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......»»
Developing a targeted, reliable, long-lasting genetic kill switch
Tae Seok Moon, associate professor of energy, environmental and chemical engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, has taken a big step forward in his quest to design a modular, genetically engineered ki.....»»
New research shows how dicamba could be safely used in sweet corn
Many agronomic weeds are developing resistance to available herbicides, making them harder and harder to kill. With few effective chemicals left and no new herbicide classes on the horizon, farmers are going back to older products that still offer th.....»»
OlliOlli World devs share their perfect skate park recipe
OlliOlli World Senior Designer Sam Robinson reveals why the game's fantastic levels work......»»
Fear of predators in free-living wildlife reduces population growth over generations
Predators kill prey and prey attempt to avoid being killed by predators; the former obviously reduces the number of prey but, according to a new study, fear (avoiding being killed) can itself halve the population size of prey in 5 years or less, by s.....»»
Seven reasons Australia is the lucky country when it comes to snakes
Australia has a global reputation as a land full of danger, where seemingly everything is out to kill you. Crocodiles lurk in estuaries, large spiders hide in bathrooms, and we share our suburbs with some of the world's most venomous snakes......»»
Beaver Dams Help Wildfire-Ravaged Ecosystems Recover Long after Flames Subside
Dams mop up debris that would otherwise kill fish and other downstream wildlife, new observations suggest -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
Racial justice protests influenced local news reporting
A new study from the Media, Inequality and Change Center (MIC) examines how large-scale activism and heightened public discourse around systemic racism and police brutality influenced local reporting on policing in 2020. Through an analysis of a ful.....»»
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League release date slips to next year
The next superhero brawler from Batman Arkham developer Rocksteady is now coming in 2023......»»
Scientists Just Created Magnetic "Seeds" To Heat Up and Kill Cancer
A group of researchers at University College London (UCL) have used an MRI scanner to guide a tiny magnetic "seed" through the brain to heat and destroy cancer cells. Interesting Engineering reports: The novel breakthrough cancer therapy, which has b.....»»
Rocksteady’s Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League Has Reportedly Been Delayed To 2023
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League has been reportedly delayed from 2022 into 2023, according to those close to development. The post Rocksteady’s Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League Has Reportedly Been Delayed To 2023 appeared first on.....»»
EU plans to label natural gas and nuclear power plants “sustainable”
Critics pan the proposal but face uphill battle to kill the measure. Enlarge (credit: iStock) The European Union says it wants to “prevent greenwashing” among investors, but a new proposal may end up encouraging the behavi.....»»
Computers Uncover 100,000 Novel Viruses in Old Genetic Data
sciencehabit writes: It took just one virus to cripple the world's economy and kill millions of people; yet virologists estimate that trillions of still-unknown viruses exist, many of which might be lethal or have the potential to spark the next pand.....»»
Forward-thinking gym lifts weights, shifts attitudes
A gym in Boston, Massachusetts, with an inventive vocational path that prepares students to work as personal trainers serves as a telling example for how community-based programs can develop anti-racism practices within organizations that contribute.....»»
Instagram will now show suspected hate speech lower in your Feed
Instagram has announced it will now show potential hate speech lower down in your feed, lulling you with a gentle string of thirst traps and puppies before hitting you with the racism. Revealed in a blog post on Thursday, Instagram says it is ta.....»»
Can Microsoft buy Activision? Here’s what may kill the deal
Microsoft announced that it plans to buy Activision Blizzard for nearly $70 billion, but the companies have a long road ahead before the deal closes......»»
Everything we know about Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
Rocksteady hasn't lost their touch. We took on this suicide mission for you to get the details you need to know about Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League......»»
EFF praises Android’s new 2G kill switch, wants Apple to follow suit
In some countries, 2G only serves as an attack vector, so why not turn it off? Enlarge / This phone is receiving a 2G signal. (credit: Getty Images) The Electronic Frontier Foundation is celebrating Google's addition of a 2G.....»»
Did Asus just kill our hopes of a cheap AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT GPU?
When AMD revealed the Radeon RX 6500 XT at CES 2022, it announced a low price that already seems too good to be true….....»»
Engineered nanomaterial captures off-target cancer drug to prevent tissue damage
Standard chemotherapies may efficiently kill cancer cells, but they also pose significant risks to healthy cells, resulting in secondary illness and a diminished quality of life for patients. To prevent the previously unavoidable damage, researchers,.....»»
Forensic researchers call for proactive efforts to address racism
Forensic researchers are calling for the research community to be more proactive about addressing systemic racism in the sciences—currently and historically—in order to address longstanding issues related to how Black people and their remains are.....»»