https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZe97lIV-1A A robot dog equipped with a flamethrower could be used to stop weeds growing on farms, potentially offering a replacement for harmful herbicides. Even highly targeted herbicides can cause environmental problems, affecting local wildlife, and “superweeds” are quickly evolving...
FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images I have never attended the same gym as Eric Drinkwater, a sports scientist at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia. In fact, we live over 1000 kilometres apart. But as soon as we start talking on the...
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research.The Nutrition Facts label, that black and white information box found on nearly every packaged food product in the U.S. since 1994, has recently...
Biden Is Out—And the Discussion of Aging in Politics Is InThe current presidential race has ensured that age will be a key and likely fraught consideration in future elections. Can science help determine how old is too old for a...
It’s Going to Hit 90 Degrees in Alaska This WeekTemperatures in Fairbanks, Alaska, are predicted to reach a record-tying 90 degrees Fahrenheit because of a prolonged, unusually late heat waveBy Andrea ThompsonDowntown Fairbanks, Alaska skyline. Temperatures in Fairbanks, Alaska, are...
Christopher Columbus’s expedition to the Americas arrived with diseases on boardWilliam J. Aylward/Granger Historical Picture Archive / Alamy It is common knowledge that microbes hitched rides on long sea voyages like that of Christopher Columbus. But it was never inevitable...
Panayiotis Tzamaros/NurPhoto via Getty Images The benefits of exercise are so great that if it were a drug, it would be a miracle cure. But what is the optimal dose for better health: are people who run ultramarathons, lift weights...
Marina Johnson: Salam Alaikum. Welcome to Kunafa and Shay, a podcast produced for HowlRound Theatre Commons, a free and open platform for theatremakers worldwide. Kunafa and Shay discusses and analyzes contemporary and historical Middle Eastern and North African, or MENA,...
Massive CrowdStrike Tech Outage Highlights Global VulnerabilitiesCompanies and governments alike need to step up cybersecurity practices in the wake of massive technology failures associated with a CrowdStrike updateBy Richard Forno & The Conversation USThe Microsoft Corp. Windows Recovery screen displayed...
Trump’s Massive Deportation Plan Echoes Concentration Camp HistoryTrump’s language about immigrants “poisoning” the U.S. repeats past rhetoric that led to civilian detention camps, with horrific, tragic resultsBy Andrea PitzerSome attendees of the Republican National Convention hold "Mass Deportation Now" signs...
