Has the mystery of life’s 'handedness' finally been cracked?
All living creatures use only the left or right-handed forms of certain molecules, and now we might understand why Source link...
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Cancer Rates Are Rising in Young People. Here’s What You Need to Know
August 12, 20245 min readCancer Rates Are Rising in Young People. Here’s What You Need to KnowDo you think you are too young to get screened for cancer? Think again. It might save your lifeBy Karen E. Knudsen & Othman...
West Nile Cases Are Rising. Here’s How to Protect Yourself
August 12, 20243 min readWest Nile Cases Are Rising. Here’s How to Protect YourselfWest Nile is the most common mosquito-borne disease in the U.S. Here’s what to know about the infectionBy Meghan Bartels West Nile disease starts with a mosquito...
Researchers Debate Theory of Pyramids’ Construction, Astronauts Are Stuck in Space, and Olympians Swim the Seine
Olympic Athletes Swim the Murky Seine, and Astronauts Are Stuck on the Space StationWe cover the science stories of the Olympics, concerns about artificial sweeteners and a new theory of how the pyramids were built in this week’s news roundup.By...
Secret to Joro Spiders’ Success May Be Their Ability to Stay Chill
August 12, 20244 min readInvasive Joro Spiders Keep Their Cool Even When StressedCompared with other arachnids, invasive Joro spiders are calm, cool and collected under stress, a new study showsBy Stephanie PappasA Joro spider hangs out in a Georgia suburb....
The surprising connections between maths and poetry
Bill Kotsatos/Polaris/eyevine People like to position maths as cold, hard logic, quite distinct from creative pursuits. Actually, maths often involves a great deal of creativity. As mathematician Sofya Kovalevskaya wrote, “It is impossible to be a mathematician without being a...
The Decameron review: 14th-century romp is a veiled satire of today
What to do when plague calls? Retreat to a country mansion and partyGiulia Parmigiani/Netflix The DecameronKathleen JordanNetflix The influential thinker and writer Douglas Rushkoff was once summoned to an audience with five Silicon Valley billionaires. As he recounts in Survival...
Quantum computers are advancing much faster than scientists expected
Breakthroughs in scalability, error-correction, and infrastructure have led to an accelerated timeline for quantum advantage. Source link...
Trap review – classic Shyamalan, hold the twist
Trap review – classic Shyamalan, hold the twist About Little White Lies Little White Lies was established in 2005 as a bi-monthly print magazine committed to championing great movies and the talented people who make them. Combining cutting-edge design, illustration...
Nine Inch Nails to Score New Tron Movie
During a presentation yesterday at a D23 fan event in Anaheim, California, Disney announced that Trent Reznor’s groundbreaking group, Nine Inch Nails, will handle the score for Tron: Ares, the third installment of the cyber-futuristic science fiction film series, set...
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