Are your strawberries bland? Pesticides could be to blame
Have you ever bitten into a plump, red strawberry, only to find it bland and watery? Certain pesticides might be responsible. A team reporting in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry has found that two common strawberry fungicides can impac.....»»
To Ditch Pesticides, Scientists Are Hacking Insects’ Sex Signals
It’s now possible to mass-produce pheromones that keep insects from breeding near crops—protecting cereals and other staples with fewer chemicals......»»
Is a Diagnostic Test to Blame for Why We Know So Little about Autism in Girls?
A standard diagnostic test may be one reason autism research includes so few female participants.....»»
Truffles Are Becoming Even More Expensive. Blame Climate Change
Harvests of the fungi are plummeting as Europe gets drier, pushing the prices of some varieties to eye-watering heights......»»
Fertilizers limit pollination by changing how bumblebees sense flowers
Pollinators are less likely to land on flowers sprayed with fertilizers or pesticides as they can detect electric field changes around the flower, researchers at the University of Bristol have found......»»
Testing suggests faulty cable may be to blame for melting RTX 4090 connectors [Updated]
More reports of overheating power connectors have surfaced every day this week. Enlarge / The power adapter for the RTX 4090 feeds four 8-pin power connectors into a single 12VHPWR connector. (credit: Sam Machkovech) Up.....»»
Testing suggests faulty cable may be to blame for melting RTX 4090 connectors
More reports of overheating power connectors have surfaced every day this week. Enlarge / The power adapter for the RTX 4090 feeds four 8-pin power connectors into a single 12VHPWR connector. (credit: Sam Machkovech) E.....»»
Europe"s bees stung by climate, pesticides and parasites
Bees pollinate 71 of the 100 crop species that provide 90 percent of food worldwide. They also pollinate wild plants, helping sustain biodiversity and the beauty of the natural world......»»
Goats and Sheep Are Brawling in the Rockies. Blame Glacial Melt
The climate crisis may explain fights as disappearing ice fuels interspecies competition—with goats nearly always winning......»»
Bono takes the blame for the 2014 iTunes U2 album disaster
U2 frontman Bono takes the blame for the ill-fated iTunes album giveaway of 2014, an extract from his memoir reveals, but while Apple took heat for the endeavor, CEO Tim Cook apparently wasn't fazed by the response at all.Apple CEO Tim Cook with U2 i.....»»
Ports reveal unprecedented surge in harmful emissions and officials blame COVID-19 logjam
When Janet Schaaf-Gunter peered through the window at San Pedro Bay last year, she saw so many cargo ships it looked as if Southern California was on the brink of an invasion......»»
Apple Watch Ultra now comes in a fancy, shiny design — if you’re willing to pay
For all its boldness and rugged hardware, the Apple Watch Ultra is officially limited to a bland titanium look. If you seek bling, a polished style is possible......»»
Using spray drones in agriculture
It's a familiar sight for many—a ground sprayer slowly making rounds in a field, applying pesticides to row crops to give producers the best chance of protecting crops from pests and seeing high yields at harvest. These ground sprayers, with booms.....»»
The next Ford Mustang won’t be easy to tune; blame cybersecurity
The price of digital security might be your new car eternally remaining stock. Enlarge / The 2024 Ford Mustang might prove more resistant to modding than any Mustang in the past. The culprit? Modern-day cybersecurity protections. (cred.....»»
Depositors often blame audit firms for bank failure, study finds
The word "audit" has a different meaning depending on whether you're an individual or a bank. But a perceived audit failure can have equally damaging consequences......»»
Amazon’s Glow goes the way of the Fire Phone and dodo
Slow sales are reportedly to blame. Enlarge / Amazon has discontinued its Glow children's gadget. (credit: Amazon) Amazon's Glow is no more. The tech giant has discontinued the children's device, which included an 8-inch dis.....»»
Overwatch 2 hit with second DDoS attack as long queues persist
Can't get into Overwatch 2? A string of DDoS attacks is to blame, causing server issues to continue into day two......»»
Argentine scientists worried after spate of whale deaths
A string of whale deaths in recent days in southern Argentina have worried scientists, who think a micro-algae could be to blame......»»
Overwatch 2 DDoS attack results in launch day server woes
Blizzard Entertainment's president says a DDoS attack is to blame for Overwatch 2's launch day server issues......»»
In Elon Musk"s world, it seems Twitter bots are always to blame
It looks like Elon Musk has found himself a perfect, go-to scapegoat: Twitter bots.On Monday, Musk decided to tweet a poll asking users of the platform their opinion on his "Ukraine-Russia peace" plan. The world's richest man appears to believe that.....»»
Poland blames toxic algae for Oder river fish kill
Polish authorities on Thursday said toxic algae was to blame for mass fish deaths in the Oder river, ruling out industrial pollution as the cause......»»