The International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, Author provided Last year, we made an intriguing discovery—a radio signal in space that switched on and off every 18 minutes. Astronomers expect…
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How a combination of COVID lawsuits and media coverage keeps misinformation churning
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Public health has had its day in court lately. And another day. And another day. Over the course of the pandemic, lawsuits came from every direction,…
One year old, US climate law is already turbocharging clean energy technology
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain On a recent day under the July sun, three men heaved solar panels onto the roof of a roomy, two-story house near the banks of the…
Twitter challenger Threads struggles for traction
Analysts say that a Threads app launched by Instagram in a challenge to Twitter needs to differentiate itself. After a wildly successful first few days, Threads popularity has waned in…
Archaeologists recover ornate glassware from Roman shipwreck |
Underwater archaeologists have recovered ornate glassware during excavations of the Capo Corso 2 shipwreck. Capo Corso 2 was first discovered in 2012 at a depth of around 350 metres in…
Consumer Health: What is glioblastoma?
Glioblastoma (histology slide). Credit: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0 More than 14,490 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2023, according to the National Brain Tumor Society, and 10,000…
Researchers identify genes that directly influence what we eat
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In one of the first large-scale studies of genes related to diet, researchers have uncovered almost 500 genes that appear to directly influence the foods we…
Chris Smalls talks Bezos, unions during WA visit
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain When Chris Smalls, the president of the first union at an Amazon warehouse in the U.S., visits classrooms, he says the 10-year-old students know who Jeff…
Scientists name top five foods rich in prebiotics
Researcher Cassandra Boyd holding garlic and onion, two foods that the study revealed to be dense in prebiotics. Credit: Cassandra Boyd There is growing evidence that consuming prebiotics—certain types of…
What Spinning, Flashing Stars Reveal About Gravitational Waves and Galaxies?
The Stanford physicist and astrophysicist Roger Blandford discusses new findings related to gravitational waves observed with the help of spinning, flashing stars – and what it could reveal about how…
