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Tiny fruit flies are packing some seriously big sperm roughly 40 times larger than human sperm, each one nearly as long as the insect itself. How does that work? That's the question answered in a new study in Nature Physics focused on the male Drosophila melanogaster and its seminal vesicle,...
By most accounts, the United States appears poised to fall woefully short of meeting new electricity demand over the next five years as data centers and domestic manufacturing proliferate. Ian Magruder Ian Magruder is the founder of Utilize Coalition and previously served as director of market mobilization at Rewiring America, an affordable electrification advocacy group. Building new power plants and transmission lines may seem like the obvious solution, but there are other options, says Ian Magruder...
Mother Jones - 1 day 11 hours agoThis story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When the United States took the pitch against Australia last week, millions of soccer fans tuned in. Anyone who hadn't watched a match since the last World Cup might have noticed something new: players stopping midway through each half to drink some […]...
A deadly heatwave is tightening its grip on Europe, sending temperatures soaring toward record levels and forcing authorities across the continent to close schools, cancel public events and even restrict alcohol consumption...
Retraction Watch - 1 day 13 hours agoAnders M ller, an influential evolutionary biologist from Denmark, somehow survived the blow to his reputation after a high-profile retraction and a finding of scientific misconduct more than 20 years ago. But a new retraction is once again raising the question of whether that fraud was just a blip in his impressive publication record or further … Continue reading A prolific evolutionary biologist caught faking data decades ago notches a new retraction...
Can a smaller dose of GLP-1s cut side effects and costs? Experts weigh in on the rising trend of microdosing Ozempic and Wegovy.
Toxic air has covered the San Gabriel Valley and beyond at times, as the fire continues to burn and the wind shifts the pall in different directions.
An interstellar visitor that recently swung through our neighborhood may be one of the oldest things humanity has ever seen up close. Astronomers say the comet 3I/ATLAS, which zipped past the sun and Earth in 2025, could be as much as 12 billion years old nearly triple the age of...
Australian Geographic - 1 day 19 hours ago"Antarctic krill sustain the entire Southern Ocean food chain. So why are we harvesting them to stock pharmacy shelves?," asks whale scientist Dr Vanessa Pirotta. The post Think before you krill appeared first on Australian Geographic .
PBS Newshour - 2 days 46 min agoThe world's glaciers are receding at an alarming rate, losing more than a trillion tons of ice a year. Fueled in part by climate change, it's driving sea levels higher, which could threaten coastal communities around the world. One man, alongside his family, has seen the melt firsthand every year for nearly half a century. Special correspondent Ben Tracy of Climate Central reports. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...
Popular Mechanics - 2 days 8 hours agoThe ring, made in part from deep-blue stone, was likely owned by a high-status woman during the Middle Ages.
Popular Mechanics - 2 days 9 hours agoAtomic clocks leveraged the atom to keep time, but new innovations will use the nucleus itself.
Mother Jones - 2 days 11 hours agoThis story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Peak Energy announced last week that it has entered a new partnership with General Motors to manufacture sodium-ion batteries for energy storage systems. The deal marks a pivotal moment for Peak, a startup founded three years ago, and an opportunity […]...
Last Word On Nothing - 2 days 11 hours agoLately, I've been thinking about the nature of knowledge and how we acquire it. My training as a scientist taught me to revere the scientific method, and I continue to hold science in the highest regard. Science can teach us much about the world and ourselves, and as I've written elsewhere, it can allow us to […] The post The wisdom of a summer afternoon appeared first on The Last Word On Nothing .
Retraction Watch - 2 days 13 hours agoSpringer Nature will start issuing expressions of concern notices for books after investigating hundreds of its books for integrity-related problems in recent years. The publishing giant has seen an uptick in the number of investigations for books. In 2022, Springer Nature carried out 124 such investigations. In 2023, that number grew to 207 in 2023 … Continue reading Springer Nature to start issuing expressions of concern for books...
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