Category: 9. Sci/Tech

Call them dire wolves. Don’t call them dire wolves. Colossal Biosciences, the biotechnology…

Humans aren’t the only species that dabble in the occasional drink. From fruit flies to elephants, creatures across the animal kingdom have been observed consuming fermented foods. But what happens when our closest relatives show a taste for…

Dog owners rate their bond with their pet as more satisfying than most relationships with…

Dogs aren’t just our pets. We also see them as our friends and family members. But do we get the same things out of our interactions with our dogs that we get out of our interactions with our human friends and family?

Having set out to answer…

We all want to know if and how we can come back to form after injury, illness, or a long hiatus. Muscles adapt in response to the environment: They grow when we put in the work and shrink when we stop. But what if we could help them remember how…

Together with his colleagues, Jinshan Pan, a professor of corrosion science at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden, published a study in January 2023 devoted to the risk of sulfides in groundwater corroding the copper used for spent…

In the arid region south of Mexicali, where the pale desert dominates the landscape, the Las Arenitas wetland feels like a mirage. But it is real, and is an oasis for endemic and migratory birds that cross the Colorado River delta. Here, just…

The FDA gave compounders a grace period to wind down their production of the drugs after the shortage was over. Small pharmacies had until February 18 to comply, while larger outsourcing facilities had until March 19. (Semaglutide compounders…

Daily light-to-moderate physical activity, such as pacing 9,000 steps every day, can cut the…

For the first time, humans might have glimpsed the rainbow of color that lies just beyond our sight – including a “blue-green of unprecedented saturation”.

You’ve never seen it before because you can’t. It exists in a colorspace that our…