Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Living with HIV is certainly a very big deal. It has detrimental mental health impacts on people. Such impacts are even worse for mothers living with…
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Pregnancy may hamper bats’ ability to ‘see’ in the dark
Pregnancy can do weird things to the body. For some bats, it can hamper their ability to “see” the world around them. Kuhl’s pipistrelle bats (Pipistrellus kuhlii) echolocate less frequently…
Medicaid work requirements would leave more low-income people without health insurance – but this policy is unlikely to pass this time around
The legislative package the U.S. House of Representatives passed on April 26, 2023, by a narrow margin would pare federal spending over the next decade while also raising the debt…
Mainframes as an Indicator of Banking Reliability
I was on a call with Broadcom last week. A representative from a bank was also on the call and talked about how their use of a mainframe computer was…
RHIC Gets Ready to Smash Gold Ions for Run 23
May 8, 2023 Newswise — The start of this year’s physics run at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) also marks the start of a new era. For the first time since…
Congress eyes new rules for tech: What’s under consideration
A person uses a smartphone in Chicago, Sept. 16, 2017. Most Democrats and Republicans agree that the federal government should better regulate the biggest technology companies, particularly social media platforms.…
Ancient Egyptian figurines depicting Osiris found in Poland |
Archaeologists have discovered two Ancient Egyptian bronze figurines depicting Osiris during excavations in the village of Kluczkowice in Opole Lubelskie County, Poland. The finds are part of a deposit which…
Study Using AI Reveals Secondary Bacterial Pneumonia, Not Cytokine Storm, Found as Key Factor in COVID-19 Fatalities
Summary: A recent study found that secondary bacterial pneumonia, rather than the much-discussed “cytokine storm,” is a significant factor in COVID-19-related fatalities. Almost half of the patients who required mechanical…
The Bizarre Behavior of Black Holes
A Cosmic Chirp Many black holes are found in pairs that orbit each other like ice dancers. Eventually they collide, merge, and coalesce into one giant body. The National Science…
Star swallowing a planet observed for the first time
As a star runs out of fuel, it will billow out to a million times its original size, engulfing any matter — and planets — in its wake. Scientists have…
