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Stop throwing your food away. A scene like this greets most supermarket shoppers in the US. But much of what we think we know about food shopping needs an overhaul. Steve Pfost/Newsday/Getty Images – By Alissa Wilkinson@alissamariealissa@vox.com 2021 Jul 08 – Maybe you …
Emmy Noether made significant contributions to theoretical mathematics. Konrad Jacobs, Erlangen/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA – By Tamar Lichter Blanks, PhD Candidate in Mathematics, Rutgers University 2021 Jul 15 – When Albert Einstein wrote an obituary for Emmy Noether in 1935, he described her …
The venom of Australian funnel web spiders could have life-saving potential. pelooyen/Depositphotos – By Nick Lavars 2021 Jul 15 – As unlikely as it may seem, the venom of the deadly funnel web spider could prove a valuable source of a number of life-saving …
Afghan men bury a victim of deadly bombings near a girls’ school in May. Mariam Zuhaib/AP – By Greg Barton, Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University 2021 Jul 13 – The imminent fall of Afghanistan …
The discovery adds to our knowledge of Makuria, which ruled a vast region of Africa for six centuries. The excavation site, on the eastern bank of the Nile. Courtesy Artur Obłuski, Polish Center of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw. – by Matthew Taub …
Facial recognition is popping up at our favorite stores, but customers are largely unaware. Rite Aid had deployed facial recognition in at least 200 stores over eight years, before ditching the technology last year. Noam Galai/Getty Images – By Rebecca Heilweil 2021 Jul …
Juniper trees, common in Arizona’s Prescott National Forest, have been dying with the drought. Benjamin Roe/USDA Forest Service via AP – By Daniel Johnson, Assistant Professor of Tree Physiology and Forest Ecology, University of Georgia and Raquel Partelli Feltrin, Postdoctoral Scholar in Botany, …
Wildfires filled Seattle with smoke in September 2020. Lindsey Wasson/Getty Images – By Luke Montrose, Assistant Professor of Community and Environmental Health, Boise State University 2021 Jul 15 – Something unusual happened this year in Idaho. Fire and health officials began issuing warnings …
A new “super glue” uses enzymes from the venom of the lancehead snake to stop bleeding. ammmit/Depositphotos – By Michael Irving 2021 Jul 15 – During surgery or traumatic injury, quickly stopping bleeding can save lives. Now, scientists have recruited an unlikely ally to …
Exclusive: Documents suggest Russia launched secret multi-agency effort to interfere in US democracy Support independent Guardian journalism Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. The documents appear to confirm the Kremlin possesses compromising material on Trump. Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP – Luke Harding, Julian Borger and …
