Science and Technology
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Scientists engineer enzyme that can break down hard-to-recycle plastic
“Scientists have engineered enzymes that can break down polyurethane, a notoriously durable plastic, into its component parts, potentially enabling efficient…
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Adolf Hitler likely had micropenis, researchers say
“Adolf Hitler likely had micropenis, Kallman syndrome, DNA study finds.” That’s the headline of a news article this week. It…
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Deforestation in the Amazon slows down
“Deforestation in the Amazon is slowing down. Around 5,800 square kilometers of the forest were cleared this year, down from…
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Artificial intelligence improves weather forecasts and increases harvests
“This summer, India’s Ministry of Agriculture oversaw an impressive real world trial of AI-powered weather forecasts. The project sent weekly…
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Artificial intelligence is being used to eradicate invasive species
“Conservationists are using AI to help them detect and eradicate the last remaining invasive stoats on the Orkney Islands, which…
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America finally stops getting fatter
America is one of the ten fattest countries in the world, but it has stopped getting fatter, due to weight…
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Device protects people against being trampled by an elephant or losing their harvests
“A new device developed in India listens for elephant calls and plays threatening sounds to keep the animals away from…
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AI is cutting hiring to near zero, Fed chief says
“Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell drew a stark picture of a labor market that looks fine on the surface—4.3% unemployment,…
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Taxpayer Money Still Flowing To Lab Monkeying With COVID-19 And Linked To Herpes-Ridden Primate Rumors
By Audrey Streb Rhesus monkeys that were euthanized Tuesday after escaping during a truck crash on I-59 in Jasper County,…
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Machines can now make water out of thin air, easing water shortages in arid places
Professor “Omar Yaghi, who recently won a Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work developing metal-organic frameworks, is about to…
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FDA moves to speed up approvals of cheaper copycat drugs
“The Food and Drug Administration announced on Wednesday that it would ease regulatory roadblocks for low-cost copycat versions of certain…
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Vaccine protects elephants from deadly herpes virus
“Scientists in the UK have developed the world’s first vaccine for elephant herpesvirus, a disease that kills many young Asian…
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Massive lithium production planned at the Great Salt Lake, using new technique
“A startup in Utah has developed a more sustainable way to collect lithium. Using proprietary ceramic beads, Lilac Solutions can…
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Spike In Childhood Peanut Allergies Was Caused By So-Called ‘Expert’ Advice, Study Confirms
By Mark Tanos Decades of faulty medical guidance telling parents to keep peanuts away from babies likely fueled the childhood…
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Vaccine protects against meningitis that has killed hundreds of thousands of people
“A new vaccine is being rolled out across Africa’s ‘meningitis belt,’ where dry winds and dust fuel regular and deadly…
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New Hampshire comes up with potential solution to energy shortages fueled by artificial intelligence
“New Hampshire has passed a law exempting electricity providers who don’t connect to the grid from public-utility regulation, cutting red…
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Health-tracking collars keep cows healthier, reduce need for labor in period of labor shortages
Health-tracking collars for cows are proving to be a valuable innovation. “The devices monitor each animal’s activity and rumination—a measure…
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Glowing soybeans communicate stress
“A biotechnology company called InnerPlant has developed soybeans that glow when stressed, allowing farmers to intervene early and avoid crop losses. Recently, their…
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Possible evidence of life on Mars
“We have the strongest evidence yet that life once existed on Mars. NASA’s Perseverance Rover drilled into Mars’s Jezero crater…
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Long a death sentence, this grave heart condition is now treatable
“Cardiac amyloidosis, a common and deadly cause of heart failure, is now treatable thanks to recent drug breakthroughs,” reports The Doomslayer. The New York…
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Trump issues executive order to ease commercial spaceflight
“President Trump has signed an order to make it easier for private companies to launch rockets in the US. It…
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Giant stick bug discovered
“Scientists have discovered a giant new species of stick bug in Australia thanks to a post on iNaturalist, a popular…
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Milk to be produced from lab-grown cells
“Canadian food tech startup Opalia has secured what it claims is the world’s first commercial supply agreement for cell-based dairy,…
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Brain implant turns people’s internal thoughts into spoken words, giving voice to people who can’t speak
“Scientists at Stanford have built a brain implant that can translate a person’s internal thoughts into spoken words in real…
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Artificial intelligence creates new antibiotics that killed drug-resistant gonorrhea and MRSA
“MIT researchers used generative AI to create two entirely new antibiotics that killed drug-resistant gonorrhea and MRSA in infected mice,”…
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World’s largest infected mosquito factory opens
“Brazil has opened the world’s largest Wolbachia-infected mosquito factory after field trials saw the insects slash” the rate of diseases…
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World’s first grid-connected iron-air battery will make energy more plentiful
“Ore Energy, a Dutch battery manufacturer, has become the first to connect an iron‑air battery to the grid. Their prototype uses a…
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Lithium supplements may help with Alzheimer’s disease
“New research links lithium deficiency to Alzheimer’s. After finding that dementia patients often have low lithium levels, a group of…
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Scientists make rhino horns radioactive to thwart traffickers in South Africa
“To help crack down on poaching, scientists in South Africa are injecting rhino horns with low-level radioactive isotopes that are…
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Cancer Diagnoses Skyrocketed In Recent Years And Officials Are Just Figuring Out Why Now
By Josh Grega Local-stage colorectal cancer diagnoses increased dramatically from 2019 to 2022 in adults between the ages of 45…
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Gene therapy restores a man’s sight, giving him his life back
“Doctors in Italy have restored a man’s sight using an innovative gene therapy. The treatment involved injecting a viral vector…
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Startup begins work on fusion power plant to supply energy to Microsoft
“Helion Energy has broken ground on the site of a planned fusion power plant, part of an optimistic initiative to…
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Robot performs complicated surgery to remove gallbladder, without human help
“A Johns Hopkins–designed robot has learned to autonomously perform gallbladder removal surgery, completing a series of trials on pig tissue…
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Conservationists are releasing mosquitoes into Hawaii to fight malaria
“Conservationists are releasing Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes in Hawaii to control the spread of avian malaria, which has devastated local bird populations,”…
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Scientists plan to bring back giant bird that went extinct
“Colossal Biosciences, the biotech company aiming to bring back extinct species, has set its sights on the Moa: a giant flightless bird…
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Scientists develop a rabies vaccine for vampire bats that spreads through grooming
“Scientists have developed a rabies vaccine for vampire bats that spreads naturally through grooming. The vaccine is delivered via a gel applied…
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