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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
BRITISH scientists have developed a sight-saving eye drop for infections caused by contact lenses.
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 […]
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.
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.
Associated Press/Susan Walsh Climate scientists are responding to President Donald Trump’s comments on the fourth National Climate Assessment — a publicly reviewed, congressionally mandated climate assessment put together by 13 government agencies and a team of 300 experts. On Monday, Trump was asked by reporters about the assessment — specifically the economic impact — to which […]
Scientists have come up with a new and ingenious way of fighting global warming: use chemicals to blot out the sun. Whether we’ll then have to fight (and do everything else) in the shade, the research doesn’t quite spell out. Since the world can’t seen to agree on reducing CO2 emissions, why not tackle the […]
Scientists have discovered a massive 31-kilometer (19.3 miles) diameter crater made by a 10 billion-tonne meteorite which smashed into Greenland up to three million years ago – and it’s been hiding in plain sight all along. The giant, iron space rock blasted ancient Greenland at a speed of 12 miles per second, releasing 47 million […]
