The Long Covid Handbook review: Examining a debilitating condition
This deep dive into what we know about long covid from Gez Medinger and Danny Altmann is welcome – but leans a little too heavily on anecdotal information Health 12…
Wildlife populations are declining on a ‘devastating’ scale, says WWF
According to the WWF’s 2022 Living Planet Index, mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish have declined by an average of 69 per cent since 1970 Life 13 October 2022 By…
Black widow spiders remember their prey if it is stolen
When researchers take away a black widow’s prey, the spider can remember how large the prey was and where it was in the web, and it will search harder for…
This Black Female Engineer Broke through the Double Bind of Racism and Sexism and Directly Nurtured a Legion of STEM Leaders
Yvonne Y. Clark, or Y.Y., taught at Tennessee State University, a historically Black university, for 55 years. In this episode, we hear from Y.Y.’s colleagues, students and family members about…
Ebola Outbreak in Uganda Surges, but the Country Has a Plan
A 24-year-old man who tested positive for Ebola virus disease caused by Sudan ebolavirus (SUDV) was the first confirmed case in Uganda’s ongoing Ebola outbreak, but health authorities believe he…
Jupiter’s Ocean Moon Europa Is Ready for Its Close-up
The last week of September was a big deal for Jupiter. On September 26 the planet made its closest approach to Earth since 1963, delighting sky watchers around the globe.…
This Indigenous Scientist Helped Save Lives as COVID Devastated the Navajo Nation
“How do you tell a community in the United States that has no running water or electricity to wash their hands?” Crystal Lee drives hours through dust on Route 66…
The success of text-to-image AIs raises major ethical issues
Apps that create images based on text can deliver amazing results, but there are problems with the data sets some are trained on and the lack of compensation for artists,…
Two exoplanets have a strangely heavy element floating in their skies
Astronomers have found barium floating high in the atmospheres of two sweltering exoplanets, and they don’t know how such a heavy element ended up where it is Space 13 October…
Physicists made the most precise measurement ever of a single particle
By trapping a single electron in an isolated chamber cooled to near absolute zero, physicists were able to measure the particle’s magnetic moment – a key quantum property – at…