Image: Earth in far-ultraviolet

Credit: NASA On April 21, 1972, NASA astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 mission, took a far-ultraviolet photo of Earth with an ultraviolet camera. Young’s original black-and-white…

Oldest known three-dimensional map discovered at the Ségognole 3 rock shelter

Archaeologists from the Mines Paris – PSL Centre of Geosciences, working in collaboration with experts from the University of Adelaide, have discovered what may be the world’s oldest three-dimensional map…

Stretchable microelectrode array enables non-invasive signal monitoring in organoids

Image of highly stretchable MEA (sMEA) with protruding microelectrodes. Credit: The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) A KAIST research team has developed a highly stretchable microelectrode array…

Amazon orders 200 Mercedes-Benz electric trucks

The eActros 600 can travel about 500 kilometres (310 miles) on a single charge. Online retailer Amazon has purchased 202 electric Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 vehicles from Germany’s Daimler Truck, the…

In a major reversal, the World Bank is backing mega dams

Despite opposition, the bank has approved the first of five big dam projects expected to get its support in the coming months This story was originally published by Yale Environment 360. After a decade of…

Engineering quantum entanglement at the nanoscale

Vaccine hesitancy among pet owners is growing – a public health expert explains why that matters

When most people think about vaccines, they typically think about humans: Experts warn that when large numbers of people are unvaccinated, it can lead to severe consequences, including disease outbreaks…

Biden Battered Over AI Diffusion Policy

An eleventh-hour move by the Biden Administration to regulate how American AI technology is shared with the world is coming under fire from the nation’s tech sector. According to the…

New framework designs scalable 3D transistors based on 2D semiconductors

Up to 4 in 10 people could develop dementia after 55. What you can do to lower your risk

A doctor checks the blood pressure of A 94-year-old woman in Sant Sadurní d’Anoia, Catalonia region, Spain, Friday, July 31, 2020. Credit: AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File About a million Americans…