Did racism kill Jackie Robinson?
Baseball great Jackie Robinson was a living, breathing example of athleticism and apparent good health, playing four sports at UCLA and becoming the first Black man to play in major league baseball......»»
Antibiotic consumption is currently not the main driver of aminoglycoside resistance spread, study suggests
The spread of antibiotic resistance, whereby infectious bacteria are able to defeat the drugs intended to kill them, may not be primarily driven by antibiotic consumption, according to a study published today in eLife......»»
Malware that can do anything and everything is on the rise
“Swiss Army knife” malware – multi-purpose malware that can perform malicious actions across the cyber-kill chain and evade detection by security controls – is on the rise, according to the results of Picus Security’s analysis o.....»»
As pythons in Florida try to hide, they face a new enemy: Possums with GPS collars
Wildlife researchers studying mammals in Key Largo have discovered a potentially groundbreaking—if not heartbreaking—way to locate and kill invasive Burmese pythons, especially the big ones......»»
Project offers road map for responding to racism as a public health crisis
A group of local leaders and public health researchers are sharing their process for responding to racism as a public health crisis, with the goal of supporting other municipalities and organizations in addressing the links between racism and health.....»»
The Antibiotic Resistance Crisis Has a Troubling Twist
A major new UN report says we’ve ignored the role of environmental degradation in fueling the superbugs that kill 1.27 million people each year......»»
Study details timing of past glacier advances in Northern Antarctic Peninsula
Receding glaciers in the northern Antarctic Peninsula are uncovering and reexposing black moss that provides radiocarbon kill dates for the vegetation, a key clue to understanding the timing of past glacier advances in that region......»»
Cash-strapped Twitter to start charging developers for API access next week
Twitter cutting off free access to its API will block research, kill fun bots. Enlarge (credit: SOPA Images / Contributor | LightRocket) In the middle of the night, Twitter made an announcement that disappointed a wide r.....»»
Virgin Orbit receives another small investment from Branson—and it’s worrisome
More clarity on the company's financial situation should come by late March. Enlarge / LauncherOne arrives on the runway at Long Beach Airport for a fit check with Cosmic Girl in October 2018. (credit: Virgin Orbit/Greg Robinson).....»»
Careful — Microsoft DirectStorage could kill your frame rate
Microsoft's DirectStorage tech debuted on PC with Forspoken, but it could have a big impact on your system performance......»»
The best supervillain deaths in movies, ranked
Though Marvel and DC tend to kill off supervillains after one film, many villains have had some memorable deaths in comic book movies......»»
Kill dates for re-exposed black mosses
In their new paper for the Geological Society of America journal Geology, Dulcinea Groff and colleagues used radiocarbon ages (kill dates) of previously ice-entombed dead black mosses to reveal that glaciers advanced during three distinct phases in t.....»»
"Friend or foe" bacteria kill their algal hosts when coexisting is no longer beneficial
Scientists have detailed a lifestyle switch that occurs in marine bacteria, in which they change from coexisting with algae hosts in a mutually beneficial interaction to suddenly killing them. The results are published today in eLife......»»
Microsoft layoffs effectively kill HoloLens & mixed reality projects
Microsoft's layoff of 10,000 employees may pause the company's HoloLens and headset-based projects, with the entire teams working on mixed reality and virtual reality products decimated by the HR axe.Microsoft HoloLensMicrosoft, along with Google, Am.....»»
Carnivorous oyster mushrooms can kill roundworms with “nerve gas in a lollipop”
Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry ID'd the culprit as the volatile ketone 3-octanone. Enlarge / Oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus) serenely growing on a tree trunk in a forest. But nematodes beware! These oyster mushrooms.....»»
The 11-inch iPad Pro is a great tablet that Apple needs to kill
Ever since Apple added the M1 chip to the iPad Pro lineup, the 11-inch version has become the odd choice in the entire iPad family. It's time to get rid of it......»»
A strong ethnic identity can buffer or bolster the effects of online sexual racism in Black men
While some scholars believe that a strong ethnic identity mitigates the negative mental health impact of racism for people of color, others suggest it can exacerbate these effects......»»
Skin tone is found to shape the experiences of Mexican immigrants in Atlanta and Philadelphia
While racism is often a focus of concern in the U.S., skin tone—separate but related to race—plays a lesser known but important role in discrimination, according to new research......»»
Fresh cyclone to hit California after historic storms kill at least 17
A major cyclone is set to hit the US state of California with up to seven inches (18 centimeters) of rain on Wednesday, the National Weather Service said, after tens of thousands of people were placed under evacuation orders due to a barrage of storm.....»»
Speciesism, like racism, imperils humanity and the planet
With the world's population topping 8 billion last year, it's clear that humans have achieved a unique status in Earth's history. We are the only creature that dominate all other organisms on the planet, from animals and fungi to plants and microbes......»»
"Jumping genes" help fungus kill salamanders
A fungus that infects salamanders contains multiple copies of the same "jumping genes", scientists have discovered......»»