IEEE Presidents’ Scholarship Honors Teen Innovators
IEEE Spectrumby Dov Fine7d ago
About 16 percent of the global population—more than 1 billion people—live with some form of disability, according to the World Health Organization.
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top 74%MIT engineers connect bacteria to create living transistors
MIT Newsby Anne Trafton | MIT News7d ago
MIT researchers have engineered bacteria that can function as transistors, allowing the team to create living “circuit boards” that can be printed onto a growth medium in a Petri dish.
The Best Places to Experience Bioluminescence
Atlas Obscuraby Holyn Thigpen7d ago
The humble glow worm is, in fact, a catchall term for numerous glowing creatures, from gnat larvae to fire flys to algae, that can be found all over the world.
Fiji Hands Over a Man Suspected of Ponzi-style Crypto Investment Schemes to US
OCCRP7d ago
Reported by Fiji handed over an American citizen suspected of involvement in multi-million-dollar cryptocurrency Ponzi schemes across the United States that promised participants returns as high as...
Iraqi Electricity Official Arrested With Millions in Cash as Anti-Graft Campaign Expands
OCCRP7d ago
Reported by In what appears to be the latest escalation of a sweeping anti-corruption campaign launched by Iraq’s new prime minister, Ali al-Zaidi, federal authorities have arrested the...
Snail slime does many jobs thanks to calcium
Science Newsby Jake Buehler7d ago
Not all slime is created equal. A species of land snails tweaks its slime’s chemical recipe to create five different varieties of mucus, using each for a particular job.
The World’s Oldest Living Things: 14 Ancient Organisms
Atlas Obscuraby Holyn Thigpen7d ago
All over the world, you can find ancient organisms that have existed for thousands, sometimes even millions, of years: living testaments of endurance and adaptation amidst changing climates and...
How AMD’s AI Swarms Are Rewriting the Software Development Playbook
IEEE Spectrumby Andrej Zdravkovic7d ago
The impact of AI on software development has been both profound and ever-evolving. Last year, I wrote about AMD’s plans to use AI not just for generating new lines of code, but also for other steps...
The COVID-19 vaccine may offer brain cancer patients a surprise benefit
Science Newsby Meghan Rosen7d ago
The COVID-19 vaccine may give brain cancer patients a bonus shot at survival. Patients who received the vaccine within 100 days before biopsy or tumor surgery lived twice as long as those who...
Nature’s Oldest Mandolin: The Poetic Science of How Cicadas Sing
The Marginalianby Maria Popova7d ago
Nature’s Oldest Mandolin: The Poetic Science of How Cicadas Sing By Maria Popova “The use of music,” Richard Powers wrote, “is to remind us how short a time we have a body” — a truth nowhere more...
So Far This Year, China Has Wasted Enough Clean Energy to Power Mexico
Yale E360by Nicola Jones7d ago
China is leading the world on renewable energy, last year installing more wind and solar capacity than every other country put together.
Defense firm L3Harris promotes Mehta to CEO in abrupt leadership change
Defense Oneby Ross Wilkers7d ago
Defense firm L3Harris promotes Mehta to CEO in abrupt leadership change Chris Kubasik, L3Harris’ CEO since June 2021, has left the company following a code of conduct investigation.
Ancient Rome: A City of Immigrants - JSTOR Daily
JSTOR Dailyby Matthew Wills7d ago
Big cities bring together peoples from near and far. Magnets for internal migrants and gateways for immigrants, such places tend toward heterogeneity, with spaces for marginalized communities—a...
Low-fat vegan diet helps people lose weight without eating less
ScienceDaily7d ago
Low-fat vegan diet helps people lose weight without eating less - Date: - August 17, 2026 - Source: - Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine - Summary: - A low-fat vegan diet may help people...
Webb’s mysterious little red dots may be hiding entire galaxies
ScienceDaily7d ago
Webb’s mysterious little red dots may be hiding entire galaxies - Date: - August 17, 2026 - Source: - NASA - Summary: - Astronomers may finally have a clue to what happens to the mysterious “little...
Tiny 1.7-billion-year-old fossils could reveal how complex life began
ScienceDaily7d ago
Tiny 1.7-billion-year-old fossils could reveal how complex life began - Date: - August 17, 2026 - Source: - Universe Today - Summary: - Scientists are searching some of Earth’s oldest rocks for...
Caltech breakthrough brings fiber-optic performance to silicon chips
ScienceDaily7d ago
Caltech breakthrough brings fiber-optic performance to silicon chips - Date: - August 17, 2026 - Source: - California Institute of Technology - Summary: - Caltech scientists have created...
The 77th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2026) is the One Space Event You Cannot Miss
SpaceNewsby International Astronautical Congress7d ago
For more than 75 years, the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) has been the annual moment when the global space community comes together – not online, not in separate regional events, but...
Scientists uncover the hidden nerve network fueling breast cancer
ScienceDaily7d ago
Scientists uncover the hidden nerve network fueling breast cancer Aggressive breast cancer may secretly recruit the body’s own immune cells to grow a nerve network that helps tumors thrive.
Wholeness and the Implicate Order: Physicist David Bohm on Bridging Consciousness and Reality
The Marginalianby Maria Popova7d ago
Wholeness and the Implicate Order: Physicist David Bohm on Bridging Consciousness and Reality By Maria Popova Life is an ongoing dance between the subjective reality of what it feels like to be...