Phages may help fight drug-resistant infections—but finding the right ones for each bacterium is no mean feat. https://media.wired.com/photos/632e463cd884b4dcc941657a/master/pass/Superbugs_Phages_science_ScienceSource_SS2477568.jpg
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For virus tracking, wastewater is liquid gold. Scientists hope that work isn’t flushed away
For more than two years, research teams across the country — and around the world — have been using human waste to monitor rising and falling SARS-CoV-2 levels. The same sewage surveillance systems can track pathogens from polio to monkeypox. So what’s the future of wastewater testing?
Scientists May Be a Little Too Excited About Weird Ideas
In her new book theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder argues some of her colleagues may have gotten too excited about wild ideas like the multiverse. https://media.wired.com/photos/631a4b39c9bb1af7ef2496bf/master/pass/Have-Scientists-Gotten-Too-Excited-About-Multiverse-Culture-1210077086.jpg
‘Ask scientists!’ Countryfile’s Tom Heap enrages fans with ‘biased’ cattle farming report
Countryfile returned to BBC One this evening and those watching at home tuned in to see Tom Heap on a quest to find out what the UK’s beef industry had to do in order to survive following a decrease in profit last year. From discussing vegan and vegetarian alternatives, to the prices beef farmers were […]
Georgia Tech scientists figured out how maggots can eat so much, so fast
Enlarge / Studying the collective feeding behavior of black soldier fly larvae. (credit: Hu lab/Georgia Tech) How do the larvae of black soldier flies eat so much, so fast, despite their tiny size? Scientists at Georgia Tech have been studying this “collective feeding” behavior and found that one strategy for maximizing the larvae’s feeding rate […]
Congress just got a bumper-crop of scientists. Meet the 10 new science whizzes on Capitol Hill.
David Zalubowski/AP 10 newly elected scientists are representing Americans in the 116th Congress. Eight of the new-comers are Democrats and two are Republicans. Here’s what these engineers, doctors, and other scientists want to do in 2019. The 116th Congress was sworn in on Thursday, with 10 new scientists in the ranks. Many of the incoming […]
‘Gel drops’ developed to save eyesight, scientists found
BRITISH scientists have developed a sight-saving eye drop for infections caused by contact lenses.
Win or die: The secret to surviving in Game of Thrones? Forget about loyalty, scientists say
If you ever find yourself trapped in a real-life Game of Thrones-style nightmare, don’t be afraid to cast your morals aside in pursuit of survival. New research shows loyalty led characters in the popular show to an early death. The research, published in the Injury Epidemiology journal, showed that Game of Thrones characters were more […]
Federal agency racks up big expenses after scientists reject web meetings
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research wanted to save money by moving to web-based meetings in 2016. But it reverted to the old model of face-to-face meetings in response to critical blowback from medical researchers.
Scientists fear backlash from gene-edited babies claim could jeopardize research
Researchers say the shock created by Chinese scientist He Jiankui’s claim that he helped make the world’s first gene-edited babies could set back responsible studies into preventing genetic disorders.
