Google Has a New Plan to Kill Cookies. People Are Still Mad
Google has scrapped FLoC, its controversial cookie replacement. Now it’s back with Topics—but rivals and privacy experts are still nervous.
Dungeons & Dragons & Novels: Revisiting The Halfling’s Gem
When I started the Dungeons & Dragons & Novels series, I wanted to go through all the D&D fiction of yesteryear to see how...
Bee appearance and behavior may be related, genetic study reveals
The findings will be used to help researchers determine how traits, characteristics and color impact behavior.
‘Heartburn’ helps bacteria to survive antibiotic treatment
Even at high concentrations, antibiotics won't kill all bacteria. There are always a few survivors, even in a bacterial population that is genetically identical....
Climate change and land use data to predict watershed impact
Researchers studied the Chesapeake Bay watershed to evaluate the combined effects of changes to climate and land use on runoff and pollutants in a...
Psychiatric disease associated with increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease and diabetes
Among patients with chronic, non-communicable diseases, the risk of death is more than doubled if they also have a psychiatric comorbidity, according to a...
Researchers identify proteins that could predict liver transplant rejection
Scientist have discovered families of proteins in the body that could potentially predict which patients may reject a new organ transplant, helping inform decisions...
Genetic clues link lipoprotein A to prostate cancer risk
A new analysis has uncovered a potential link between higher prostate cancer risk and genetic variants associated with higher bloodstream levels of the cholesterol-transporting...
Why the human brain is more vulnerable to disease
With the help of cerebral organoids, scientists were able to ascertain that tuberous sclerosis, a rare neurodevelopmental genetic disorder, arises developmentally rather than only...
Cosmic physics mimicked on table-top as graphene enables Schwinger effect
Researchers have succeeded in observing the so-called Schwinger effect, an elusive process that normally occurs only in cosmic events. By applying high currents through...
