Dead fish and depression on the banks of the Oder
Appearing tired and stressed, Piotr Wloch looks out dejectedly at his empty tourist boats on the Oder river after an environmental disaster that has killed thousands of fish......»»
A way to recover silver from dead solar panels with 98% efficiency
A multi-institutional team of chemists, metallurgists and engineers has developed a highly efficient way to retrieve silver from dead solar panels. Their paper is published in Environmental Technology & Innovation......»»
Maintaining company confidentiality simultaneously hurts and helps workers" well-being
A hush has fallen over the workplace. At tech startups and banks, in doctors' offices and law firms, workers are increasingly being asked to keep secrets. These aren't personal confidences but organizational secrets about clients, proprietary technol.....»»
Best Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 Pro power banks
Charge your Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 Pro anytime with these best power banks. The post Best Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 Pro power banks appeared first on Phandroid. The Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 Pro are the latest Android flagships. These are the devices tha.....»»
Best Pixel 9 Pro XL power banks
These best Pixel 9 Pro XL power banks will help you charge the smartphone anytime you want. The post Best Pixel 9 Pro XL power banks appeared first on Phandroid. The Pixel 9 Pro XL is the newest entry in the Pixel smartphone series. It is.....»»
With 145 sickened, 2 dead, microdosing candy poisonings are still a mystery
FDA keeps testing—and keeps finding new drugs. But they don't explain the cases. Enlarge (credit: Diamond Shruumz) The number of poisonings connected to Diamond Shruumz-brand microdosing candies has reached 145 cases a.....»»
Some wild horses mysteriously vanish for months on North Carolina"s Outer Banks. Where do they go?
A ghost of sorts appeared on the northern end of North Carolina's Outer Banks—a wild stallion that goes by the name Dash......»»
500 young sturgeon released into Saginaw River system
Five hundred young sturgeon were released at four locations into the Saginaw River system last week as part of an ongoing effort by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Michigan State University to rebuild the giant fish's population......»»
A survival guide for data privacy in the age of federal inaction
Things change fast in the world of data privacy. Just earlier this year, the question I was being asked most frequently was, “How similar will the proposed federal privacy law (APRA) be to the EU’s GDPR?” Now that APRA is pretty much dead on ar.....»»
"Internet of fish" empowering Lake Victoria women
Along the shores of East Africa's Lake Victoria, in Kenya, women fisherfolk including those known for being victims of sexual exploitation, are harnessing the Internet of Things (IoT) to help them counter their abusers while enhancing their incomes,.....»»
New study uncovers the complex dynamics of self-deprecating remarks in Korean entertainment
Self-deprecation, a negative self-assessment used in social interaction, is prevalent in Korean reality TV shows. Traditionally, psychology views self-deprecation as indicative of low self-esteem or related psychological disorders, such as depression.....»»
Sharks are taking a bite out of anglers" catch in the Gulf of Mexico, but culling isn"t likely to help
Fishermen across the Gulf of Mexico are reporting that something is eating fish off their lines. What's to blame? Many recreational anglers point a finger at sharks......»»
Surprising mechanism for removing dead cells identified
Billions of our cells die every day to make way for the growth of new ones. Most of these goners are cleaned up by phagocytes—mobile immune cells that migrate where needed to engulf problematic substances. But some dying or dead cells are consumed.....»»
Cleanup hopes for neighbors of Mexico"s "toilet bowl" wastewater dam
On the banks of a wastewater dam in central Mexico, under a dense cloud of mosquitoes, Yury Uribe is finally seeing hope after spending decades in "environmental hell.".....»»
New fish species discovered in Mauritanian deep-water coral reefs
Together with a European team, researchers from Senckenberg am Meer in Wilhelmshaven have described a new fish species. Gaidropsarus mauritanicus is only about 73 millimeters long and lives in the deep-water coral reefs off the coast of Mauritania......»»
How "winner and loser effects" impact social rank in animals—and humans
Research has shown that in many animals, the winners of a fight are more likely to win subsequent contests, while the losers tend to lose their following fights. In experiments where male stickleback fish were randomly introduced to another fish, 65%.....»»
Four things ancient Greeks and Romans got right about mental health
According to the World Health Organization, about 280 million people worldwide have depression and about one billion have a mental health problem of any kind......»»
Survey of nature"s superhero, eelgrass, kicks off California bridge project
Two researchers in an inflatable boat glided out onto Batiquitos Lagoon in Carlsbad, California, August 15, looking for eelgrass, an underwater plant that provides a nursery for fish, crabs, shrimp and other sealife......»»
How researchers determined that Stonehenge"s giant Altar Stone came all the way from northeast Scotland
No one is certain why Stonehenge was built. This world-famous monument on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire is thought to commemorate the dead, and is aligned with movements of the sun and moon......»»
New AI tool captures how proteins behave in context
A fish on land still waves its fins, but the results are markedly different when that fish is in water. Attributed to renowned computer scientist Alan Kay, the analogy is used to illustrate the power of context in illuminating questions under investi.....»»
A rarely seen deep sea fish is found in California, and scientists want to know why
A rarely seen deep sea fish resembling a serpent was found floating dead on the ocean surface off the San Diego coast and was brought ashore for study, marine experts said......»»