We humans tend to regard incest as deeply disturbing. It's a strong social taboo, and it's underpinned by sound biological reasoning. Mixing genes with a non-relative is beneficial because it increases genetic diversity, while genetic defects often occur in the offspring of relat … | Continue reading
By Bryan Corliss May 18, 2021 © Leeham News — The Boeing Co. has quietly recalled at least some of as many as 900 quality control inspectors who were laid off in 2019 as part of a drive... Read More | Continue reading
Plants evolved in a world dominated by prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbes. Underneath the surface, plant roots interact with microbes in the soil, also called the rhizosphere microbiome. | Continue reading
There's a weedkiller used in Australia that's so toxic, one sip could kill you. It's called paraquat and debate is brewing over whether it should be banned. | Continue reading
By June 2020, the COVID-19 crisis had forced schools to close in 188 countries, disrupting the learning of more than 1.7 billion children. The OECD estimated the impact of these school closures would be at least two months of lost teaching for half of primary and secondary school … | Continue reading
We are all familiar with the bolts of lightning that accompany heavy storms. While these flashes originate in storm clouds and strike downwards, a much more elusive type forms higher up in the atmosphere and shoots up towards space. So, what are the chances of somebody taking pho … | Continue reading
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The National Center of Excellence in Mass Spectrometry Imaging at NPL, in collaboration with the University of Surrey and Ionoptika Ltd reveal latest findings showing how a single fingerprint left at a crime scene could be used to determine whether someone has touched or ingested … | Continue reading
(Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.) The Movie: Greenland Where You Can Stream It: HBO Max The Pitch: It’s the end of the world as we know it and Gerad Butler does … | Continue reading
Straight denial of climate change is now relatively rare. Most people believe it is happening and is a serious problem. But many rank other issues—healthcare and the economy—as more important. | Continue reading
As the 2021 wildfire season begins to unfold, the memories of past seasons linger—in the lungs of people, in the communities and landscapes that burned and in the atmosphere, where greenhouse gases from wildfires continue to warm our planet. | Continue reading
A team of researchers at Canada's Simon Fraser University has found that several species of spiders avoid areas where fire ants have recently congregated. In their paper published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, the group describes experiments they conducted with spide … | Continue reading
One important ingredient—and second-generation pie baker Petra Paradez’s very forgiving recipe. | Continue reading
Engineers at UNSW Water Research Laboratory are helping restore Everlasting Swamp, located in the North Coast of NSW. | Continue reading
The Ostra project considers the environment, the supply chain and the economy | Continue reading
Each year, landslides kill thousands of people around the world and cause catastrophic property damage. But scientists are still trying to better understand the circumstances that cause them. Doing so would go a long way toward helping people predict where landslides could occur … | Continue reading
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A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in the U.S. has found that rising temperatures due to climate change could lead to changes in the gender ratios of the American alligator. In their paper published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the g … | Continue reading
Vok Dams hat A. Lange & Söhne auf dem diesjährigen digitalen Genfer Uhrensalon im April 2021 über den Lange Experience Hub und ein Digital-Event inszeniert. Der Lange Experience Hub ist eine digitale Erlebnis-Plattform, die ... | Continue reading
China is preparing to launch a rocket carrying supplies for its new space station just days after landing a rover on Mars, as it hustles ahead with its extraterrestrial ambitions. | Continue reading
Federico Viticci has, as your would have imagined, written the definitive review of the new iPad Pro: The perception since the iPad Pro’s introduction is that its hardware has consistently leapfrogged its software, leaving many to wonder about the untapped potential of iPadOS and … | Continue reading
Darrell Cronk, president of Wells Fargo Investment Institute, said the firm is in the final stages of evaluating and adding an active crypto strategy. | Continue reading
Why is 'x' the symbol for an unknown? In this short and funny talk, Terry Moore gives the surprising answer. | Continue reading
According to the latest numbers from the ESA's Space Debris Office (SDO), there are roughly 6,900 artificial satellites in orbit. The situation is going to become exponentially crowded in the coming years, thanks to the many telecommunications, internet, and small satellites that … | Continue reading
Youngme, Mihir, and Felix debate the capital gains tax and discuss how companies can create better competitive strategies. | Continue reading
In an article published in the International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, experts stress that the COVID-19 pandemic presents the "perfect storm" for family violence, where a set of rare circumstances have combined to aggravate intimate partner violence, domestic abuse, domes … | Continue reading
The field of mathematical topology is often described in terms of donuts and pretzels. | Continue reading
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'[The] stimulus hasn't helped our productive base, it's helped China, and it's helped certain very rich people in Silicon Valley,' says billionaire bond king Jeffery Gundlach. | Continue reading
Learn how to enable Istio for your OpenFaaS functions to take advantage of Mutual TLS and more | Continue reading
Microsoft has shared a workaround for customers experiencing 0x8004de40 errors when trying to signing into their OneDrive accounts. | Continue reading
Quantbase is a library of professionally build automated investment models and quant strategies. Rebalancing portfolios, crypto indices, FAANG funds, quant strategies, and many more. | Continue reading
Russia has put up for sale one of its space modules, which in 2018 returned a Russian and two Americans from the International Space Station (ISS). | Continue reading
How to write the history of television’s forgotten actors and neglected technologies? The research project TVélargie has run for 4 years at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. It digs into the… | Continue reading
Inspired by the "mid-century modern" style, the Garnier residence located in the trendy Plateau Mont-Royal neighborhood in Montreal Qc is an | Continue reading
Mark Bittman’s new history looks at the economy and politics of junk food. | Continue reading
Non-obvious trend signals for marketers, brand builders, and investors. | Continue reading
Everyone in the U.S. should want to know whether U.S.-funded research could have caused the pandemic.
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