Some "allies" don"t want gay neighbors
When legal systems choose to offer no protections to sexual minorities, even avid LGBTQ supporters would reject their gay neighbors, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study......»»
Solar farms could double as pollinator food supplies
To fight pollinator decline, 8 states put habitats alongside solar facilities. Enlarge (credit: US Fish and Wildlife Service) Pollinator habitats and solar farms may seem like ecologically great neighbors, but we still don't understand very mu.....»»
Applying mathematics takes "friendship paradox" beyond averages
The friendship paradox is the observation that the degrees of the neighbors of a node within any network will, on average, be greater than the degree of the node itself. In other words: your friends probably have more friends than you do......»»
Scientists learn what fuels the "natural killers" of the immune system
Scientists are understanding more about natural killer (NK) cells, which are your allies when it comes to fighting infections and cancer......»»
Not on Nextdoor? You can still grab your neighbors’ stuff on Free Finds
Nextdoor, the app that helps neighbors connect, launched a new feature called Free Finds today, which will help people browse the free items available in their neighborhoods. Since the start of 2020, monthly listings to buy, sell, and give away items.....»»
Ring’s Neighbors app gets more transparent with latest update
Starting the week of June 7, users of Ring's Neighbors app can expect some changes to the real-time crime watch tool. Here's what to expect......»»
Amazon Devices Will Soon Automatically Share Your Internet With Neighbors
If you use Alexa, Echo, or any other Amazon device, you have just over a week to opt out of an experiment that leaves your personal privacy and security hanging in the balance. From a report: On June 8, the merchant, Web host, and entertainment behem.....»»
Amazon devices will soon automatically share your Internet with neighbors
Amazon's experiment wireless mesh networking turns users into guinea pigs. Enlarge (credit: Amazon) If you use Alexa, Echo, or any other Amazon device, you have only 10 days to opt out of an experiment that leaves your personal privacy and sec.....»»
How to tell if someone is stealing your Wi-Fi — and what you can do about it
Is your internet connection running slowly? One of your neighbors might be stealing your Wi-Fi. Here's how to tell and what you should do if you find a problem......»»
U.S., S. Korea partner to ease chip crunch
The U.S. has sought help from allies including South Korea to alleviate a semiconductor shortage that’s led to idling of auto plants across North America......»»
U.S., South Korea announce semiconductor, vaccine partnership
The U.S. has sought help from allies including South Korea to alleviate a semiconductor shortage that’s led to idling of auto plants across North America......»»
16-bit classics Zombies Ate My Neighbors and Ghoul Patrol are getting modern re-releases
Zombies first arrived on the Super Nintendo in September 1993 before finding its way to the Sega Genesis a couple of months later. In it, players controlled protagonists Julie and Zeke as they attempted to rescue their neighbors from characters typic.....»»
Neighbors looking out for one another can lessen child abuse and neglect
Parents are less likely to neglect or abuse their children when they have supportive networks within their neighborhood and others on whom they can rely, a new University of Michigan study found......»»
Facebook launches Neighborhoods, a Nextdoor clone
Facebook is launching a new section of its app designed to connect neighbors and curate neighborhood-level news. The new feature, predictably called Neighborhoods, is available now in Canada and will be rolling out soon for U.S. users to test. As we.....»»
Naturally GM: Crops steal genes from other species to accelerate evolution
Grass crops are able to bend the rules of evolution by borrowing genes from their neighbors, giving them a competitive advantage, a new study has revealed......»»
Stanford and Duke join certification program to boost diversity education with investors and the C-suite
A partnership between the University of North Carolina’s Kenan Flagler Entrepreneurship Center, the Opportunity Hub and 100 Black Angels and Allies Fund, set up to improve representation and support of diverse founders in the tech industry, is.....»»
Stanford and Duke join certification program to boost diversity education with investors and the c-suite
A partnership between the University of North Carolina’s Kenan Flagler Entrepreneurship Center, the Opportunity Hub, and 100 Black Angels and Allies Fund, set up to improve representation and support of diverse founders in the tech industry, is.....»»
Finding gene neighbors leads to new protein functions
Access to sequenced genomes was a watershed moment in life science research. Genome sequences spell out an organism's DNA, the genetic code for how the organism develops, reproduces, and functions. As new technologies have developed, the availability.....»»
How can remote workers best manage work-home conflict?
What are the secrets to maintaining a productive home office? Run a white-noise machine to mask household clatter, make sure your noisy neighbors know your work schedule, and resist the temptation to check work-related technology after logging off at.....»»
Harley Quinn has new bad guy allies in The Suicide Squad red band trailer
Director James Gunn has said his standalone relaunch was inspired by The Dirty Dozen. Joel Kinnaman is back as Colonel Rick Flag, heroic leader of Task Force X, aka The Suicide Squad......»»
Scientists shrink pancreatic tumors by starving their cellular "neighbors"
Scientists have demonstrated that blocking 'cell drinking,' or macropinocytosis, in the thick tissue surrounding a pancreatic tumor slowed tumor growth--providing more evidence that macropinocytosis is a driver of pancreatic cancer growth and is an i.....»»