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Energy Department Awards New Contract to Manage an
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a new contract to manage and operate Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) located in Batavia, IL. The award was the…
Bird nests made with a toxic fungus seem to fend off attacking ants
When building a bird nest in ant territory, the best defense could be an offensive fungus. Swollen-thorn acacia trees are aggressively defended by multiple species of ants. And yet, several…
Retailers Look to AI for Holiday Shopping Season Success
The 2024 holiday shopping season won’t be the best for retailers. Not only is the Thanksgiving to Christmas window narrower than usual, but market watchers are predicting limp sales growth…
‘Sub-Earth’ exoplanet discovered around the closest solo star to us
Astronomers have discovered a planet orbiting the closest solo star to the solar system, known as Barnard’s star. The newly discovered exoplanet has around half the mass of Venus, which…
Neurons in mouse piriform cortex aid in recurrent circuit development, study finds
Embryonically active neurons labeled in brain-wide regions, highlighting particularly dense and broad activation in piriform cortex (also known as primary olfactory cortex). Credit: Wang et al. The activity of neurons…
A new model for symbolic music generation using musical metadata
Screenshot of the team’s system demo showing its user interface. Credit: Han et al. Artificial intelligence (AI) has opened new interesting opportunities for the music industry, for instance, enabling the…
Viewpoint: Chemophobic demonizing of DEET — Boston Museum of Science’s fact-free endorsement of ’non chemical’ insect repellent alternatives
I’m sure you know by now that I often speak about the harms of the appeal to nature fallacy and messaging that exploits chemophobia (the unfounded and irrational fear of…
Conversion practice linked to greater risk of mental health symptoms, US surveys of LGBTQ+ people suggest
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People identifying as LGBTQ+ who have undergone conversion practice—commonly known as conversion therapy—are more likely to experience poor mental health, according to a study published in…
