks were helpless against the deep and sticky

No Return Grindr seems to have played itself by giving its employees a return-to-office ultimatum — and nearly half of those employees responded by quitting. As Wired reports , management at the popular queer and trans hookup app issued a stark turnaround from its previous commitment to remote work when they gave workers an abrupt notice: pledge within two weeks to return to work in person at the

Researchers have developed two closely related polymers that respond differently to high and low temperature thresholds, despite their similar design. The polymer pair could be used in applications in medicine, protein synthesis, protective coatings and other fields.

Researchers have developed two closely related polymers that respond differently to high and low temperature thresholds, despite their similar design. The polymer pair could be used in applications in medicine, protein synthesis, protective coatings and other fields.

Brazilian rescue workers were on Friday searching for almost 50 people still missing after a devastating cyclone unleashed torrential rain and flooding in the south of the country.

There's a rhythm to developing life. Growing from a tiny cell cluster into an adult organism takes precise timing and control. The right genes must turn on at the right time, for the right duration, and in the correct order. Losing the rhythm can lead to diseases like cancer. So, what keeps every gene on beat?

There's a rhythm to developing life. Growing from a tiny cell cluster into an adult organism takes precise timing and control. The right genes must turn on at the right time, for the right duration, and in the correct order. Losing the rhythm can lead to diseases like cancer. So, what keeps every gene on beat?

Are you working really hard to learn something? Remember this counterintuitive fact, and you might improve your learning curve.

Are you working really hard to learn something? Remember this counterintuitive fact, and you might improve your learning curve.

Marooned in Morca A man ventured thousands of feet underground into the Morca cave system in southern Turkey. But along the way he became gravely ill, and now rescue teams are scrambling to get him out. The spelunker, a 40 year-old American named Mark Dickey, is an experienced speleologist, or cave scientist, and is renowned in the caving community. Dickey had entered Morca with 14 others. Nothin

Abstract Atoms can form a molecule by sharing their electrons in binding orbitals. These electrons are entangled. Is there a way to break a molecular bond and obtain atoms in their ground state that are spatially separated and still entangled? Here, we show that it is possible to prepare these spatially separated, entangled atoms on femtosecond time scales from single oxygen molecules. The two ne

Abstract Superconductors are of type I or II depending on whether they form an Abrikosov vortex lattice. Although bulk lead (Pb) is classified as a prototypical type-I superconductor, we show that its two-band superconductivity allows for single-flux-quantum and multiple-flux-quanta vortices in the intermediate state at millikelvin temperature. Using scanning tunneling microscopy, the winding num

Abstract The 1-indenyl (C 9 H 7 • ) radical, a prototype aromatic and resonantly stabilized free radical carrying a six- and a five-membered ring, has emerged as a fundamental molecular building block of nonplanar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and carbonaceous nanostructures in deep space and combustion systems. However, the underlying formation mechanisms have remained elusive. Here, w

Abstract An accurate pressure scale is a fundamental requirement to understand planetary interiors. Here, we establish a primary pressure scale extending to the multimegabar pressures of Earth’s core, by combined measurement of the acoustic velocities and the density from a rhenium sample in a diamond anvil cell using inelastic x-ray scattering and x-ray diffraction. Our scale agrees well with pr

Abstract As our planet warms, a critical research question is when and where temperatures will exceed the limits of what the human body can tolerate. Past modeling efforts have investigated the 35°C wet-bulb threshold, proposed as a theoretical upper limit to survivability taking into account physiological and behavioral adaptation. Here, we conduct an extreme value theory analysis of weather sta

Abstract Biogenic vapors form new particles in the atmosphere, affecting global climate. The contributions of monoterpenes and isoprene to new particle formation (NPF) have been extensively studied. However, sesquiterpenes have received little attention despite a potentially important role due to their high molecular weight. Via chamber experiments performed under atmospheric conditions, we repor

Abstract Two-dimensional superconductivity is primarily realized in atomically thin layers through extreme exfoliation, epitaxial growth, or interfacial gating. Apart from their technical challenges, these approaches lack sufficient control over the Fermiology of superconducting systems. Here, we offer a Fermiology-engineering approach, allowing us to desirably tune the coherence length of Cooper

Abstract Multipoint 3-axis tactile pressure sensing by a high-resolution and sensitive optical system provides rich information on surface pressure distribution and plays an important role in a variety of human interaction–related and robotics applications. However, the optical system usually has a bulky profile, which brings difficulties to sensor mounting and system integration. Here, we show a

Abstract Vitamin B 6 is a vital micronutrient across cell types and tissues, and dysregulated B 6 levels contribute to human disease. Despite its importance, how B 6 vitamer levels are regulated is not well understood. Here, we provide evidence that B 6 dynamics are rapidly tuned by precise compartmentation of pyridoxal kinase (PDXK), the rate-limiting B 6 enzyme. We show that canonical Wnt rapid

Abstract Influenza virus–specific tissue-resident memory (Trm) CD8 + T cells located along the respiratory tract provide cross-strain protection against a breadth of influenza viruses. We show that immunization with a single-cycle influenza virus vaccine candidate (S-FLU) results in the deposition of influenza virus nucleoprotein (NP)–specific CD8 + Trm along the respiratory tract that were more

Abstract Autonomous maze navigation is appealing yet challenging in soft robotics for exploring priori unknown unstructured environments, as it often requires human-like brain that integrates onboard power, sensors, and control for computational intelligence. Here, we report harnessing both geometric and materials intelligence in liquid crystal elastomer–based self-rolling robots for autonomous e

Abstract Blue perovskite light-emitting diodes (LEDs) have shown external quantum efficiencies (EQEs) of more than 10%; however, devices that emit in the true blue—those that accord with the emission wavelength required for Rec. 2100 primary blue —have so far been limited to EQEs of ~6%. We focused here on true blue emitting CsPbBr 3 colloidal nanocrystals (c-NCs), finding in early studies that t

Abstract H2BK120ub1 triggers several prominent downstream histone modification pathways and changes in chromatin structure, therefore involving it into multiple critical cellular processes including DNA transcription and DNA damage repair. Although it has been reported that H2BK120ub1 is mediated by RNF20/40 and CRL4 WDR70 , less is known about the underlying regulation mechanism for H2BK120ub1 b

Abstract Along the southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau, the onset of rapid fluvial incision during the Miocene is commonly attributed to growth of high topography. Recent recognition of lacustrine strata preserved atop interfluves, however, suggest that headward expansion of river networks drove migration of the topographic divide. Here, we explore the impact of this process on fluvial inc

Abstract In adulthood, sleep-wake rhythms are one of the most prominent behaviors under circadian control. However, during early life, sleep is spread across the 24-hour day. The mechanism through which sleep rhythms emerge, and consequent advantage conferred to a juvenile animal, is unknown. In the second-instar Drosophila larvae (L2), like in human infants, sleep is not under circadian control.

Are you working really hard to learn something? Remember this counterintuitive fact, and you might improve your learning curve.

A new study has finally gotten us closer to understanding why losing sleep can help with depression. This “wake therapy” seems to help jumpstart depressed brain cycles back into a healthy pattern. 🎤 Tulika Bose 🎞️ Kylie Murphy ✏️ Emily Harwitz and Emily Willingham From: Scientific American

Nature, Published online: 08 September 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02839-4 Research centre launched by the US National Science Foundation will partner with native peoples to study farming, climate and more.

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NASA's Perseverance rover has generated 4.3 ounces of breathable oxygen while on the Red Planet — enough to sustain an adult human for three hours.

These human remains may hint at the collapse of the 'magnificent' city of Ayanis.

The Dutch conglomerate Philips is paying out a gigantic settlement to unhappy customers whose breathing machines blew foam and gases into their mouths while they were trying to get a good night's sleep. As the New York Times reports , Philips Respironics, a subsidiary of the multinational corporation, has agreed to pay out a whopping $479 million — nearly half a billion dollars — to customers aff

Treasure Chestburster During a recent mission mapping a previously unexplored habitat off the coast of Alaska, a submersible remotely operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) came across something unexpected. A smooth "golden egg " appeared during the mission's livestream last month, mystifying scientists nearly two miles under the surface. "It’s definitely got a big

Following a joint “mishap investigation” by SpaceX and the FAA, the federal agency listed 63 issues that must be addressed before launches can resume at the Texas site.

The first question plaguing omnivorous, content-hungry humans with a spare hour or two is this: What should I watch? In recent years, a second question has come to dominate our evening streaming rituals: How do I watch it? Drenching your eyeballs in sweet television can be surprisingly tricky, requiring some amount of research to determine which streaming platform has whatever you want to watch a

Virgin Galactic on Friday announced it had sent three paying customers on an hour-long journey to space and back, racking up its fourth successful flight in as many months.

Nature Communications, Published online: 08 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-41219-4 A climate model identifies that periodic wet phases in the Sahara, termed North African Humid Periods, were driven by Earths orbital variations and were suppressed during glacial periods due to the influence of extensive ice sheets.

Renewable power was already rapidly replacing fossil fuels as the cheapest source of electricity. Thanks to rocketing fuel prices last year, it is now the clear winner when it comes to cost-effectiveness. For decades, solar and wind power was substantially more expensive than fossil fuels and most projects were heavily reliant on government subsidies to survive. But rapidly falling costs mean ren

The five asteroids range from plane to bus-size, and one is expected to come to within half a million miles of Earth.

Within days of each other, Hurricane Jova in the Pacific and Hurricane Lee in the Atlantic rapidly ballooned into Category 5 storms

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I am not a specialist in the field but concretely the universal salary (i.e. a financial payment that would be automatically distributed to each citizen of X country), it is rather an unachievable fantasy, isn't it? I find it hard to believe that this can be put in place but also that it can work. But I may be wrong. submitted by /u/Redditorianing [link] [comments]

Civil rights groups say efforts to get US intelligence agencies to adopt privacy reforms have largely failed. Without those changes, renewal of a post-911 surveillance policy may be doomed.

Children between the ages of 4 months and 2 years seem more likely to have antibodies that attack insulin-producing cells, a feature of type 1 diabetes, if they have had covid-19, which may show how viral infections can lead to this type of diabetes

The agency closed an investigation into what went wrong during an April flight of the massive spacecraft that NASA will rely on to land astronauts on the moon.

As part of the international CLOUD project at the nuclear research center CERN, researchers at PSI have identified so-called sesquiterpenes—gaseous hydrocarbons that are released by plants—as being a major factor in cloud formation. This finding could reduce uncertainties in climate models and help make more accurate predictions. The study has now been published in the journal Science Advances.

Ifølge astrofysiker Jophiel Wiis, er der god grund til at investere massivt i rumteknologi.

Prehistoric marine reptiles were a diverse group of creatures. Learn how these five adapted to live, move and feed in an aquatic environment.

Nature Communications, Published online: 08 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-41047-6 Here, the authors report the emergence of dark-excitons in transition-metal-dichalcogenide heterostructures that strongly rely on the stacking sequence, i.e., momentum-dark K-Q excitons located exclusively at the top layer of the heterostructure.

The CEO’s vision for Taser-equipped drones includes a fictitious scenario in which the technology averts a shooting at a daycare center.

This week, we discuss how adding animated chats to Roblox will advance the company’s plan to enrich its virtual world.

The company is adding avatar-based, 3D video chat to its virtual world in an effort to expand its audience—and to keep the kids around as they grow older.

Smoke from wildfires in western Canada has decreased over the Kansas City area, but air quality in the metro remained at unhealthy levels for some people by Friday morning, according to the website AirNow.gov.

Nature, Published online: 08 September 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02855-4 In the light of US court rulings on racism in science and affirmative action in higher education, commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans is ever more important.

A new study suggests that railroads are likely to cut transportation prices to prop up coal-fired plants if U.S. climate policies further disadvantage coal in favor of less carbon-intensive energy sources.

A new article hints at the existence of several black holes in the Hyades cluster — the closest open cluster to our solar system — which would make them the closest black holes to Earth ever detected.

A new study suggests that railroads are likely to cut transportation prices to prop up coal-fired plants if U.S. climate policies further disadvantage coal in favor of less carbon-intensive energy sources.

Researchers have identified the structure of a special transporter found in red blood cells and how it interacts with drugs. Details on the findings could lead to the development of more targeted medicines. The research team found that this transporter facilitates the movement of a substance called bicarbonate, which certain drugs can inhibit. They discovered how these drugs block the transporter

In a study published in the journal Environmental Science and Ecotechnology, researchers from Huazhong University of Science and Technology have introduced "Meta-Sorter," an AI-based method that leverages neural networks and transfer learning to significantly improve biome labeling for thousands of microbiome samples in the MGnify database, especially those with incomplete information.

In a study published in the journal Environmental Science and Ecotechnology, researchers from Huazhong University of Science and Technology have introduced "Meta-Sorter," an AI-based method that leverages neural networks and transfer learning to significantly improve biome labeling for thousands of microbiome samples in the MGnify database, especially those with incomplete information.

With the development of satellite networks, space-air-ground integrated networks, and the Internet of Things, the future giant constellations, high-resolution Earth observation, human-crewed spacecraft, space stations and other space-based information systems have put forward an increasingly urgent demand for large-capacity space networking and information transmission.

Regulators insist on 63 corrective steps after world’s largest and most powerful rocket blew up on debut in April SpaceX’s Starship, the world’s largest and most powerful rocket, must stay grounded until the company takes dozens of corrective actions after the rocket’s April debut ended in an explosion, federal regulators said on Friday. The Federal Aviation Administration said it closed its inve

Protein glycosylation is one of the most important post-translational modifications that can be exploited to improve various aspects of therapeutic proteins and industrial enzymes. Different types of glycosylation have a variety of effects on protein properties and functions, and a better understanding of the underlying mechanisms can provide valuable guidance for rational glycoengineering of prot

Protein glycosylation is one of the most important post-translational modifications that can be exploited to improve various aspects of therapeutic proteins and industrial enzymes. Different types of glycosylation have a variety of effects on protein properties and functions, and a better understanding of the underlying mechanisms can provide valuable guidance for rational glycoengineering of prot

At some point during the pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, spread from humans to white-tailed deer in the US.

A world facing catastrophic climate change is perilously off course in meeting goals for slashing carbon pollution and boosting finance for the developing world, according to the UN's first official progress report out Friday.

At some point during the pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, spread from humans to white-tailed deer in the US.

A majority of American workers right now are not feeling very motivated on the job, a new survey suggests.

A golden egg, or an alien, on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean?

After NASA's DART mission slammed into asteroid Dimorphous in September 2022, scientists determined the impact caused tons of rock to be ejected from the small asteroid's surface. But more importantly, DART's impact altered Dimorphos' orbital period, decreasing it by about 33 minutes.

SpaceX must take a series of steps before it can launch its mega rocket again after its debut ended in an explosion, federal regulators said Friday.

A golden egg, or an alien, on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean?

You've seen it online: crowdfunding for just about any purpose you can imagine. From artists trying to fund a project to individuals trying to pay a difficult health care bill, thousands have used sites like Go Fund Me to reach a financial goal. Globally, crowdfunding is $1.1 billion dollar market, with average campaigns reaching $8K USD. In the case of social entrepreneurs, however, crowdfunding

A diamond is a solid rock of carbon and the hardest known naturally occurring substance. Because diamonds also have some extraordinary optical and physical properties, intensive research is underway on their use in laser and quantum technology.

Digital tools such as satellite text alerts are helping Africa's smallholder farmers to increase productivity, even when there is a lack of on-the-ground farm advice, according to Daniel Elger, CEO of the Centre for Agricultural Biosciences International (CABI, the parent organization of SciDev.Net).

Digital tools such as satellite text alerts are helping Africa's smallholder farmers to increase productivity, even when there is a lack of on-the-ground farm advice, according to Daniel Elger, CEO of the Centre for Agricultural Biosciences International (CABI, the parent organization of SciDev.Net).

Hamstrung SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has officially admitted to thwarting a Ukrainian attack on Russia's naval fleet near the Crimean coast by cutting off Starlink internet access at a crucial moment. "There was an emergency request from government authorities to activate Starlink all the way to Sevastopol," the mercurial CEO tweeted after the revelation. "The obvious intent being to sink most of the R

Model $ Tesla CEO Elon Musk had to be convinced to renew his EV maker's efforts of building a $25,000 car. Despite being a lot more enthusiastic about a robotaxi, things started looking up when designers showed him a car that had a futuristic design like the long-awaited Cybertruck, as Walter Isaacson, whose biography about the mercurial CEO is coming out next week, told Axios . "When one of thes

The Behavioural Roadmap to Circular Consumption, developed by Monash University's BehaviourWorks Australia, identifies where policy-makers and industry can intervene in the production–consumption cycle to create change, reduce Australia's material footprint, and encourage an efficient use of limited resources as the most effective way to confront the ongoing waste crisis.

Shape and color changing are key survival traits for many animals. Chameleons can change their body to hide from predators, to reflect their moods, or even to defend their territory, while some soft-bodied animal-like octopuses, squids, and cuttlefish can change both their color and shape to signal or camouflage.

Raccoons may be Toronto's unofficial mascot, but the furry creatures that plunder our green bins are far from the only wild animals that live among us.

Raccoons may be Toronto's unofficial mascot, but the furry creatures that plunder our green bins are far from the only wild animals that live among us.

A neurosurgeon in Canberra removed a nematode that was living inside a person's brain in 2022.

A neurosurgeon in Canberra removed a nematode that was living inside a person's brain in 2022.

As African swine fever stalks the EU's biggest livestock population, researchers aim to deploy a vaccine to halt the disease's spread and shield millions of animals.

As African swine fever stalks the EU's biggest livestock population, researchers aim to deploy a vaccine to halt the disease's spread and shield millions of animals.

The winner of the Bird Photographer of the Year was Jack Zhi, who caught the moment a peregrine falcon took on a large brown pelican.

A new study traces the birth of a tectonic plate.

New research from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington shows warming waters are putting kelp forests in danger.

Australia's employment laws and regulations must be updated to reflect the changing nature of work, with many people continuing to work from home long after the COVID-19 pandemic.

For nearly two decades, the negotiation skills of working women have frequently been blamed for the gender pay gap. New research by Vanderbilt Professor Jessica A. Kennedy finds the gender difference in tendency to negotiate has now reversed, and the widespread narrative that women don't ask is outdated. While other measures are necessary to completely close the gender pay gap, the study also disc

New research from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington shows warming waters are putting kelp forests in danger.

A study by EPFL researchers found that Greta Thunberg's Fridays for Future climate strikes have influenced the environmental behavior of Swiss residents.

En læser har fundet jordstråler og metaller med bøjet ståltråd. Nu vil han gerne vide, hvordan det lod sig gøre.

Here's a really good example of what we're up against in the development of new oncology therapies. This paper is looking at glioblastoma – a notoriously aggressive and hard-to-treat tumor type – and using current chemical biology techniques to illustrate what's going on at the cell-versus-cell level. And what it shows us is that it really is cell versus cell in there! Glioblastomas are notorious

They are used as medicines, drug carriers and to combat microbes in hospitals, destroy plant pathogens and reduce the amount of traditional fertilizers used in agriculture—nanoparticles are taking over medicine and the agri-food industry.

Trading wild chimpanzees, including their meat and body parts, is illegal. And yet, social media influencers and companies still reap profits from sharing "cute" images and videos of chimpanzees and other primates poached from the wild. All the while, sanctuaries worldwide continue to receive orphaned victims of this illicit trade.

Trading wild chimpanzees, including their meat and body parts, is illegal. And yet, social media influencers and companies still reap profits from sharing "cute" images and videos of chimpanzees and other primates poached from the wild. All the while, sanctuaries worldwide continue to receive orphaned victims of this illicit trade.

Nature, Published online: 08 September 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02854-5 UK-based researchers can once again access the €95-billion funding programme — for some, the deal has come too late.

Gender has a significant impact on the socio-economic, political and religious experiences of Ghanaians. For Akans, the country's largest ethnic group, descent is traced through the maternal line. Property is transferred in this line too.

In news that may have some people swearing eternal celibacy, an international team of scientists has estimated that almost one out of three men on Earth carries at least one variation of the human papillomavirus (HPV) — a common sexually transmitted infection that, depending on your luck , can either be harmless, spark an embarrassing round of genital warts, or cause cancer. And most sobering, th

The world saw another year full of extreme weather events resulting from climate change in 2022, from intense storms to soaring temperatures and rising sea levels. Antarctica was no exception, according to new research published this week.

K Allado-McDowell has co-written three books with AI, so they speak from experience when they say that nurturing a creative relationship with these systems can open minds and make new worlds possible. Before giving the stage over to a performance of "Song of the Ambassadors" — their otherworldly opera, also co-created with AI — Allado-McDowell presents three principles for a future where machine

A trip to Mars wouldn't exactly be a relaxing vacation. Learn what it would be like to stay or live on Mars.

Flying dinosaurs, also known as pterosaurs, evolved to have the ability to fly. With large wings and razor-sharp teeth, these flying reptiles dominated the prehistoric skies.

Over the past few days, hundreds of thousands of posts on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, have lambasted a Jewish organization that many people are only vaguely aware of: the Anti-Defamation League. The #BanTheADL campaign, started by overt white nationalists and later boosted by Elon Musk himself, accuses the Jewish civil-rights group of seeking to censor the site’s users, intimidate

Have you ever loved a song without knowing what it means? That rarely happens when I listen to Olivia Rodrigo. The 20-year-old pop star has conquered the world by singing about unruly emotions with the precision of a court reporter. The songs on her new album, Guts , offer tidy thesis statements about the nature of heartbreak, declaring, “Love’s embarrassing” (on “Love Is Embarrassing”) or “Love

This is an edition of the revamped Books Briefing , our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. Sylvia Plath lived only to the age of 30—this year marks the 60th anniversary of her death. When you consider all that has been written about her, and the writers still thinking of her, the shortness of her existence is shocking. Like the condensed imagery in her poetry—that un

In the summer of 1931, an unprecedented calamity unfolded along the Yangtze River basin in eastern China—the 1931 Yangtze River flood, known as one of history's deadliest natural disasters. This cataclysmic event submerged a staggering 180,000 km2, affected 25 million lives, and tragically claimed over 2 million lives.

Lack of awareness blamed for many patients being sent for psychological therapy instead of screenings GPs are ignoring cancer warning signs in young people, with too many referred for psychological therapy instead of screening, a leading oncology expert has warned. The symptoms of young people repeatedly presenting with pain are too often ignored because there is still a lack of awareness among p

Previous films like Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind had more humor than recent fare like I'm Thinking of Ending Things.

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Summer 2023 has seen wildfire crews tirelessly battle forest fires worldwide. The Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago off the Moroccan coast, have faced their worst fires in 40 years, but amid the devastation lies a remarkable tale of resilience.

Summer 2023 has seen wildfire crews tirelessly battle forest fires worldwide. The Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago off the Moroccan coast, have faced their worst fires in 40 years, but amid the devastation lies a remarkable tale of resilience.

Policymakers and re-entry programs need to prioritize housing to support formerly incarcerated people and reduce recidivism, researchers from the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University write in a new study.

Fueled by warm water and humidity, hurricanes can quickly turn into life-threatening monsters. Get ready for more of this phenomenon as the planet warms.

Women who live farther from a medical clinic and those who identify as multiracial are more likely to use telemedicine to get abortion pills than to visit a clinic, according to a new study. “One of the main takeaways is that the further patients are from a brick-and-mortar clinic, the more likely they are to use telehealth to access medication abortion,” says lead author Anna Fiastro, a family m

Do you buy plants online? You might be breaking the law without even knowing it.

Rape myths are stereotypes and false beliefs associated with all forms of sexual assault. Popular rape myths include "she was asking for it," "good guys don't commit rape," and "women lie about being raped to ruin men's reputations."

It is possible to image an object with an induced coherence effect by making use of photon pairs to gain information on the item of interest—without detecting the light probing it. While one photon illuminates the object, its partner alone is detected, thereby preventing the measurements of coincidence events to reveal information of the sought after object. This method can be made resilient to no

Do you buy plants online? You might be breaking the law without even knowing it.

Scientific research depends on collaboration between researchers and institutions. But over the past decade, there has been a surge of large-scale research projects involving extraordinarily large numbers of researchers, from dozens to hundreds, all working on a common project.

The grocery chain, which did not admit wrongdoing, is the latest company accused of helping to fuel the opioid crisis to announce a settlement.

Older adults are often left out of decisions surrounding technology related to their care, such as location trackers and companion robots, new research finds. Clara Berridge, associate professor of social work at the University of Washington, studies issues facing older adults, in particular technology that can support care or a person’s ability to live independently. She recently published two a

The factors suspected to be causing the rise, the most common types arising, and how to reduce your risk A global study published in BMJ Oncology this week reported a surge in the number of people under the age of 50 being diagnosed with cancer . Here are nine things everyone needs to know. Continue reading…

Fool Me Once If at first you don't succeed, try, try again — well, until the Coast Guard arrests you. As The New York Times reports , 51-year-old Reza Baluchi was arrested last week off of Florida's Eastern coast while attempting to traverse the Atlantic Ocean by way of a rigged-out, human-powered hamster wheel of sorts, which Baluchi lovingly dubs his "hydropod." The Florida resident, who's also

Watch as Mark's Epic Bug War unfolds, revealing his unwavering determination to defend his grain from destruction. #moonshiners #discovery Stream Full Episodes of Moonshiners https://www.discoveryplus.com/show/moonshiners About Moonshiners: Every spring, a fearless group of men and women venture deep into the woods of Appalachia, defying the law, rivals and nature itself to keep the centuries-old

Legend has it that "rainbow cups" are drops of gold that fall to Earth at the end of a rainbow.

Using NSAIDs and hormonal birth control together increased the overall risk of blood clots in women in the study, but the researchers stressed that the overall risk is still low.

As of today, climate models face the challenge of providing the high-resolution predictions—with quantified uncertainties—needed by a growing number of adaptation planners, from local decision-makers to the private sector, who require detailed assessments of the climate risks they may face locally.

Researchers at the University of Oxford's Botanic Garden and the Mathematical Institute have shown that the shape, size, and geometry of carnivorous pitcher plants determines the type of prey they trap. The results have been published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

A newly described fossil is as old as the “first bird,” Archaeopteryx, and represents a birdlike dinosaur that might have specialized in running or wading instead of flying

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Researchers at the University of Oxford's Botanic Garden and the Mathematical Institute have shown that the shape, size, and geometry of carnivorous pitcher plants determines the type of prey they trap. The results have been published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

Vibrant green leaves sprout from tall fragrant plants sitting neatly in two rows of terracotta pots in Valerie Sponsel's UTSA biology laboratory. One floor just above her is the chemistry lab of Francis Yoshimoto, who is extracting the plant's leaves for medicinal compounds. Soon, the researchers will meet with UTSA researcher Annie Lin, who will test the extracted compounds on cancer cells.

Vibrant green leaves sprout from tall fragrant plants sitting neatly in two rows of terracotta pots in Valerie Sponsel's UTSA biology laboratory. One floor just above her is the chemistry lab of Francis Yoshimoto, who is extracting the plant's leaves for medicinal compounds. Soon, the researchers will meet with UTSA researcher Annie Lin, who will test the extracted compounds on cancer cells.

A trio of ecologists and environmental scientists from Yale University, the University of California, Berkeley and the USDA Forest Service, respectively, has found that parts of the United States that have been intentionally segregated over the past decades have less bird data available for study by ecologists.

Researchers led by Prof. Gan Haiyun from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have documented the parental histones inheritance safeguard mechanism, in which parental histone allocation contributes to establishing chromatin states during cell differentiation through altering embryonic stem cell differentiation potential.

Marine plankton plays an important role in the food chain, which is said to be undergoing a transformation due to climate change.

The success of the Indian Space Research Organisation mission to the moon places India as a capable up-and-comer in the space industry, and may inspire other nations with relatively new space agencies to follow suit

A trio of ecologists and environmental scientists from Yale University, the University of California, Berkeley and the USDA Forest Service, respectively, has found that parts of the United States that have been intentionally segregated over the past decades have less bird data available for study by ecologists.

Researchers led by Prof. Gan Haiyun from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have documented the parental histones inheritance safeguard mechanism, in which parental histone allocation contributes to establishing chromatin states during cell differentiation through altering embryonic stem cell differentiation potential.

A paper published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society hints at the existence of several black holes in the Hyades cluster—the closest open cluster to our solar system—which would make them the closest black holes to Earth ever detected.

Marine plankton plays an important role in the food chain, which is said to be undergoing a transformation due to climate change.

The climate-driven advance of beavers into the Arctic tundra is likely causing the release of more methane—a greenhouse gas—into the atmosphere.

U.S. voters who don't trust universities are also more likely to believe that human activity doesn't cause climate change, a new collaborative study from researchers at the University of Cambridge and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) revealed in PLOS Climate.

In 2002, My Big Fat Greek Wedding became a genuine phenomenon. Written by and starring the then-little-known Nia Vardalos, the film made nearly 50 times its modest $5 million budget at the domestic box office, and remained in theaters for an entire year. As formulaic as the plot may have been—a woman falls for a man with a different background—the script was clever, coupling familiar romantic-com

Nature, Published online: 08 September 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02852-7 In just two weeks, the Indian mission has made some surprising discoveries about the composition of the Moon

Crustaceans, insects, and mushrooms are rich sources of the dietary fiber chitin, which activates the immune system and benefits metabolism, according to a new study with mice. Digesting a crunchy critter starts with the audible grinding of its rigid protective covering—the exoskeleton . Unpalatable as it may sound, the hard cover might be good for digestion, the new study suggests. For the study

Organisms are becoming smaller through a combination of species replacement, and changes within species, according to new research led by the University of St Andrews.

Muhammad Rabnawaz, an associate professor in Michigan State University's School of Packaging and recent inductee into the National Academy of Inventors, has always believed that the most brilliant solution is also the simplest.

Organisms are becoming smaller through a combination of species replacement, and changes within species, according to new research led by the University of St Andrews.

Last Hurrah At the end of July, the European Space Agency de-orbited its Aeolus satellite, causing it to burn up spectacularly in the Earth's atmosphere. Now, the ESA has released new images of Aeolus' fiery, final moments — confirming the success of a never-before-performed reentry maneuver, and potentially giving us an effective way of ensuring that aging satellites don't end up as hazardous hu

A newly described fossil is as old as the “first bird,” Archaeopteryx, and represents a birdlike dinosaur that might have specialized in running or wading instead of flying

A review of action on climate since the Paris agreement calls for an end to fossil fuels without carbon capture.

A team of microbiologists and chemists at the Center for Sustainable Catalysis and Engineering, working with colleagues from Vrije Universiteit Brussel, the Flemish Institute for Technological Research and Rheology and Technology (SMaRT), KU Leuven, all in Belgium, has developed a replacement for bisphenol A, a compound used to make plastics.

Generative AI has made giant strides toward machine intelligence. Can machine consciousness be far behind?

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Consider a square with a bunch of points inside. Take three of those points, and you can make a triangle. Four points define four different triangles. Ten points define 120 triangles. The numbers grow quickly from there — 100 points define 161,700 different triangles. Each of those triangles, of course, has a particular area. Hans Heilbronn, a German mathematician who fled his country before Worl

Generative AI has made giant strides toward machine intelligence. Can machine consciousness be far behind?

People from cultures around the world can recognize some song themes—but not love songs. “All around the world, people sing in similar ways,” says senior author Samuel Mehr, who splits his time between Yale University’s Child Study Center, where he is an assistant professor adjunct, and the University of Auckland, where he is senior lecturer in psychology. “ Music is deeply rooted in human social

A small team of biologists and evolutionists from the University of Chicago, York University, the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Exeter reports why bats carry viruses that cause higher fatality rates when jumping to humans than those that come from any other mammal. In their study, reported on the open-access site PLOS Biology, the group used data from past research effo

A small team of biologists and evolutionists from the University of Chicago, York University, the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Exeter reports why bats carry viruses that cause higher fatality rates when jumping to humans than those that come from any other mammal. In their study, reported on the open-access site PLOS Biology, the group used data from past research effo

Nature Communications, Published online: 08 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-41320-8 Small Cas enzymes are required for therapeutic use. Here the authors report an Interaction, Dynamics and Conservation (IDC) strategy for protein miniaturisation and use this to generate five compact variants of Cas13 based on a combination of IDC strategy and AlphaFold2.

How the expression of Cas proteins in bacterial CRISPR-Cas immune system adapts to the constantly changing CRISPR structures and crRNA expression levels has been a long-standing unresolved question.

How the expression of Cas proteins in bacterial CRISPR-Cas immune system adapts to the constantly changing CRISPR structures and crRNA expression levels has been a long-standing unresolved question.

Where + what = geospatial intelligence.

Thanks to a network of detectors, the brain is able to tune the body as needed to either push the core body temperature up or down.

Asphalt contributes to the urban heat island effect and makes places more prone to flooding. Planners are rethinking its place in cities.

A natural mutation found in Puerto Rican dairy cows might keep them healthier in extreme heat.

Learn why your dog might zoom around your living room frantically and what it means for their energy levels.

Long ago, when climate change inflicted ice and drought on the landscape, early human ranks fell to roughly the population of a small town.

Water dinosaurs, also known as marine reptiles, were a diverse group of prehistoric creatures. Learn how these five dinosaurs adapted to live, move and feed in an aquatic environment.

A new, low-cost energy concrete storage system could make sustainable power available 24/7, no batteries needed.

Do animals dream? Decades of sleep studies leave the impression that non-human nocturnal lives are just as fascinating as our own.

Bullying can have long-lasting effects. This popular theory suggests that bullying may enlarge specific areas of the brain, affecting brain development.

Venus flytraps are carnivorous plants that have evolved to catch insects for survival. Learn how these fascinating plants work and how they use their unique traps to capture their prey.

Those that evolved survived extreme climate changes from about 23 to 11 million years ago.

Despite the online claims, consuming borax will not improve your health — but could instead have potentially damaging effects.

An average giraffe has a home range almost as large as Philadelphia.

Cannabis smoke shares many of the same toxins and carcinogens as tobacco smoke.

“Food is medicine” programs recognize the vital importance of fresh produce in a person’s overall health.

X-ray satellites have collected data on the merging of two galaxy clusters, and the resulting computations are mind-breaking.

Short naps at the right time of day can benefit alertness and overall health in myriad ways.

Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School and their collaborators have uncovered several previously unknown strains of swine flu viruses that have been circulating unnoticed in Cambodian pig populations over the past 15 years, potentially posing a pandemic risk. The strains include viruses that have been passed by humans to pigs, as well as some with genes originating from as far as North America.

Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School and their collaborators have uncovered several previously unknown strains of swine flu viruses that have been circulating unnoticed in Cambodian pig populations over the past 15 years, potentially posing a pandemic risk. The strains include viruses that have been passed by humans to pigs, as well as some with genes originating from as far as North America.

Most dogs respond in specific ways to certain vocalizations, such as another dog barking or humans using certain tones of voice. Of course, this all happens while the dogs are awake.

Most dogs respond in specific ways to certain vocalizations, such as another dog barking or humans using certain tones of voice. Of course, this all happens while the dogs are awake.

Until recently, working out how three objects can stably orbit each other was nearly impossible, but now mathematicians have found a record number of solutions

Cannabis originated in East Asia but can now be found growing on every continent except Antarctica – thanks to human trade and cultivation

Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) is thought to be an ecologically favorable technique for using CO2 as a cheap and abundant C1 feedstock for the production of value-added chemicals such as CO. However, the thermodynamically stable nature of the CO2 molecule featuring high C=O bond energy frequently leads to sluggish kinetics of CO2→CO and high energy inputs.

Researchers at the Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN), a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility at DOE's Brookhaven National Laboratory, and Northrop Grumman, a multinational aerospace and defense technology company, have found a way to maintain valley polarization at room temperature using novel materials and techniques.

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If we could terraform Mars we could fix Earth That's the drum beat of Neil Tyson's recent StarTalk video It's a false dichotomy. Space settlement activists tend to be more proactive than most when it comes to preserving our planet. For example Elon Musk with Tesla's solar panels and electric cars. He is doing more for a sustainable future than a million Neil Tysons or Al Gores. Jeff Bezos' goal i

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Tre af verdens største togproducenter er udvalgt til at levere fremtidens fuldautomatiske S-togsflåde.

Nature, Published online: 08 September 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02747-7 Scientists estimate the magnitude of the 1859 ‘Carrington flare’, the biggest of its kind ever recorded.

Child's Play Claire "Grimes" Boucher, the mother to two of Tesla CEO Elon Musk's many children , has seemingly claimed that her billionaire baby daddy is not allowing her to see their son, X AE A-Xii, or "X" for short, in a since-deleted tweet. As Page Six reports , Grimes' claim came in response to some photos tweeted [link] by Musk biographer Walter Isaacson, who shared two never-before-seen ph

Nanoplastics (NPs) can cause a variety of adverse effects in humans, including physical damage, oxidative stress, impaired cell signaling, and developmental defects. The monitoring of NPs in the environment still remains a challenge due to their small particle sizes, different shapes and chemical compositions, easy aggregation and sedimentation.

Institut for Økonomi på Aarhus BSS etablerer med en donation på 25 millioner kroner fra energihandelsvirksomheden InCommodities et nyt forskningscenter, der skal skabe ny indsigt og viden om energi-, miljø- og klimaøkonomi i Danmark og internationalt.

Generative AI has made giant strides toward machine intelligence. Can machine consciousness be far behind?

The US Digital Service has seen its staff and budget expand under president Biden. Administrator Mina Hsiang says online government services should be made as compelling as apps from Silicon Valley.

Prof. Lu Zhiyi, Prof. Wang Aiying and their collaborators at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have elucidated the corrosion mechanism of corrosive anion Br- on Ni-based anodes, contributing to the stability of seawater electrolysis. The study was published in Nature Communications.

Research led by Duke University, Durham, has discovered a situation-dependent traffic jam in mRNA translation caused by RNA hairpins leading to higher translation of upstream start codons (uAUGs).

Research led by Duke University, Durham, has discovered a situation-dependent traffic jam in mRNA translation caused by RNA hairpins leading to higher translation of upstream start codons (uAUGs).

Nature Communications, Published online: 08 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-41402-7

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Nature Communications, Published online: 08 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-41315-5 Types of clonal hematopoiesis (CH) differ in frequency and fitness. These findings uncover shared genetic architecture, suggest evolutionary trade-offs between CH types, and detail elevated leukemia risk in individuals with overlapping types of CH.

Nature Communications, Published online: 08 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-41158-0 The pathological effects of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection on placental trophoblast progenitor cells in early human embryos are not well understood. In this study, using human trophoblast stem cells (hTSCs), Wu et al. show that hTSCs are readily infected by ZIKV, but that there is increasing resistance to the

Researchers have developed the first electronic device for continuously monitoring the health of transplanted organs in real time. Sitting directly on a transplanted kidney, the ultrathin, soft implant can detect temperature irregularities associated with inflammation and other body responses that arise with transplant rejection. Then, it alerts the patient or physician by wirelessly streaming dat

Det er især en processoren Integrated Core Processor (ICP), der giver problemer.

This is today’s edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. What to know about this autumn’s covid vaccines Many people have started testing positive for covid recently. Hospitalizations for the disease in the US rose nearly 16% during the third week of August, and even Jill Biden tested positive this week. Data sugges

Nature, Published online: 07 September 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02849-2 ChatGPT is part of a strategy of acclimatizing the public to the seismic changes that are imminent because of artificial intelligence, says the co-founder of OpenAI. Plus, the UK rejoins Horizon Europe and a bird-like dinosaur is as old as the ‘first bird’, Archaeopteryx.

I n Poland , next month’s parliamentary elections may be the opposition’s last, best chance to stop the country’s slide into autocracy. Along with Hungary, Poland once counted as a paradigmatic success story for a postcommunist transition to democracy. But also like Hungary, that reputation started to sour when far-right populists surged to power in the 2010s. What happens in Poland is the more c

This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a single must-read from The Atlantic , Monday through Friday. Sign up for it here. In the past year or so, since the public release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, people have been making their peace with the idea that an omnipotent AI might be on the horizon. Sam Altman, the company’s CEO, “believes that peopl

“A mong all the singular and interesting records to which the institution of American slavery has given rise,” Harriet Beecher Stowe once wrote, “we know of none more striking, more characteristic and instructive, than that of JOSIAH HENSON.” Stowe first wrote about Henson’s 1849 autobiography in her 1853 book A Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin , an annotated bibliography of sorts in which she cited a nu

Researchers investigated the relationship between historical traumatic events experienced by Alaska Native communities and epigenetic markers on genes that previous studies have linked to trauma. The new study found a similar pattern among Alaska Native participants, with specific epigenetic differences observed in those who reported experiencing the most intense symptoms of distress when reflecti

An emerging system which combines rapid imaging with artificial intelligence could help scientists build a comprehensive picture of present and historic environmental change — by swiftly and accurately analyzing pollen.

The climate-driven advance of beavers into the Arctic tundra is causing the release of more methane — a greenhouse gas — into the atmosphere. Beavers, as everyone knows, like to make dams. Those dams cause flooding, which inundates vegetation and turns Arctic streams and creeks into a series of ponds. Those beaver ponds and surrounding inundated vegetation can be devoid of oxygen and rich with o

Some patients have experienced incredible recoveries after CAR-T-cell therapy. But they've also endured incredibly strong and scary side effects, in part because of the lymphodepleting chemotherapy that is performed before the CAR-T-cells are reinfused. What if CAR-T-cell therapy could be performed without lymphodepleting chemotherapy?

People who primarily use their own gut feeling to determine what is true and false are more likely to believe conspiracy theories. That is the conclusion of researchers who have investigated the relationship between susceptibility to misleading information and the conviction that the truth is relative.

Patent-pending adhesive formulations developed from fully sustainable, bio-based components establish bonds that grow stronger when underwater or exposed to wet conditions.

In experiments aboard the International Space Station, a surface treatment developed engineers prevented the growth of microbial biofims. These films can damage equipment and potentially cause illness.

Researchers have developed the first electronic device for continuously monitoring the health of transplanted organs in real time. Sitting directly on a transplanted kidney, the ultrathin, soft implant can detect temperature irregularities associated with inflammation and other body responses that arise with transplant rejection. Then, it alerts the patient or physician by wirelessly streaming dat

Scientists found that a subset of CD8+ T cells in the brain lessens the activation of microglia and limits disease pathology in a model of Alzheimer's disease.

Every day we encounter circumstances we consider wrong: a starving child, a corrupt politician, an unfaithful partner, a fraudulent scientist. These examples highlight several moral issues, including matters of care, fairness and betrayal. But does anything unite them all?

An analysis of data from a long-running study of more than 11,000 adults from four diverse communities in the United States has found that adults who had high blood pressure while both seated upright and lying supine (flat on their backs) had a higher risk of heart disease, stroke, heart failure or premature death compared to adults without high blood pressure while upright and supine.

An analysis of electronic health records for more than 60,000 adults in the United States found that systolic, or top-number, blood pressure rose slightly during the winter compared to summer months. The health records were of adults being treated for high blood pressure from 2018 to 2023 at six health care centers of varying sizes located in the southeast and midwestern United States.

Children of a parent with alcohol or drug use disorder have a greater risk of intellectual disability, even if the problem only lies with the father, researchers report. According to the study, preventive measures should be directed at both parents.

A new artificial intelligence tool can help people with Parkinson's disease remotely assess the severity of their symptoms within minutes. While expert neurologists performed slightly better than the AI model, the AI model outperformed the primary care physicians with UPDRS certification.

Between 1840 and 1867, thousands of enslaved Africans who had been 'liberated' from slave ships intercepted by the British Royal Navy were taken to the South Atlantic island of St Helena. But little is written in history books or otherwise known about the lives of these individuals. Now, ancient DNA analyses offer the first direct evidence for the origins of St Helena's liberated Africans.

In many animals, including ants, the blood-brain barrier (BBB) ensures normal brain function by controlling the movement of various substances in and out of the brain. Now, researchers have made the unexpected discovery that the BBB in carpenter ants plays an active role in controlling behavior that's essential to the function of entire ant colonies. The key is production in the BBB of a particula

Scientists are reporting results from a Phase I trial in an area of promising research for Alzheimer's disease — cellular senescence.

By adding synergistic self-adjuvanting properties to Covid-19 RNA vaccines, researchers showed they could significantly boost the immune response generated in mice.

Genetic manipulation of a puzzling, miniscule bacteria that has lived in human mouths at least since the Middle Stone Age is elucidating the genes needed for its unusual lifestyle. These Patescibacteria in the human oral microbiome reside on the surface of another, larger host microbe. Found in many water and land environments, Patescibacteria in general lack the genes required to make many molecu

Researchers have developed a new approach that slashes the land and time needed to extract lithium from brine, which could dramatically expand access to the critical mineral.

New research has uncovered a possible clue as to why glaciers that terminate at the sea are retreating at unprecedented rates: the bursting of tiny, pressurized bubbles in underwater ice.

In many neurodegenerative disorders, abnormal proteins progressively aggregate and propagate in the brain. But what comes first, aggregation or propagation? Researchers from Japan share some new insights about the mechanism involved in Parkinson's disease.

When dairy cows are fed diets with reduced protein concentrations — aimed at decreased environmental nitrogen pollution from their manure such as nitrate leaching, nutrient-laden run-off and ammonia volatilization — their milk production can suffer. Supplementing the amino acid histidine may help in maintaining, and even increasing, milk and milk-protein yields.

From the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment, 'monstrous births' — malformed or anomalous fetuses — were, to Western medicine, an object of superstition. In 19th-century America, they became instead an object of the 'modern scientific study of monstrosity,' a field formalized by French scientist Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire. This clinical turn was positioned against the backdrop of social, politi

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This high-end streamer/headphone amp combo is among the best you'll hear, but it has a price tag to match.

Fishermen and residents of Fukushima and five other prefectures along Japan's northeastern coast filed a lawsuit Friday demanding a halt to the ongoing release of treated radioactive wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea.

Britain is experiencing a record-breaking period of hot September weather with Friday expected to be the fifth consecutive day of temperatures climbing above 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit).

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Humans are feeding the invisible world of ocean microbes a punishing diet of pollutants, boosting the impact of climate change and hastening the destruction of life as we know it

There is a lot of social psychology out there providing information that can inform our everyday lives, and most people are completely unaware of the research. Richard Wiseman makes this point in his book, 59 Seconds – we actually have useful scientific information, and yet we also have a vast self-help industry giving advice that is completely disconnected from this evidence. The result is that

The golden, dome-shaped object was discovered in the Gulf of Alaska during an NOAA expedition and after bringing it to the surface, scientists still have no idea what it is.

BA.2.86, nicknamed Pirola, causing concern among scientists because of fear it could be more transmissible The latest Covid-19 variant, BA.2.86 , appears to be spreading in the UK, health surveillance data suggests. The variant, nicknamed Pirola, has prompted concern among scientists because of the high number of mutations it carries, which raises the possibility that it could evade the immune sy

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Self-driving cars are expanding their ranges in a handful of U.S. cities, but the reality doesn’t yet match the hype

Earth is bombarded by millions of bits of cosmic debris every day. Here’s how to distinguish between the different types

Self-driving cars are expanding their ranges in a handful of U.S. cities, but the reality doesn’t yet match the hype

Earth is bombarded by millions of bits of cosmic debris every day. Here’s how to distinguish between the different types

At best, suggested videos are bad. At worst, they lead to disinformation. Here's how to take control with just one setting toggle.

The world needs thousands of new grid battery installations to fight climate change. They rarely catch fire—but many people are skeptical of having one next door.

Transplant organs are scarce. Could growing ones with human cells in pigs alleviate the shortage?

One of the best parts of following Bethesda’s games has been watching how the community embraces its glitchy worlds.

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Ny model giver alt for høje kompensationer, vurderer økonomi-professor, men Kraka Advisory pointerer, at den er et forsøg på at gøre op med den nuværende wild west-kultur på området.

Nature, Published online: 08 September 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02477-w Manuscripts that don’t disclose AI assistance are slipping past peer reviewers.

Nature Communications, Published online: 08 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-41259-w Breakage-fusion-bridge (BFB) is a mechanism that leads to complex genome rearrangements in multiple cancers. Here, the authors develop a computational method for identifying these events, even when further complicated by additional structural variations.

Nature Communications, Published online: 08 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-41066-3 The use of immune checkpoint inhibitors is associated with a wide range of side effects. Here the authors explore the use of periodic cycles of a diet that mimics fasting and see reduction in side effects caused by a range of immune checkpoint blockade antibodies in a preclinical cancer model.

Nature Communications, Published online: 08 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-41274-x Mixtures of prion-like low complexity domains (PLCDs) are found in condensates such as stress granules. In this work, the authors report how the interplay between homotypic and heterotypic interactions contributes to condensate formation by mixtures of PLCDs.

Jordens energibalance er ude af ligevægt, advarer anerkendt klimaforsker, og inden for et år vil temperaturstigningen passere 1,5 grader. Transformator har også været på transportudstilling i München og samler op på byggeskandaler som Njals Tårn og Niels Bohr Bygningen.

This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, and read articles like this first, sign up here . Last week I came down with some kind of bug. So I got to play one of my least favorite games: “Covid or Not Covid?” In my case, two rapid tests were negative, so probably not covid. But many other people have b

The source of ochre minerals used by Stone Age humans in an Ethiopian cave changed over a 4500-year period, although it is unclear why

The Gans' egg-eater, an African snake, can swallow eggs whole despite its small size.

We currently know of 5,502 planets beyond the solar system, but we've only found the tiniest fraction of the planets astronomers think lie elsewhere in the universe.

An MP, a standup comic, a barrister, a divorce expert and a debating coach give tips on the art of debate – and why you need to listen, not just argue Whether or not history will determine that we are living in an ever more divided culture, it certainly feels that way. Perhaps there is just more to argue about when facing a never-ending Ninja Warrior course of crises. The culture wars , meanwhile

History repeating.

En ny bog om Elon Musk giver nye detaljer i sagen om SpaceX-direktørens benspænd for et ukrainsk droneangreb på russiske skibe.

The publisher Frontiers has retracted nearly 40 papers across multiple journals linked to “the unethical practice of buying or selling authorship on research papers,” according to a press release posted to a company website Monday. The release also states Frontiers is adopting new policies to prevent the sale of authorships on papers it publishes. The publisher’s old policy simply stated that “Re

En ny bog om Elon Musk giver nye detaljer i sagen om SpaceX-direktørens benspænd for et ukrainsk droneangreb på russiske skibe.

Nature Communications, Published online: 08 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-41346-y Mechanisms underlying the connection between autophagy decline and vascular endothelial cell (VEC) ageing remain unclear. Here, the authors identify a key role for CD44 in controlling autophagy and ageing in VECs, and this function is conserved in nematodes.

Nature Communications, Published online: 08 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-41307-5 Melatonin is a physiological regulator in many organisms including plants. Here, the authors demonstrate a molecular mechanism of red light-induced melatonin biosynthesis in tomato fruit which could guide the engineering of melatonin-enriched tomatoes.

Nature Communications, Published online: 08 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-41157-1 Fano varieties are mathematical shapes that are basic units in geometry, they are challenging to classify in high dimensions. The authors introduce a machine learning approach that picks out geometric structure from complex mathematical data where rigorous analytical methods are lacking.

Alle studerende og forskere på Københavns Universitet får nu adgang til højtkvalificeret…

USA sender panserværnsammunition, som består af forarmet uran, til Ukraine. Eksperter slår fast, at der ikke er tale om et kernevåben.

Nature, Published online: 08 September 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02813-0 Science benefits when there is mutual respect between academics and research managers. Team Science, a six-part series, begins by examining a key workplace relationship.

Det er især en processoren Integrated Core Processor (ICP), der giver problemer.

The UK’s limited vaccine offer ignores the serious threat of long Covid – and the knock-on effects on the economy Recent headlines have been flagging that Covid may be coming back , but, as weary as we all may be of this pesky virus, the truth is that it never really went away. Unlike viruses such as flu, there is no evidence that Covid has settled into a seasonal pattern. Its constant presence m

People seek out art and music that combine sadness and beauty. Scientists and artists say there's good reason why we're drawn to it. (Image credit: De Agostini via Getty Images)

Flere eksperter råber vagt i gevær, folketingspolitikere kræver svar, men ministre afviser fortsat at forholde sig til problemet med it-snageri i kommuner og regioner.

Insatser för att förbättra miljöerna i europeiska vattendrag gav effekt. Men den positiva utvecklingen har avstannat, visar en internationell studie. Inlägget dök först upp på forskning.se .

Ny model giver alt for høje kompensationer, vurderer økonomi-professor, men Kraka Advisory pointerer, at den er et forsøg på at gøre op med den nuværende wild west-kultur på området.

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Fossils from a 25-million-year-old koala that may have weighed just 2.6 kilograms might help us understand how early marsupials diversified

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The co-founder of DeepMind issues a terrifying warning about AI and synthetic biology – but how seriously should we take it? On 22 February1946, George Kennan, an American diplomat stationed in Moscow, dictated a 5,000-word cable to Washington. In this famous telegram, Kennan warned that the Soviet Union’s commitment to communism meant that it was inherently expansionist, and urged the US governm

A team of researchers at Aston University has demonstrated that benchtop spectrometers are capable of analyzing pyrolysis bio-oils just as well as far more expensive, high-field spectrometers.

A team of researchers at Aston University has demonstrated that benchtop spectrometers are capable of analyzing pyrolysis bio-oils just as well as far more expensive, high-field spectrometers.

Colombia's massive El Cerrejon coal mine has landed in the crosshairs of President Gustavo Petro, who has blamed the open-pit operation for plunging the local Indigenous community into a severe water crisis.

Nature Communications, Published online: 08 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-41350-2 By using femtosecond laser writing technique, the research group in Nanjing University has fabricated 3D nano-resolution nonlinear holograms in lithium niobate crystals, which is capable of processing optical information across the wavelength gaps.

In Brazil, the proverbial goose that lays the golden egg is in reality something closer to a pheasant that excretes coffee beans.

In Brazil, the proverbial goose that lays the golden egg is in reality something closer to a pheasant that excretes coffee beans.

Brazil is bracing for new storms just days after a devastating cyclone killed at least 41 people in the country's south, officials said Thursday.

With its millions of visitors every year and the buses, supply trucks, noodle shops and fridge magnets, Japan's Mount Fuji is no longer the peaceful pilgrimage site it once was.

In France's southern Bordeaux region, the grape harvest is often now done at night to ensure the peak freshness required to obtain the best wine but this is also a response to climate change.

In France's southern Bordeaux region, the grape harvest is often now done at night to ensure the peak freshness required to obtain the best wine but this is also a response to climate change.

As COVID cases and hospitalizations increase yet again, I'd like my contribution to medical research to be more than convincing people to skip vaccine doses. So should you. The post first appeared on Science-Based Medicine .

Historically, researchers believed that quantum properties disappear at the scale of biology, but there is increasing evidence that this isn't the full story, says physicist Clarice Aiello

Drones and a robot called Spot survey off-limits laboratories at a former arms test site.

Den første brede undersøgelse af ukrainske flygtninges liv i Danmark viser, at næsten…

Utveckling av helt nya läkemedel är både dyrt och tar tid, 15 år från idé till färdig produkt är inte ovanligt. Att hitta helt nya användningsområden för redan godkända läkemedel – så kallad drug repurposing – är både snabbare och billigare. Tanken är inte hel ny men med nya tekniker kan sökande göras mer systematiskt och effektivt.

The synthetic opioid fentanyl, responsible for tens of thousands of overdose deaths in the U.S., has now entered Nigeria’s illicit drug market. A physician who treats patients in the emergency room discusses whether the country’s underfunded health care system will be able to handle the potential impact.

Det styrker danske småbørns udvikling, når deres forældre holder en længere…

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Nature Communications, Published online: 08 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-41078-z The role of synaptogenesis during the acquisition of goal-directed behaviors is unknown. Here, the authors show that learning-induced synaptogenesis in the adult mouse cortex is required to excite a specific circuit to adjust effort exertion.

Nature Communications, Published online: 08 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-41088-x Spatial compartmentalization is central to nuclear function. Here, the authors demonstrate that EPAC1 can enter the nucleus and regulate the transcription of a histone cluster by forming biomolecular condensates in its proximity in response to cAMP.

Nature Communications, Published online: 08 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-41170-4 The 3D/4D printing of shape memory polymers to create shape-morphing structures typically goes through a hot programming step possessing limited reconfigurability. Here the authors introduce a cold-programmed grayscale digital light processing-based 3D printing to encode different configurations during the

Nature Communications, Published online: 08 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-41281-y GPI-T adds GPI to proteins faithfully despite the sequence variance. Here, the authors reveal structural features underpinning this broad specificity, and a fidelity mechanism where unlocking autoinhibition necessitates the synergistic binding of substrate regions with individually weak specificity.

Schneider Shorts of 8.09.2023 – a German party has science on its side, a retired fraudster sanctioned by ORI, a journal scrutinised, putin's daughter publishes in MDPI, with high- and low-profile retractions, an Israeli-super-genius, brain hacks, and finally, why russo-iranian papermillers are false friends.

We'd like to improve our agility for dealing with newly-emergent climate misinformation, revisitation of old claims by people in general, and misinformers on platforms with high potential for causing harm. So, we're exploring publishing a weekly feature, with the working title "Bunk of the Week." We'd appreciate and value your help in shaping our direction. If you care to help, please answer the

Scientists from the Institute of Laser Physics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research have modeled the atmosphere of the well-known "hot Jupiter" HD 189733b and have learned what hindered a stable finding of hydrogen in the atmosphere of the planet. They also defined the physico-chemical properties of this planetary system. They presented on this topic at the symposium

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Nature Communications, Published online: 08 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-41206-9 Nuclear transport receptors mediate nucleocytoplasmic transport, collectively termed karyopherin-β (Kap-β) in yeast. Here, the authors present a cryo-EM structure of Kap114p, one of the Kap-βs, revealing a non-canonical function beyond nuclear transport that modulates yTBP-dependent transcription.

As a result of the climate crisis, future forests may become unrecognizable. Trees that currently make up European woods may no longer be seen—or they may have moved several hundred meters uphill. Scientists writing in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change have mapped the forests of five vulnerable mountain areas in Italy and modeled the future of these fragile ecosystems.

Hair-coloring stem cells must swing back and forth between their maturity states to give hair its color.

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Microscopes were inaccessible to most of the world until Manu Prakash and Jim Cybulski put their engineering prowess to the test.

First developed in 2013, a fluorescent indicator has evolved to enable precise glutamate tracking.

Researchers took a mind-bending trip to understand the connections between psychedelic compounds produced by fungi, plants, and humans.

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How will a new version of epigenetic clocks aimed at validating the age of people older than 100 years of age balance accuracy and anonymity?

The transcriptional profiles in the brains of prairie voles changed after a long breakup, revealing a molecular shift that might help them cope with the loss of a partner.

Since the technique was first published in 2019, prime editing has grown with lightning speed, alongside hopes for what it can achieve.

The sea slug has helped scientists in their quest to understand how neurons encode memories.

Matthew Disney’s idea of small molecules that target RNA once seemed fanciful. Now, even the pharma industry is pursuing it

By coloring different organelles simultaneously, cell painting allows scientists to pick up subtle changes in cell function in response to drugs and other perturbations.

Psychedelics are evolutionarily ancient compounds produced by fungi, plants, and microbes. Humans also synthesize psychedelics. Researchers want to know how and why.

To support thousands of incoming connections, neurons use sophisticated transportation networks for delivering mRNA to faraway regions.

We have barely scratched the surface of itch science and what it indicates about our health.

Technological advancements over the last two decades transformed volume electron microscopy, improving usability, resolution, and throughput.

A renaissance in natural language modeling may help researchers explore how the brain extracts and organizes meaning.

A discovery that goes back to the first studies of translation has become the topic of biotech buzz.

A series of technological advancements for automation and parallel imaging made volume electron microscopy more user friendly while increasing throughput.

A third generation glutamate sensor with a fluorescent readout offers insights into neuronal communication.

Prime editing is one of the most promising forms of genome editing because it uses only single-stranded DNA breaks.

Two groups independently discovered that Fanzor proteins in eukaryotic organisms are CRISPR’s genome-editing cousins.

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Brought together by a shared interest in synthetic biology and diagnostics, two researchers are transforming how we label biomolecules.

To understand how memories are formed and maintained, neuroscientists travel far beyond the cell body in search of answers.

A breakdown of how scientists use real and computational data to understand language processing in the brain.

Timothy Hand leads a research team that explores how maternal immune signals shape the infant intestinal microbiota.

A newly discovered way to induce scarless healing in mice depends on a highly conserved signaling pathway that is also present in humans.

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Researchers have developed a new approach that slashes the land and time needed to extract lithium from brine, which could dramatically expand access to the critical mineral.

A study shows nest temperatures affect leatherback hatchling shape, performance and nest success. Lower temperatures produced longer hatchlings; highest temperatures produced hatchlings with thicker body depths. Hatchlings from the highest nest temperatures had shorter flippers. Righting response (ability to flip over) scores were significantly lower in hatchlings from hotter nests. Hatchlings tha