What kind of seafood is morally ethical to eat?
Do you like cod, shrimp, salmon, crab or pollock (also known as fish sticks)? Of course you do. Do you shop at Walmart, Costco, Kroger or Albertsons for fish? Who doesn't? Do you eat at one of the more than 400,000 restaurants supplied by food distri.....»»
Engineering DNA to mimic biological catch bonds with "fish-hook" system
In a first-of-its-kind breakthrough, a team of UBC Okanagan researchers has developed an artificial adhesion system that closely mimics natural biological interactions......»»
Genuinely ethical management begins with dismantling unscientific myths, says researcher
How does a nearly century-old study on employee productivity still influence our management thoughts? Jesse Kajosmaa's dissertation in Public Management at the University of Vaasa challenges established perceptions about the foundation of management......»»
Astronomers discover a "hot Neptune" in a tight orbit
A Neptune-sized planet, TOI-3261 b, makes a scorchingly close orbit around its host star. Only the fourth object of its kind ever found, the planet could reveal clues as to how planets such as these form......»»
The Oppo Find X8 is exactly the smartphone I’ve been waiting for
There's no such thing as a perfect smartphone, and there never will be. But in this moment, the Oppo Find X8 is precisely the kind of phone I'm looking for......»»
Our Universe is not fine-tuned for life, but it’s still kind of OK
Inspired by the Drake equation, researchers optimize a model universe for life. Physicists including Robert H. Dickle and Fred Hoyle have argued that we are living in a universe t.....»»
Ethical business practice can be the key to success, according to a new report
Companies can thrive without compromising their principles, according to new research by the University of York in collaboration with the Good Business Charter (GBC)......»»
Are fast radio bursts caused by interstellar objects crashing into neutron stars?
Every now and then, astronomers will detect an odd kind of radio signal. So powerful it can outshine a galaxy, but lasting only milliseconds. They are known as fast radio bursts (FRBs). When they were first discovered a couple of decades ago, we had.....»»
Charity campaigns are using outdated representations of Africa, says new paper
In a new paper, Dr. Edward Ademolu and Jess Crombie from University of the Arts London investigate the ethical complexities of international non-government organizations (INGO) representations. The research focuses specifically on how visual storytel.....»»
DNA repair by cooperation between proteins: A look inside the cell"s repair hub
New research from the Kind Group at the Hubrecht Institute sheds light on how cells repair damaged DNA. For the first time, the team has mapped the activity of repair proteins in individual human cells......»»
Cracking the recipe for perfect plant-based eggs
Hint: It involves finding exactly the right proteins. An egg is an amazing thing, culinarily speaking: delicious, nutritious, and versatile. Americans eat nearly 100 billion of th.....»»
Microsoft pushes full-screen ads for Copilot+ PCs on Windows 10 users
Microsoft has frequently used this kind of reminder to encourage upgrades. Windows 10's free, guaranteed security updates stop in October 2025, less than a year from now. Windows.....»»
Gel coatings could make it easier to eat fiber-rich foods
Fiber is something that most of us get far too little of. To change that, we need to actually enjoy eating it. Food researchers from the University of Copenhagen have now invented a "disguise" that solves the problem of the dry and gritty mouth feel.....»»
Majority of clothes being donated are exported or discarded: Study calls for city fashion waste shakeup
With most donated clothes exported or thrown away, experts are calling for a shakeup of how we deal with the growing fashion waste issue. A first of its kind study, published in Nature Cities, analyzed what happens to clothes and other textiles after.....»»
Best Buy slashed over $500 off this prebuilt gaming PC with RTX 4070 Ti
Best Buy Best Buy has a particularly special for gamers. Today, you can buy the CyberPowerPC Gamer Supreme Gaming Desktop for $530 off. That means instead of paying $2,280, you pay $1,750, which is great value for a PC with this kind of hardware, and.....»»
Mathematicians Discover a New Kind of Shape That’s All over Nature
Mathematicians have found a new kind of shape with connections to nature and art.....»»
Donor-advised funds are drawing a lot of assets besides cash, taking a bigger bite out of tax revenue
Donor-advised funds, or DAFs, are financial accounts funded by donors to support future charitable work. This kind of giving differs greatly from charitable giving as a whole because it's much more likely to involve donations of assets like stock, re.....»»
Mathematical model can help understand coexistence in nature
Different species of seabirds can coexist on small, isolated islands despite eating the same kind of fish. A researcher at Uppsala University has been involved in developing a mathematical model that can be used to better understand how this ecosyste.....»»
Opinon: Shell"s legal victory is disappointing—but this is not the end for corporate climate litigation
In the first ruling of its kind, the Dutch Hague District Court in 2021 ordered a fossil fuel company, Shell, to slash its emissions. This decision would have required the oil and gas giant to cut its emissions by 45% by 2030 (compared with 2019 leve.....»»
Kinetic Alfvén waves may be key to mystery of solar corona heating
Syed Ayaz, a researcher at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), has published a paper in Scientific Reports that builds on an earlier first-of-its-kind study that examined kinetic Alfvén waves (KAW) as a possible explanation for why the so.....»»
Cloned black-footed ferret birth sparks ethical debate—why that is a big step, but not a substitute, for conservation
For the first time, an endangered black-footed ferret named Antonia that was cloned from cryogenically-preserved tissue has given birth to two kits......»»