Some colleges are mammals, others are cities
Higher education in the United States spans five orders of magnitude, from the tiny institutions like the 26-person Deep Springs College in the high desert of eastern California to behemoths, like Arizona State University's city-sized 130,000. A new.....»»
Genetic defect leads to motor disorders in flies
In their study, the research groups looked at a protein called Creld. A study from Bonn had recently been able to demonstrate that Creld plays an important role in the development of the heart in mammals. "We wanted to find out exactly what the prote.....»»
Ancient Siberian dogs relied on humans for seafood diets
As early as 7,400 years ago, Siberian dogs had evolved to be far smaller than wolves, making them more dependent on humans for food including sea mammals and fish trapped below the ice, a new study showed Friday......»»
Longer commutes affect the cost of living in large cities more than zoning restrictions
Conventional wisdom in recent years has placed much of the blame for the rising cost of living in American cities on overly strict zoning policies. But a research team featuring economists and alumni from the George Washington University Columbian Co.....»»
Italy heatwave peaks with 16 cities on red alert as Tuscany burns
Italy faced the hottest day of the current heatwave Friday with red extreme heat warnings issued for 16 cities across the country, as firefighters battled blazes up and down the country......»»
Report shows growing cities are under pressure, but there are positive signs too
Urban areas are often thought of as concrete jungles, but they encompass much more than that. Nature, people and built structures are interconnected. Together they comprise the urban environment of the cities and towns in which we live......»»
Expanding food assistance may help colleges retain students, study says
Food insecurity is a pressing issue among U.S. college students and has increased dramatically since the COVID-19 pandemic began. In a survey conducted by Healthy CUNY in April 2020, 50% of CUNY students reported worrying that they would run out of f.....»»
Kia, Hyundai thefts plague U.S. cities
A surge in thefts of Hyundais and Kias is plaguing U.S. cities, with thieves learning on social media how to bypass security features in some models......»»
Meet Qikiqtania, a fossil fish with the good sense to stay in the water while others ventured onto land
Approximately 365 million years ago, one group of fishes left the water to live on land. These animals were early tetrapods, a lineage that would radiate to include many thousands of species including amphibians, birds, lizards and mammals. Human bei.....»»
Once a Pandemic Band-Aid, Community Fridges Stay Plugged In As Food Costs Soar
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, refrigerators popped up in unlikely outdoor places, as volunteers plugged in the appliances on street corners in cities and towns across the country. These community fridges became free access points for fo.....»»
New Evidence Emerges in Mystery of When Mammals Became Warm-Blooded
Fossil animals’ inner ear structures offer clues on when endothermy, or warm-bloodedness, evolved.....»»
How record-setting heat waves around the world could punish economies already reeling from inflation
Hundreds of millions of people struggled to keep cool amid a sweltering summer heat wave as cities across the U.S. and mainland Europe experienced record-high temperatures. In the U.K., thermometers topped 104 Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius) on July.....»»
Mammals were not the first to be warm-blooded
Endothermy, or warm-bloodedness, is the ability of mammals and birds to produce their own body heat and control their body temperature......»»
Engineers develop new tool that will allow for more personalized cell therapies
A University of Minnesota Twin Cities team has, for the first time, developed a new tool to predict and customize the rate of a specific kind of DNA editing called "site-specific recombination." The research paves the way for more personalized, effic.....»»
Bidding farewell to Canada"s representative Jordan Reeves
I was once invited by the Canadian government to talk in several cities about the possibilities of Canada-Taiwan collaboration in the high-tech industy. The talks took me to Vancouver, Banff, Victoria Harbour, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto and the nearb.....»»
Martens, wolverines, skunks and red pandas—Germany was once a paradise for small carnivorans
An international team of researchers reports that at least 20 species of carnivorous mammals lived 11.5 million years ago in what is now the Hammerschmiede fossil site in southern Germany. The site has been a focus of attention since the 2019 discove.....»»
Light pollution is disrupting the seasonal rhythms of plants and trees
Nighttime light intensity lengthens pollen season in US cities. Enlarge (credit: Noam Cohen/EyeEm/Getty) City lights that blaze all night are profoundly disrupting urban plants’ phenology—shifting when their buds open in t.....»»
New research reveals how gig economy platforms are transforming our cities
The rapid rise of the "gig" economy for moving people, goods and services is transforming Australian cities, but not necessarily for the better, a new University of Melbourne study has found......»»
Columbia Loses Its No. 2 Spot In the US News Rankings
Hmmmmmm writes: Without fanfare, U.S. News & World Report announced that it had "unranked" Columbia University, which had been in a three-way tie for the No. 2 spot in the 2022 edition of Best Colleges, after being unable to verify the underlying dat.....»»
California cities ban new gas stations in battle to combat climate change
Without realizing they were starting a movement in green energy policy, leaders of a small Sonoma Valley city seem to have done just that when they questioned the approval process for a new gas station—eventually halting its development and others.....»»
De-prosecution policy associated with rise in homicides in American cities
De-prosecution, a discretionary decision not to prosecute certain criminal offenses regardless of the evidence, has become an increasingly popular criminal justice strategy in the United States. A new study examined whether the application of a de-pr.....»»