Nature, nurture, luck: Why you are more than just genes and upbringing
Your genes and environment play a big part in forming you, but there is an unexplored third element at play too: luck. The chance events that shape your brain in…
Climate Polluters Should Pay a Tax for Damages, U.N. Chief Says
The companies most to blame for global warming should be taxed to help pay for the damage they’ve done to the planet, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said Tuesday during the…
Chewing Consumes a Surprising Amount of Energy
Chomping on food takes so much energy that it shaped human evolution. Our ancestors spent many hours a day chewing, which may have shaped our teeth and jaws.
How Census Data Put Trans Children at Risk
Every decade, the U.S. Census Bureau counts the people in the United States, trying to observe the balance between gathering accurate information and protecting the privacy of the people described…
Quantum Tunneling Makes DNA More Unstable
Many biologists assume that bizarre quantum phenomena play a relatively negligible role inside the cell. A recent theoretical analysis of the chemical bonds holding DNA together, however, suggests that these…
Married women who work during middle age are happier later in life
In heterosexual married couples, women are happier later in life when both partners work in middle age, researchers find Health 21 September 2022 By Grace Wade Work can provide meaning…
Drone swarm that 3D prints cement structures could construct buildings
Bit by bit, drones can print structures made of foam and cement. The technique could transform future construction sites and post-disaster reconstruction Technology 21 September 2022 By Jeremy Hsu [embedded…
Bananas threatened by devastating fungus given temporary resistance
A way to make Cavendish banana plants temporarily resistant to Fusarium fungus could lead to new ways to protect them from Panama disease Environment 21 September 2022 By Michael Le…
Mosquitoes are being genetically modified so they can’t spread malaria
Gene editing mosquitoes so they die before malaria parasites can develop inside them could stop the spread of the deadly parasite entirely, according to lab studies and computer models Health…
Plan to cut Ethereum energy use sees miners switch cryptocurrencies
The Merge, a long-awaited update which promised to slash Ethereum’s vast energy consumption, has instead pushed miners towards other cryptocurrencies Technology 20 September 2022 By Matthew Sparkes An engineer at…