Junk DNA Deforms Salamander Bodies
Yet the unfit creatures survive, challenging our long-held view of evolution -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
NASA Is Sending Artificial Female Bodies To the Moon To Study Radiation Risks
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: Helga and Zohar are headed for a trip around the Moon on an important mission, measuring radiation risks for female astronauts for the first time. The inanimate pair are manikins modeled after the bod.....»»
Researchers discover new species of salamander from Gulf Coastal plains hotspot
There are approximately 750 species of salamander known to science, a third of which reside in North America. Now, a team of researchers led by R. Alexander Pyron, the Robert F. Griggs Associate Professor of Biology at the George Washington Universit.....»»
Spacecraft navigation uses X-rays from dead stars
The remnants of a collapsed neutron star, called a pulsar, are magnetically charged and spinning anywhere from one rotation per second to hundreds of rotations per second. These celestial bodies, each 12 to 15 miles in diameter, generate light in the.....»»
Games turn deadly in Bodies Bodies Bodies trailer
A group of rich friends play some cruel games in the new trailer for Bodies Bodies Bodies. And the humor turns dark when someone actually starts killing people......»»
Space dust, asteroids and comets can account for all water on Mercury
Mercury harbors water ice in the shadows of the steepest craters around its poles. But it is unclear how those water molecules ended up on Mercury. Now a new simulation shows that incoming minor bodies such as asteroids, comets and dust particles car.....»»
How Ukraine"s IT Army is Using Clearview AI"s Face-Scanning Software
Ukrainian officials "have run more than 8,600 facial recognition searches on dead or captured Russian soldiers in the 50 days since Moscow's invasion began, using the scans to identify bodies and contact hundreds of their families," reports the Washi.....»»
Space Command’s Lt. Gen John Shaw Says Space Is "Under Threat"
In an exclusive interview, the military branch’s second in command talks about junk in orbit, cyberattacks, satellite vulnerabilities, and Russia's war in Ukraine......»»
Deception, Exploited Workers, and Cash Handouts: How Worldcoin Recruited Its First Half a Million Test Users
The startup promises a fairly-distributed, cryptocurrency-based universal basic income. So far all it's done is build a biometric database from the bodies of the poor. MIT Technology Review reports: On a sunny morning last December, Iyus Ruswandi, a.....»»
3D imaging of mysterious cave-dwelling salamander reveals adaptations for life in the dark
A showcase of evolutionarily designed sensory organs is revealed through high-resolution images of the head of the exclusively cave-dwelling blind salamander, Proteus anguinus. The proteus is an evolutionary masterpiece of an unusual set of adaptions.....»»
Some of the stranger features on Pluto remain tough to explain
They have "few similarities to most terrains on other bodies in the Solar System." Enlarge / Wright Mons, at center. Note the lumpy nature of its flanks extends to other nearby areas. (credit: NASA, Johns Hopkins Univ./APL, Southwest R.....»»
Security Experts Say New EU Rules Will Damage WhatsApp Encryption
Corin Faife writes via The Verge: On March 24th, EU governing bodies announced that they had reached a deal on the most sweeping legislation to target Big Tech in Europe, known as the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Seen as an ambitious law with far-reach.....»»
The face of a medieval wanderer: Isotopic investigation of remains in Scotland
Isotope analysis of the "bodies in the bog" found at Cramond reveals several crossed a politically divided Scotland, meeting their end hundreds of miles from their place of birth......»»
"The Plain-Text Internet is Coming"
Protocol reports: The web is overrun with junk. This is so obvious, I almost don't need to say it. But I will: Between the pop-ups, the autoplaying videos, the cookie banners, the incessant calls for sign-ups, the coupon offers, the "Don't forget t.....»»
Hundreds of gene regulatory motifs cooperate and conflict to make brain cells
DNA is considered the blueprint of our human bodies. It codes for the tens of thousands of genes that determine whether a cell transforms into a brain cell, heart cell or even cancer cell. Other DNA sequences, known as enhancers, determine if genes a.....»»
Designers used e-scooters tossed in rivers to make furniture, proving junk can find purpose
See what this design studio did with scooters salvaged from the canals of Malmö in Sweden. The canals of Malmö, Sweden, hold all kinds of oddities. Like many urban waterways, they are strewn with discarded shopping carts, bikes, and dead el.....»»
"Junk DNA" could be key to controlling fear
A piece of "junk DNA" could be the key to extinguishing fear-related memories for people struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and phobia, according to a study from The University of Queensland......»»
Q&A: Why ponds and kettle holes are also water sources worth protecting
Small bodies of water, i.e., natural ponds, kettle holes and pools, account for 30 to 50% of the world's standing water. Owing to their size, however, the importance of small water bodies was long underestimated. As a result, they are scarcely mentio.....»»
Quantum dots shine bright to help scientists see inflammatory cells in fat
To accurately diagnose and treat diseases, doctors and researchers need to see inside bodies. Medical imaging tools have come a long way since the humble X-ray, but most existing tools remain too coarse to quantify numbers or specific types of cells.....»»
Bodies Bodies Bodies Review
Bodies Bodies Bodies is a comedy-thriller for the online generation with as much tension as humor.Bodies Bodies Bodies was reviewed out of the SXSW Film Festival, where it made its world premiere. The murder-mystery comedy has been making a comeback.....»»
NASA spots giant debris cloud created by clashing celestial bodies
Major smashups between rocky bodies shaped our solar system. Observations of a similar crash give clues about how frequent these events are around other stars......»»