An aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, is seen in the night sky in the early morning hours of Monday, April 24, 2023, near Washtucna, Wash. A solar…
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Startup bets on kitesurf to blow away shipping pollution
The startup Beyond The Sea tests a blue inflatable kite sail the size of a small studio to pull a specially-designed catamaran across the water. Inspired by kitesurfing, French firms…
Workshop discovered in former Warsaw Ghetto |
Archaeological works in the area of the former Warsaw Ghetto in Warsaw, Poland, have led to the discovery of a completely preserved workshop. The Warsaw Ghetto was the largest of…
Brain’s Melody and Prose: How Music and Language Affect Different Regions
Summary: A recent study reveals how different brain areas are activated when processing music and language. Using direct brain recordings during an awake craniotomy, the researchers observed shared temporal lobe…
Maternal deaths in the US more than doubled over two decades. Black mothers died at the highest rate
Ansonia Lyons carries her son, Adrien Lyons, as she takes him for a diaper change in Birmingham, Ala., on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022. After two miscarriages, Ansonia became pregnant in…
Study highlights limitations of BMI in predicting death
BMI, which was first proposed a Belgian mathematician in the 19th century, is calculated by dividing a person’s weight by the square of their height. People classified as overweight though…
‘Clone’ or competitor? Users and lawyers compare Twitter and Threads
This photo, taken in New York on July 5, 2023, show the logo for Meta’s new app Threads, right, and that of Twitter. In a cease-and-desist letter earlier this week,…
UN tech agency rolls out human-looking robots for questions at a Geneva news conference
Robots are presented during a press conference with a panel of AI-enabled humanoid social robots as part of International Telecommunication Union (ITU) ‘AI for Good’ global summit in Geneva, Switzerland,…
New research finds deep-sleep brain waves predict blood sugar control
The combination of two brain waves, called sleep spindles and slow waves, predict an increase in the body’s sensitivity to the hormone called insulin, which consequentially and beneficially lowers blood…
Cancer’s origin story features predictable plot line, researchers find
Scientists grew human gastric organoids from stomach cells in a laboratory for two years, tracing patterns of genetic changes associated with pre-cancer. Credit: Wing Wong Cancer cells-to-be accumulate a series…
