Deep-sea coral reefs are at risk from acidification Howard Chew / Alamy Stock Photo Ocean acidification is sinking into marine regions as deep as 1500 metres, posing new threats to organisms like sea butterflies, sea snails and cold-water corals. The ocean is the largest natural sink of carbon dioxide, absorbing about a quarter of our … Read more
A painted lady perches on a flower. Ennio Borgato / iNaturalist CC By-SA 4.0 On a warm summer morning in Ypres, Belgium, 66-year-old Sylvain Cuvelier steps into his blooming garden with his 14-year-old granddaughter, hoping to identify and count all the fluttering butterflies. Other days, he helps scientists by netting butterfly samples. Then he records … Read more
Demonstrating lollipop user interface to simulate taste in virtual and augmented reality environments. Credit: Lu et al, 2024/PNAS Demonstrating lollipop user interface to simulate taste in virtual and augmented reality environments. Credit: Lu et al, 2024/PNAS Virtual reality (VR) technology has long sought to incorporate the human senses into virtual and mixed-reality environments. In addition … Read more
Explore 1 Work and Play Can Be Indistinguishable Long before I began work on The Impossible Man in 2018, I thought of Roger Penrose as a man at the center of two entirely separate mythologies: one as a mathematical physicist who decoded the inner workings of black holes and who forced the physics community to … Read more
Building a smart home can be daunting (and expensive) if you don’t know where to start. The good news is that many of the best smart home accessories are on sale during Black Friday. Whether you want to dip your toe into the world of smart light bulbs, or want to assemble a smart home … Read more
Hicks, S. C., Townes, F. W., Teng, M. & Irizarry, R. A. Missing data and technical variability in single-cell RNA-sequencing experiments. Biostatistics 19, 562–578 (2018). Article PubMed Google Scholar Tung, P.-Y. et al. Batch effects and the effective design of single-cell gene expression studies. Sci. Rep. 7, 39921 (2017). Article CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google … Read more
February 23, 2024 3 min read Stunning Comet Could Photobomb This April’s Total Solar Eclipse Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks will make its closest approach to the sun this April—right after North America is treated to a total solar eclipse By Meghan Bartels 12P/Pons–Brooks is a Halley-type periodic comet with an orbital period of 71 years. It was … Read more
Black Friday week is in full swing and you can find plenty of great deals if you’re looking for your next machine. Whether you’re in the market for one of the best laptops for coding and programming or one of the best laptops for photo editing, there are discounts to be found across the board. … Read more
NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory of Laurel, Maryland, to build the Suprathermal Ion Sensors for the Lagrange 1 Series project, part of NOAA’s Space Weather Next Program. This cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is valued at approximately $20.5 million and includes the development of … Read more
At its core, the divine feminine represents a sacred, life-giving energy that transcends gender binaries. It is a force of creation, nurturing, and intuition – a wellspring of wisdom and compassion that has been celebrated across cultures and belief systems throughout human history. The divine feminine is not merely a concept or an abstract idea; … Read more