A strange Earth shines in new imagery captured by a European asteroid mission. The Hera spacecraft, which launched this month to study a binary asteroid system up close. turned its…
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AI tools show biases in ranking job applicants’ names according to perceived race and gender
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The future of hiring, it seems, is automated. Applicants can now use artificial intelligence bots to apply to job listings by the thousands. Companies—which have long…
Astronomers predict the orbits of potentially hazardous comets from meteor showers
Illustration of long-period comets and the Oort cloud. Credit: National Astronomical Observatory of Japan Comets have long been seen as omens and portents, and it’s easy to understand why. They…
A single enzyme can alter the vibrant colors in parrot plumage
One enzyme has a key role in determining whether parrots’ rainbow plumage emerges in vibrant reds, yellows or greens, a new study shows. Parrot feathers flaunt an array of colors,…
Verra’s plan to review carbon credits faster raises integrity concerns
Verra’s new CEO said that “faster does not equal to compromise on integrity” – but independent carbon market experts are sceptical Verra, the world’s biggest certifier of carbon credits, plans…
This marine biologist discovered a unique blue whale population in Sri Lanka
Pooping whales changed the course of Asha de Vos’ career. The Sri Lankan marine biologist was aboard a research vessel near her home island in 2003 when she spotted six…
Overdose deaths are rising among Black and Indigenous Americans
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The recent decline in overdose deaths hides a tremendous disparity by race: Deaths have fallen only among white people while continuing to rise among people of…
Germany to bury nuclear waste but toxic dispute unresolved
A mock atomic waste drum on the property of a farmer who is a member of an anti-nuclear citizens’ initiative. An elevator rattles down about a kilometer (3,000 feet) below…
AI is supercharging gene editing, slingshotting us into a future of creating new life
During her chemistry Nobel Prize lecture in 2018, Frances Arnold said, “Today we can for all practical purposes read, write and edit any sequence of DNA, but we cannot compose it.”…
