
Popular Mechanics - 19 hours 45 min ago
Artists showed a clear link to poorer mental health. Scientists didn't and the reason may be unsettling.

Popular Mechanics - 20 hours 15 min ago
Two Nature studies trace Germanic and Celtic tongues through buried bones, and the research results are surprising.

The Conversation - 20 hours 32 min ago
The methods can be subtle but effective at slowing progress, particularly when fossil fuels are involved. Here's what to watch for as the latest global climate talks get underway.

The Conversation - 20 hours 32 min ago
Americans are standing up to protect public lands and bringing concerns about conservation and management into broader public discussion.

Newser - 21 hours 35 min ago
NASA is again hunting for people willing to call the moon their workplace. The agency has opened applications for a new astronaut class under its Artemis program, with recruits expected to help build and staff a lunar base and lay groundwork for eventual crewed missions to Mars. "The people we...

The Atlantic - 21 hours 45 min ago
Constant surveillance is stunting children and making parents paranoid.

Ars Technica - 22 hours 15 min ago
"There's no doubt that whatever it's going to be called, it won't be called Golden Dome."...

Science Alert - 22 hours 15 min ago
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Science Daily - 22 hours 43 min ago
Scientists have discovered that gut bacteria can feed on the protective mucus lining your intestines, producing potentially harmful compounds, but fiber helps keep this activity in check. Overlooked proteins in plant foods also help shift gut bacteria toward producing beneficial substances, revealing a surprising new reason plant-based diets may be good for you.

Wired - 23 hours 30 sec ago
The promising candidate contains roughly 2 billion times the sun's mass in hydrogen, yet appears to have no stars. Studying it could help answer questions that have vexed astronomers for years.

Wired - 23 hours 45 min ago
The key to the movement of these flexible robots is the algae's photosynthetic capabilities.

Last Word On Nothing - 1 day 1 hour ago
I’ve been trying to say the word ‘weird’ a little less. It’s a holdover from my small town days when anything different was to be kept at arms’ length. I would rather stop disparaging things I don’t quite understand, so when I overheard my son use a modern-day synonym for ‘weird’, it struck a better […] The post Flipping the Script appeared first on The Last Word On Nothing .

Australian Geographic - 1 day 7 hours ago
Millions of bogong moths have swarmed across south-eastern Australia this spring. But scientists warn the surge doesn't mean the species has recovered, with the moth remaining listed as endangered. The post Bogong moths are still endangered appeared first on Australian Geographic .

GeekSpin - 1 day 10 hours ago
Packing your bags for an off-world address might sound like science fiction, but NASA is making it official by opening applications for a brand-new class of astronauts tasked with living and working on the Moon. Under its ambitious lunar base plan, the agency is hunting for the next generation of space pioneers to help anchor […] Read the original article here: NASA is officially hiring people to live on the Moon...

Nature - 1 day 10 hours ago
Food shortages and disease outbreaks are to be expected and need to be addressed together.

Nature - 1 day 10 hours ago
Engineer Matthew Montgomery, who just finished a 378-day simulated Mars mission, talks about what it was like to be out of contact with the rest of humanity for a two-week blackout.

Nature - 1 day 10 hours ago
Apprentices develop expertise after doing monotonous tasks repeatedly and learning from their mistakes. Scientists are no different, argues Ruth Morgan.

Australian Geographic - 1 day 10 hours ago
For some of Australia's hardest-to-find threatened species, locating them is the first step towards conserving them. And sometimes the best tool for that has four legs, a tail and an extraordinary nose. The post Good dog, great cause: Help Moose sniff out endangered wildlife appeared first on Australian Geographic .

New York Times - 1 day 13 hours ago
An apartment complex in Milton, Fla., in October, after Hurricane Isaias.

IEEE Spectrum - 1 day 20 hours ago
For all the technological advances in diabetes care, the basic approach to treatment remains much the same: use drugs (such as GLP-1 therapies) or hormones (such as insulin) to change how the body handles sugar. But what if, instead of altering the body's metabolism , doctors could remove excess sugar directly? That's the idea behind a wirelessly powered implant that harnesses electricity to drive a chemical reaction that converts glucose into a more easily excreted byproduct, which the...

Ars Technica - 1 day 21 hours ago
Tuning in to electronic noise can tell us whether electrons have paired up or not.

New York Times - 2 days 13 min ago
The entrance to the Antalya Expo, venue of the COP31 climate talks that begin on Monday in Turkey.

Retraction Watch - 2 days 8 hours ago
The top publishing executive at the American Diabetes Association has resigned over how the organization has handled an editorial boycott at one of its journals following a protest at its annual meeting earlier this year. Christian Kohler, vice president for professional publications, submitted his resignation on Nov. 6, "after considerable reflection and with profound disappointment … Continue reading Diabetes association VP resigns over response to editorial boycott following protest...