Climate march tamed and gender talks hit impasse

Campaigners hold a static, quiet protest – and observers say human rights language and finance are tripping up the COP29 gender negotiations This article will be updated throughout the day…

Traditional Mayan practices have long promoted unique levels of family harmony. But what effect is globalization having?

Credit: Carolina Basi from Pexels A new paper in the journal Child Development shows how some aspects of family interaction among Indigenous people in Guatemala have fundamentally shifted with rapid…

New microfluidic device shows tumor shape predicts cancer aggressiveness

The image shows culture, release and transfer of the tumoroids from the ReSCUE platform, as well as the released breast cancer disk-, rod-, and U-shaped tumoroids cultured in EKGel over…

New study shows how salmonella tricks gut defenses to cause infection

Colorized SEM (scanning electron micrograph) of the foodborne pathogen Salmonella enteritidis. Blue is growth medium. Picture is colored in false colors to illustrate difference. Photo by Jean Guard, ARS. Credit:…

Mushroom houses for Gaza? Arab designers offer home-grown innovations

Mushroom-based structures are an appealing alternative to the shelters now housing many displaced Gazans. As winter descends on Gaza’s tent cities, emergency housing made from mushrooms could keep out the…

Trump and Musk could redefine US space strategy

Donald Trump’s fascination with space is nothing new — during his first term he created Space Force and launched the Artemis program to return to the moon. Should NASA return…

US finalizes up to $6.6 bn funding for chip giant TSMC

The first of TSMC’s three new facilities in Arizona is set to fully open by early-2025, according to President Joe Biden. The United States will award Taiwanese chip giant TSMC…

What is Bluesky, the fast-growing social platform welcoming fleeing X users?

The app for Bluesky is shown on a mobile phone, left, and on a laptop screen on June 2, 2023, in New York. Credit: AP Photo/Richard Drew, File Disgruntled X…

Traces of Roman road uncovered in London’s Old Kent Road

Archaeologists have found traces of Watling Street, a Roman road that served as a major historical route during Classical Antiquity, Late Antiquity, and throughout the Middle Ages. Watling Street, constructed…

The ISS has been leaking for 5 years. NASA and Russia disagree on how to fix it

NASA and the Russian space agency are not in agreement about the risk an ongoing leak poses to the space station, a U.S. advisory committee said. NASA and Roscosmos also…