- Human Defenses Against Viruses First Evolved Billions of Years Ago, Study Suggestsby Carly Cassella (ScienceAlert) on September 7, 2024 at 9:03 pm
A gift as old as multicellular life itself.
- Scientists Discover Mosquitoes Are Using Infrared to Track Humans Downby Jess Cockerill (ScienceAlert) on September 7, 2024 at 12:30 pm
The deadly secret is out.
- Why Polio Has Reemerged in Gazaby Lee Sherry (Science Latest) on September 7, 2024 at 12:00 pm
After a quarter of a century, the disease has returned to Gaza, prompting a campaign to immunize all of the territory's children against the virus.
- The Mosquito-Borne Disease ‘Triple E’ Is Spreading in the US as Temperatures Riseby Zoya Teirstein (Science Latest) on September 7, 2024 at 11:00 am
Eastern equine encephalitis, which has a high mortality rate, is becoming more common in North America as climate changes expands the habitats of insects.
- Radical New Super-Tough Transistor Could Revolutionize Electronicsby David Nield (ScienceAlert) on September 7, 2024 at 10:02 am
No wear after 100 billion cycles.
- New Ultrafast Chip Paves Way For 4K Movie Downloads in Secondsby Ranjan Singh, The Conversation (ScienceAlert) on September 7, 2024 at 12:30 am
"This vision is rapidly approaching reality."
- Scientists Reveal The Absolute Worst Thickness For a Paper Cutby Michelle Starr (ScienceAlert) on September 6, 2024 at 11:31 pm
Ouch!
- HPV Linked to Disturbing Changes in Human Sperm, Scientists Findby Carly Cassella (ScienceAlert) on September 6, 2024 at 11:00 pm
An insidious impact on male fertility.
- Boeing Starliner Returns Home to an Uncertain Futureby Stephen Clark, Ars Technica (Science Latest) on September 6, 2024 at 10:24 pm
NASA has three more operational Starliner missions on the books. It hasn't decided whether it will commit to any more than that.
- A Common Sleeping Pill May Reduce Buildup of Alzheimer's Proteins, Study Findsby Clare Watson (ScienceAlert) on September 6, 2024 at 9:37 pm
Intriguing...
- The jet stream may be starting to shift in response to climate changeby New Scientist - Home on September 6, 2024 at 8:01 pm
Bands of fast-moving wind that blow west to east around the globe play a crucial role in weather – a poleward shift in parts of these jet streams could cause dramatic changes in weather from the western US to the Mediterranean
- AI helps find simple charging trick to boost battery lifespanby New Scientist - Home on September 6, 2024 at 8:00 pm
Charging new lithium-ion batteries with high currents can significantly increase their total lifespan
- What Cancún’s Tourists Don’t See Is a Sprawling Concrete Jungleby Ricardo Hernández (Science Latest) on September 6, 2024 at 6:49 pm
The rapid expansion of Cancún since the 1970s has created a vastly unequal city, with overpopulated neighborhoods deprived of public space propping up the city's lavish tourist districts.
- Sharks leap out of the water more often than you might thinkby New Scientist - Home on September 6, 2024 at 5:00 pm
Breaching is a common behaviour in a wide range of sharks and rays, and it is thought to have functions related to courtship, birthing and hygiene
- The mathematical theory that made the internet possibleby New Scientist - Home on September 6, 2024 at 4:00 pm
Information theory tells us the limits of what can and cannot be communicated – and without it, the digital revolution could never have happened
- Greenland voyage sheds light on little-known ancient Arctic cultureby New Scientist - Home on September 6, 2024 at 3:00 pm
On a recent expedition, researchers braved summer storms in northern Greenland to learn the secrets of the ancient peoples who lived there 4500 years ago
- Smart speakers at crime scenes could provide valuable clues to policeby New Scientist - Home on September 6, 2024 at 2:25 pm
Information on faces recognised, voice commands and internet searches can be extracted from an Amazon Echo smart assistant without help from the user or manufacturer
- Alien Planets May Be Trapped in Endless Day or Eternal Nightby Maureen Cohen, The Conversation (ScienceAlert) on September 6, 2024 at 11:31 am
A moment that lasts forever.
- Lonely Space Probe Measures The True Darkness of The Universeby Michelle Starr (ScienceAlert) on September 6, 2024 at 11:00 am
"We now have a good idea of just how dark space really is."
- We May Already Be Touching The Andromeda Galaxy, Scientists Findby Mike McRae (ScienceAlert) on September 6, 2024 at 9:00 am
The collision is underway.
- The use of ectopic volar fibroblasts to modify skin identityby Sam S. Lee, Evan Sweren, Erika Dare, Paige Derr, Kristy Derr, Chen Chia Wang, Brooke Hardesty, Aiden A. Willis, Junjie Chen, Jonathan K. Vuillier, Joseph Du, Julia Wool, Amanda Ruci, Vicky Y. Wang, Chaewon Lee, Sampada Iyengar, Soichiro Asami, Maria Daskam, Claudia Lee, Jeremy C. Lee, Darren Cho, Joshua Kim, Eddie Gibson Martinez-Peña, So Min Lee, Xu He, Michael Wakeman, Iralde Sicilia, Dalhart T. Dobbs, Amy van Ee, Ang Li, Yingchao Xue, Kaitlin L. Williams, Charles S. Kirby, Dongwon Kim, Sooah Kim, Lillian Xu, Ruizhi Wang, Marc Ferrer, Yun Chen, Jin U. Kang, Reza Kalhor, Sewon Kang, Luis A. Garza (AAAS: Science: Table of Contents) on September 6, 2024 at 7:00 am
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- Achieving optical transparency in live animals with absorbing moleculesby Zihao Ou, Yi-Shiou Duh, Nicholas J. Rommelfanger, Carl H. C. Keck, Shan Jiang, Kenneth Brinson, Su Zhao, Elizabeth L. Schmidt, Xiang Wu, Fan Yang, Betty Cai, Han Cui, Wei Qi, Shifu Wu, Adarsh Tantry, Richard Roth, Jun Ding, Xiaoke Chen, Julia A. Kaltschmidt, Mark L. Brongersma, Guosong Hong (AAAS: Science: Table of Contents) on September 6, 2024 at 7:00 am
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- Single-cell chromatin accessibility reveals malignant regulatory programs in primary human cancersby Laksshman Sundaram, Arvind Kumar, Matthew Zatzman, Adriana Salcedo, Neal Ravindra, Shadi Shams, Brian H. Louie, S. Tansu Bagdatli, Matthew A. Myers, Shahab Sarmashghi, Hyo Young Choi, Won-Young Choi, Kathryn E. Yost, Yanding Zhao, Jeffrey M. Granja, Toshinori Hinoue, D. Neil Hayes, Andrew Cherniack, Ina Felau, Hani Choudhry, Jean C. Zenklusen, Kyle Kai-How Farh, Andrew McPherson, Christina Curtis, Peter W. Laird, The Cancer Genome Atlas Analysis Network‡, M. Ryan Corces, Howard Y. Chang, William J. Greenleaf (AAAS: Science: Table of Contents) on September 6, 2024 at 7:00 am
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- The economic impacts of ecosystem disruptions: Costs from substituting biological pest controlby Eyal G. Frank (AAAS: Science: Table of Contents) on September 6, 2024 at 7:00 am
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- Climate change exacerbates the environmental impacts of agricultureby Yi Yang, David Tilman, Zhenong Jin, Pete Smith, Christopher B. Barrett, Yong-Guan Zhu, Jennifer Burney, Paolo D’Odorico, Peter Fantke, Joe Fargione, Jacques C. Finlay, Maria Cristina Rulli, Lindsey Sloat, Kees Jan van Groenigen, Paul C. West, Lewis Ziska, Anna M. Michalak, the Clim-Ag Team, David B. Lobell (AAAS: Science: Table of Contents) on September 6, 2024 at 7:00 am
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- Stunningly preserved pterosaur fossils reveal how they soaredby New Scientist - Home on September 6, 2024 at 5:01 am
The largest pterosaurs, ancient reptiles that were the first vertebrates to master flight, may have mostly soared while smaller ones flapped their wings, a pattern that persists in today's birds
- Evidence mounts that saline nasal drops and sprays help treat coldsby New Scientist - Home on September 5, 2024 at 11:01 pm
Saline drops and sprays have already been linked to reduced cold symptoms in adults and now a study suggests they also work in children
- Why Super Typhoons Like Yagi Are More Common Than You’d Thinkby Dennis Mersereau (Science Latest) on September 5, 2024 at 9:32 pm
Unlike in the Atlantic, there is little to stop high-intensity storms forming in Southeast Asia, and climate change is making conditions even more perilous.
- Bat die-off led to more insecticide use and more infant deaths in USby New Scientist - Home on September 5, 2024 at 7:00 pm
In counties in the US affected by a bat-killing disease, there has been a 31 per cent increase in insecticide use and an 8 per cent rise in infant mortality
- Mice turned see-through by a dye that lets you watch their organsby New Scientist - Home on September 5, 2024 at 7:00 pm
Rubbing a common yellow food dye onto a mouse's skin turns it temporarily transparent, so we can monitor its insides without harming the animal