A single drawing from a 94-year-old scientific paper has revived interest in one of the more roundabout ways a spider preps its dinner. First swathe a fruit fly or other…
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RFK Jr’s shakeup of vaccine advisory committee raises worries about scientific integrity of health recommendations
On June 11, 2025, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a slate of eight new members to serve on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which advises the Centers…
Review finds 34% reduction in suicide risk following electroconvulsive therapy in patients with severe depression
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A newly published analysis reveals that individuals with severe depression who received electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) were 34% less likely to die by suicide compared to those…
WWII bunker unexpectedly discovered during forest clearance works
A WWII bunker has been discovered during forest clearance works for the S17 Piaski–Hrebenne expressway in eastern Poland. A previous LiDAR survey of the area had revealed traces of World…
Why improving robot design is essential to achieving true intelligence
Jun.-Prof. Edoardo Milana, Junior Professor for Soft Machines at the University of Freiburg. Credit: Lucia Brunold Thanks to artificial intelligence, robots can already perform many tasks that would otherwise require…
Astronomers map unusual inner workings of a jellyfish galaxy with ‘bunny ears’
A Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 4858, showing the stellar tendrils extending north from the barred spiral disk. The cold molecular gas in NGC 4858, seen by the ALMA…
Trapped-ion advances break new ground in quantum computing
The Enchilada Trap, manufactured in Sandia National Laboratories’ Microsystems Engineering, Science and Applications fabrication facility. Credit: Craig Fritz Research at the Quantum Systems Accelerator has been steadily breaking new ground,…
Salvage project reveals 500 years of Veracruz history
An archaeological salvage project in Veracruz, Mexico, has uncovered more than five centuries of the city’s urban development and everyday life. The project, led by the Veracruz City Council in…
Deep-sea geoengineering set for scrutiny with High Seas Treaty
A new treaty to protect oceans, now close to taking effect, would make it harder to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere through controversial geoengineering techniques like sinking seaweed and…
