When Rupa Basu was pregnant with her second child, her body temperature felt out of control — particularly as her third trimester began in the summer of 2007. It wasn’t particularly hot in Oakland, California, with high temperatures reaching 80 degrees Fahrenheit. Still, she felt uncomfortably warm even as her colleagues and friends were unbothered….
Today, 30-year-old garment factory worker Khadiza Akhter lives in Savar, a suburb of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Her small concrete house is clean and organized. Green shutters frame the windows, and clothes hang on lines outside her front door. A water spigot sticks out of the concrete next to the drying laundry, and the…
Thanks to clashing air masses and a jet stream sweeping storms along between them, this spring has brought a rash of destructive tornadoes. Thanks to clashing air masses and a jet stream sweeping storms along between them, this spring has brought a rash of destructive tornadoes. Planet Earth All Articles | Discover Magazine
The new principles aim to define ‘high-integrity’ offsets amid concerns that current practices often don’t cut greenhouse gas emissions as claimed. The new principles aim to define ‘high-integrity’ offsets amid concerns that current practices often don’t cut greenhouse gas emissions as claimed. Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Carbon Caps and Emissions Trading Programs, Treasury Department, Yellen, Janet…
Antibiotics prevent snails from forming new memories by disrupting their gut microbiome—the community of beneficial bacteria found in their guts. Antibiotics prevent snails from forming new memories by disrupting their gut microbiome—the community of beneficial bacteria found in their guts. Ecology Cell & Microbiology Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have captured amazing new photos of NGC 4449, which is found in the constellation of Canes Venatici. The post Webb Zooms In on Irregular Galaxy NGC 4449 appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have captured amazing new photos…
May’s incredible displays may have been among the strongest in 500 years. Now, the responsible sunspot region is rotating back toward us. May’s incredible displays may have been among the strongest in 500 years. Now, the responsible sunspot region is rotating back toward us. Planet Earth All Articles | Discover Magazine
Boeing is preparing to launch its Starliner spacecraft on a key test flight with two NASA astronauts onboard, following a canceled attempt and many other delays and setbacks. Boeing is preparing to launch its Starliner spacecraft on a key test flight with two NASA astronauts onboard, following a canceled attempt and many other delays and setbacks. NBC…
Grindavik’s mayor says larger lava flows than usual are heading towards the largely abandoned area. Grindavik’s mayor says larger lava flows than usual are heading towards the largely abandoned area. BBC News
In a paper recently published in Nature Communications, the HUN-REN-ELTE Protein Modeling Research Group (Institute of Chemistry) has laid the foundations for a mathematical method, allowing the computer-assisted comparison of the three-dimensional structures of proteins. The method is unique in that while the alternatives available so far only took into account the position of the…