500-Pound Prehistoric Bird Was a ‘Giga-Goose,’ Fossils Reveal
Scientists reveal the face of Australia’s massive, extinct “giga-goose” Scientists reveal the face of Australia’s massive, extinct “giga-goose” Scientific American Content: Global
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Fauci Faces Congressional Committee over COVID E-mails
Anthony Fauci, who led the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases early in the COVID pandemic, is facing a congressional committee about questionable e-mails from agency officials Anthony Fauci, who led the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases early in the COVID pandemic, is facing a congressional committee about questionable e-mails from agency…
Why Bird Flu Is Causing Eye Infections in Dairy Workers
Three U.S. dairy workers have been infected with H5N1 after contact with sick cows, and all of them developed eye symptoms Three U.S. dairy workers have been infected with H5N1 after contact with sick cows, and all of them developed eye symptoms Scientific American Content: Global
Physicists take molecules to a new ultracold limit, creating a state of matter where quantum mechanics reigns
There’s a hot new BEC in town that has nothing to do with bacon, egg, and cheese. You won’t find it at your local bodega, but in the coldest place in New York: the lab of Columbia physicist Sebastian Will, whose experimental group specializes in pushing atoms and molecules to temperatures just fractions of a…
Vessel strikes drive large whale strandings
Increased whale strandings on the east coast of the United States remain a concern for biologists and citizens alike. Why this increase has occurred over a number of years is still being debated. Increased whale strandings on the east coast of the United States remain a concern for biologists and citizens alike. Why this increase has…
How Trump’s definition of a ‘real’ American has grabbed his audience—what our research shows about why
Donald Trump has recently doubled down on his derogatory depictions of undocumented migrants in his bid to win the 2024 presidential election. In an interview with Time magazine, published on April 30 2024, Trump referred to migrants as “criminals,” who “come in and they steal our jobs, and steal our wealth, and they steal our…
Some Black residents still distrust Baltimore police department, even after reforms, research finds
Despite a series of reforms to the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) instituted by the U.S. Department of Justice, a University of Maryland study finds that some Black residents still have concerns that the police are ineffective and racially biased. Despite a series of reforms to the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) instituted by the U.S. Department of…
AI tool for predicting protein shapes could be transformative for medicine, but science needs proof
An advanced algorithm that has been developed by Google DeepMind has gone some way to cracking one of the biggest unsolved mysteries in biology. AlphaFold aims to predict the 3D structures of proteins from the “instruction code” in their building blocks. The latest upgrade has recently been released. The latest upgrade has recently been released. An…
Researchers present one-pot photothermal upcycling of polylactic acid to hydrogen and pyruvic acid
Plastic waste, a ubiquitous pollutant, poses a significant threat to both humans and the environment. However, it also represents a vast carbon resource. Recycling or upcycling plastic waste is not just a question of environmental sustainability but also a crucial step toward a circular economy. Plastic waste, a ubiquitous pollutant, poses a significant threat to both…
Hubble views broad and sweeping spiral galaxy NGC 4731
This new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the broad and sweeping spiral galaxy NGC 4731. It lies in the constellation Virgo and is located 43 million light-years from Earth. This highly detailed image uses data collected from six different filters. This new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the broad and…