What You Need to Know Before You Freeze Your Eggs
Celebrities do it (or wish they had), influencers won't stop talking about it, and clinics will all but tell you to do it now. The devil, though, is in the details......»»
Magnificent spiral galaxy is being stretched by passing neighbor
The myriad spiral galaxies in our universe almost all look like fried eggs. A central bulge of aging stars is like the egg yolk, surrounded by a disk of stars that are the egg white. The galaxy in this Hubble photo looks like it is sliding off the fr.....»»
Texas Governor Knew of Natural Gas Shortages Days Before Blackout, Blamed Wind Anyway
Long-time Slashdot reader AmiMoJo quotes Ars Technica: Texas Governor Greg Abbott's office knew of looming natural gas shortages on February 10, days before a deep freeze plunged much of the state into blackouts, according to documents obtained by E.....»»
A Fungus Is Pushing Cicada Sex Into Hyperdrive And Leaving Them Dismembered
After 17 years underground, the Brood X periodical cicadas are slowly emerging in 15 states across the East Coast and Midwest. From a report: They'll shed their skins and spend four to six weeks mating before the females lay eggs and they all die. Bu.....»»
Embryo cryopreservation minimizes cryoinjuries, offers hope for would-be parents
What are the most delicate and valuable things you have handled? How would you feel if your daily job involved handling human eggs and any mistakes would affect someone's life?.....»»
Life in the deep freeze: The revolution that changed our view of glaciers forever
I've been fascinated by glaciers since I was 14, when geography textbooks taught me about strange rivers of ice that crept down yawning valleys like giant serpents stalking their next meal. That kernel of wonder has carried me through a career of mor.....»»
Mitigating the impact of climate change on sea turtle hatchling sex ratios does not have to cost the earth
The sex of sea turtle hatchlings is determined by the temperature when the eggs incubate. A higher temperature produces more females, with males produced by lower temperatures......»»
Backyard chickens, rabbits, soybeans can meet household protein demand
In 2020, stores sold out of garden seed, coops and rabbit cages. Meat shortages led many to wonder what to eat for protein when supply chains are disrupted and some people turned to gathering eggs, raising animals and growing their own food. A team a.....»»
Male hoopoes found to provide extra nourishment to mates who paint their eggs well
A team of researchers from Universidad de Granada and Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas, both in Spain, has found that male hoopoes provide more nourishment to female mates who paint their eggs well. In their paper published in the journal Proc.....»»
Samsung Lost More than $268 Million During Power Shutdown in Texas
The Austin-American Statesman reports that Samsung "lost at least $268 million due to damaged products after its semiconductor fabrication plant in Austin was shutdown during the February's Texas freeze, according to the company." Samsung executives.....»»
Moving Chips Closer to Cold Qubits
Conventional electronics join quantum circuits in the deep freeze Photo: Microsoft Three of the biggest companies making quantum computers today—Google, Intel, and Microsoft—are betting on supercooled devices operating at.....»»
Minnesotans furious that they have to pay for Texas’ deep-freeze problems
Natural gas prices surged across the country during Texas’ February freeze. Enlarge (credit: Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images) Texas’ deep freeze didn’t just disrupt natural gas supplies throughout Lone Star country—its effects.....»»
Freeze! Executioner protein caught in the act
A new molecular 'freeze frame' technique has allowed WEHI researchers to see key steps in how the protein MLKL kills cells......»»
Will Budweiser brew eggs and will Post cereal make meat?
Corporations are quickly waking up to the market potential of alternative proteins with the nation’s biggest consumer brands continuing to make investments and create partnerships with startup companies helping consumers transition to healthier.....»»
As extreme weather increases, climate misinformation adapts
Climate scientists have warned for years that a warming planet would cause more extreme storms, like the one that walloped Texas in February, knocking out power and leaving millions in a deep freeze......»»
The Falcon and The Winter Soldier: Highlights and Easter eggs from episode 5
The saga of the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues with The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. Here are some of the highlights from episode 5 of the series......»»
The Falcon and The Winter Soldier: Highlights and Easter eggs from episode 4
The saga of the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues with The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. Here are some of the highlights from episode 4 of the series......»»
Team cracks eggs for science
Avian brood parasites lay their eggs in the nests of other bird species, forcing the hosts to do the hard work of raising the unrelated young. A team of scientists wanted to simulate the task of piercing an egg—a tactic that only a minority of host.....»»
Grasping at hidden objects
Happy Robotics Week, to those who celebrate. I know a lot of us are unable to be with our loved ones this year, which means no robotics tree, robotics baskets full of robot eggs and green robot beer. Still, the National Robotics Week organization is.....»»
A graphene system that freezes electrons as the temperature rises
Two teams of researchers have independently found that there exists a certain type of graphene system where electrons freeze as the temperature rises. The first team, with members from Israel, the U.S. and Japan, found that placing one layer of graph.....»»
Digging into the Alkami Technology IPO
Let's learn about Alkami and its software, dig into its backers and final private valuation, pick apart its numbers, and then check out its impending IPO valuation. It appears that the slowdown in tech debuts is not a complete freeze; despi.....»»