Two new books explore how UFOs captured the world’s imagination
Greg Eghigian's After the Flying Saucers Came and Luis Elizondo's Imminent both show how our fascination with UFOs goes beyond simple curiosity Source link...
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We need transparency from the companies disseminating misinformation
Here in the US, we are deep into election season, and it is impossible to debate politics without also debating how technology is distorting it. There are the AI-generated deepfake images Donald Trump circulated of Taylor Swift appearing to endorse...
Smart speakers at crime scenes could provide valuable clues to police
Amazon’s Echo Show 15 smart assistant records audio and images in people’s homesMICHAEL SIMON/startraksphoto.com/Cover Images Police can access a trove of data from smart speakers found at crime scenes that could be invaluable in solving murders or burglaries, say researchers....
Stunningly preserved pterosaur fossils reveal how they soared
Smaller pterosaurs may have flapped their wings while larger ones soaredTerryl Whitlatch Despite living hundreds of millions of years apart, pterosaurs may be more similar to modern-day birds than previously thought. Structures in the bones of these giant reptiles suggest...
Mice turned see-through by a dye that lets you watch their organs
The yellow food coloring tartrazine changes the speed at which light travels through tissuesUniversity of Texas at Dallas Massaging a common food dye onto the skin of living mice turned their tissues transparent, allowing us to see their blood vessels...
Evidence mounts that saline nasal drops and sprays help treat colds
Saline nasal drops could stop children sneezing soonerONFOKUS.COM, SEBASTIEN COTE/Getty Images Nasal saline drops seem to speed our recovery from common colds. In the latest study on this, children treated with a homemade version of these drops stopped experiencing symptoms,...
Scientists Make Living Mice’s Skin Transparent with Simple Food Dye
September 5, 20245 min readScientists Make Living Mice’s Skin Transparent with Simple Food DyeNew research harnessed the highly absorbent dye tartrazine, used as the common food coloring Yellow No. 5, to turn tissues in living mice clear—temporarily revealing organs and...
Even simple bacteria can anticipate the changing seasons
A scanning electron micrograph of Synechococcus cyanobacteriaEYE OF SCIENCE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Despite being among the simplest forms of life on Earth, cyanobacteria are able to anticipate and prepare for the changing seasons based on the amount of light they are...
Bat die-off led to more insecticide use and more infant deaths in US
A little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) with white-nose syndrome, which has ravaged bat populations across the USpiemags/FWL / Alamy Stock Photo The decline of bats in the US due to the spread of a fungal disease reduced farmers’ earnings and...
The Atlantic has been suspiciously quiet this hurricane season
Hurricane Beryl was one of only three hurricanes in the Atlantic basin so far this seasonNASA Earth Observatory For the past 27 years, without fail, the Labor Day holiday weekend in the US has featured a storm in the Atlantic...
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