Summary: The sensation of hunger itself may slow aging. Researchers discovered that flies induced to feel hungry, either through diet or brain stimulation, lived longer. They also found that hunger…
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Why some hammerhead sharks seem to ‘hold their breath’ during dives
Even fish sometimes hold their breath in cold, dark, deep water. Scalloped hammerhead sharks living near Hawaii spend their days basking in warm surface waters. But at night, these fish…
The struggle to design green buildings amid shifting legal, tech landscape
Holly Samuelson, an associate professor of architecture at the GSD, looks at climate change’s impact on new city and state regulations as architects, designers, and developers try to stay current.…
Aging in the Arctic—Insights from a study on woody shrubs – Functional Ecologists
In this new post, Jackson Drew—a PhD candidate in Alaska—presents his work ‘Age Matters: older Alnus viridis ssp. fruticosa are more sensitive to summer temperatures in the Alaskan Arctic‘. Here…
Experiment shows thoughts influence tactile perception
Two needles or just one? How we perceive it depends on the distance between the two needles. Credit: Ruhr-Universitaet-Bochum If we sincerely believe that our index finger is five times…
Researchers find new approach to explore earliest universe dynamics with gravitational waves
by Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, The University of Tokyo Schematic of the inflaton field fragmented into oscillons, with superimposed gravitational waves. Credit: Kavli IPMU,…
After court blocks renewables push, US promotes carbon capture & hydrogen
The Environmental Protection Agency will set limits on power plants’ emissions, forcing them to clean up or shut down The Biden administration unveiled a sweeping plan to slash greenhouse gas…
Google is giving its dominant search engine an artificial-intelligence makeover
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at a Google I/O event in Mountain View, Calif., Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Credit: AP Photo/Jeff Chiu Google on Wednesday disclosed plans to infuse its…
Sun, Moon and Earth aligned: 2023 total eclipse at sea, what it was like to witness it
The fascinating story about witnessing the 2023 total eclipse at sea, off the coast of Australia. As the Co-Director of Swinburne’s Space Technology and Industry Institute, I can apply my…
