Mass Die-Off of Orcas Feared Due to Chemicals Banned in the ’70s
A group of industrial chemicals humans started banning decades ago could cause many of the world’s orca whale populations to collapse over the next...
Improved In vivo imaging of atherosclerotic plaque development
Researchers have developed a method for quantitatively assessing atherosclerotic plaque buildup in mice. They transplanted X-ray-irradiated low-density-lipoprotein-knockout mice with bone marrow cells expressing near-infrared...
Hidden health problems can appear up to two years after elective hip surgeries
Up to two years following elective, arthroscopic hip surgery, a substantial proportion of patients reported troubling new health issues ranging from sleep problems, to...
Blasey Ford–Kavanaugh Testimony Tells a Tale of Two Internets
As Christine Blasey Ford and Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh stood before Congress in turn, filter bubbles on the left and the right saw...
San Francisco’s Dream of ‘Zero Waste’ Lands in the Dumpster
The city has reduced its trash more than any other American metropolis. But eliminating all garbage, it turns out, is an impractical goal.
How to Rage-Donate Against Chuck Grassley
Well, that was quick: Less than a day after Grassley’s performance at the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing investigating Christine Blasey Ford’s allegation of sexual...
A PG-13 Cut of Deadpool 2 Is Hitting Theaters This December, Gambit and Dark Phoenix...
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Get Inside Your Smartphone With This $8 Toolkit From AmazonBasics
Not that we’d endorse voiding warranties, but if you want to get inside your phone to make repairs, this compact kit from AmazonBasics has...
Observing the development of a deep-sea greenhouse gas filter
In a long-term study, marine scientists for the first time observed the colonization of a deep-sea mud volcano after its eruption. Only slowly, rich...
Bacterial protein mimics DNA to sabotage cells’ defenses
Researchers report some of the details of how Salmonella shuts down an immune pathway after infection.