Helen Phillips’ book, ‘Hum’, is set in a dystopian near future, in a city suffering the effects of climate breakdown and with dire air quality. Robots (the Hums) press advertising…
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Muon g-2 Experiment Places New Constraints on a Forbidden Property of Muons
BYLINE: Madeleine O’Keefe Newswise — A year after their final muon magnetic anomaly announcement, the Muon g-2 collaboration today announced a new measurement of a different property of the muon: its electric dipole moment. Based…
Shame, Stigma, and Culture Prevent Male Domestic Violence Survivors From Seeking Help
Summary: A new large-scale study identifies the primary barriers that prevent male victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) from seeking help. Researchers found that viewing the abuse as a private…
Too many choices complicate female frogs’ sex lives
It’s not just you. Frogs also get overwhelmed when confronted with too many options — and sometimes, they make bad decisions. Female Cope’s gray tree frogs (Hyla chrysoscelis) prefer males…
“We’ve gone backwards” – new plastics treaty text dims hopes for production curbs
A new draft text to revive deadlocked UN plastics treaty talks does not include specific measures on managing runaway plastic production, a growing source of greenhouse gas emissions, drawing criticism…
Executive order on vaccines bypasses an evidence-based process that has kept kids safe
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Aug. 10, 2026, calling for the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to be given as three separate shots at three separate…
For refugees to the US, discrimination can make healthcare harder to get
Newly arrived refugees resettling in the United States face ending one long journey and embarking on another as they begin their new life here. But even after years of displacement,…
AI Rules to Protect Kids Risk Repeating Social Media Mistakes
Policymakers risk repeating mistakes they made trying to govern social media in their rush to protect kids from potential harms posed by AI chatbots, according to a new report by…
Perseid meteor shower peaks under perfect skies Aug 12-13 — here’s what to expect
The Perseid meteor shower, one of the most prolific and impressive meteor showers of the year, peaks tonight! Widely regarded as one of the best meteor showers of the year,…
Libin Zhou | Nutrient enrichment destabilizes aquatic food webs through synchronization within and across trophic levels – Functional Ecologists
In this ‘Behind the Paper’ blog post, author Libin Zhou – an Associate Professor at the Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology – discusses the paper “Nutrient enrichment destabilizes aquatic…
