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Not just a pretty face: sloths could be superbug secret weapons. Depositphotos – By Bronwyn Thompson 2023 May 01 – Ever since French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, first described the sloth in 1749, the planet’s slowest moving mammal has had its work …
The particles could be linked to cognitive impairment and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s. (Image removed at request of PicRights) Many chemicals found in various types of plastic are known carcinogens and hormone-disruptors. Photograph: Albert Gea/Reuters – Opinion – Plastics – …
Scientists have developed an oscillating genetic ‘clock’ that significantly slows down the aging process in tests in yeast cells. Depositphotos – By Michael Irving 2023 Apr 30 – Scientists at UC San Diego have developed a way to potentially slow down the cellular aging …
Who’s in control? John Lund/Stone via Getty Images – Author By Molly Jackson, Religion and Ethics Editor Interviewed Alec Stubbs, Postdoctoral Fellow in Philosophy, UMass Boston Casey Fiesler, Associate Professor of Information Science, University of Colorado Boulder Naomi S. Baron, Professor Emerita of …
An artist’s reconstruction of the newly discovered rhynchosaur, Beesiiwo cooowuse, named in the language of the First Nations people indigenous to the area in which it was found. Gabriel Ugueto – By Paul McClure 2023 Apr 27 – Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison …
Do you really need another water bottle, or is your brain just tired? Teera Konakan/Moment Collection/Getty Images – By Matthew Pittman, Assistant Professor of Advertising and Public Relations, University of Tennessee Published: 2023 Apr 25 – The Research Brief is a short take …
Willie Nelson’s face is as iconic as his voice, his songs and his beat-up old guitar. Gary Miller/Getty Images – By Jason Mellard, Director of the Center for Texas Music History, Texas State University Published: 2023 Apr 25 – Willie Nelson’s unofficial theme …
A stormtrooper vacuums at the beach … except the vacuum head is a pool cleaner and it’s plugged into his butt. We live in interesting times. nVidia – By Loz Blain 2023 Apr 23 – “Will Smith eating spaghetti” made text-to-video generative AIs look …
Researchers identified this fossil as a chile pepper due to its unique ‘hat’. The discovery has caused scientists to rethink the plant’s evolutionary timeline. Rocío Deanna/University of Colorado Boulder – By Paul McClure 2023 Apr 23 – Fossilized plants can provide much information about …
Study suggests antimicrobial used to promote livestock growth breeds bacteria more resistant to our natural defenses. A strain of E. coli more likely to evade our immune system’s first line of defense emerged as a result of using colistin as a growth promoter …