
Nature - 2 days 22 min ago
Data from the Nature Index reveal the top-performing science cities overall and across different subject areas.

PBS Newshour - 2 days 47 min ago
So-called forever chemicals are both harmful to our health and are everywhere. Studies have found them in women's breast milk and even in rain falling in Tibet. A new book tells the story of how these extremely durable chemicals became so ubiquitous through the eyes of a small community that decided to fight for some measure of justice. William Brangham reports. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

GeekSpin - 2 days 1 hour ago
NASA images of a striking butterfly-shaped coronal hole on the sun have been circulating widely on social media this week, drawing attention to a phenomenon that scientists first observed in September. The feature, captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, stretches close to 300,000 miles across, more than thirty times Earth’s width. Images caught people off […] Read the original article here: NASA images of a giant butterfly-shaped hole on the sun draw attention online...

The Atlantic - 2 days 5 hours ago
No one is tracking the total number of animals used across U.S. labs.

Retraction Watch - 2 days 5 hours ago
The American Medical Association will cease publication of its ethics journal at the end of this year. The AMA Journal of Ethics, an open access, peer-reviewed journal was founded in 1999 under the name Virtual Mentor. "The loss of the AMA JoE will be most acutely felt by medical students and trainees, since it had … Continue reading AMA ethics journal shutters after 26 years...

Los Angeles Times - 2 days 8 hours ago
The largest population of elephant seals in the world suffered massive mortality in 2023 from H5N1 bird flu infection. Animal experts fear for California's elephant seals.

IEEE Spectrum - 2 days 8 hours ago
A smart bandage could speed up wound healing by actively tracking and responding to the healing process. The proof-of-concept device, called a-Heal, was designed to fit inside a commercial colostomy bandage and contains a camera that takes images of the wound every two hours, as well as a wireless connection to a machine learning module that provides updated recommendations on how to stimulate healing. A multidisciplinary research team led by Marco Rolandi , an electrical engineering and computer...

New York Times - 2 days 11 hours ago
The northern lights shine in the night sky in Valtournenche, Italy, on Wednesday.

NBC News - 2 days 11 hours ago
A geomagnetic storm sparked a rare northern lights viewing for many across dozens of states. NBC News' Gadi Schwartz investigates the science behind the northern lights.

Los Angeles Times - 2 days 13 hours ago
One of the Los Angeles region's most important environmental justice advocates has died.

Australian Geographic - 2 days 22 hours ago
Video footage of uninvited guests hitching a ride on humpback whales has been recorded by researchers during migration season along Australia's east coast. The post A hitchhiker's guide to the humpback highway appeared first on Australian Geographic .