A new Simon Fraser University study has found that Canada’s cycling network is growing, but not everyone is benefiting. Between 2022 and 2024, nearly 3,600 kilometers of high-quality cycling infrastructure was added across the country, with the…
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Want to ride your bicycle? Study highlights rise of Canada's bike network
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Reconfigurable robotic fish reveals how stiffness and wave propagation shape swimming performance
How can some fish, like tuna, achieve remarkable speed while others, like eels, excel in maneuverability? A research team from Peking University (PKU) has developed a novel robotic platform that sheds new light on this classic biomechanical puzzle.
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Gold nanospheres could improve solar energy harvesting
Gold nanosphere supraballs absorb a bout 90% of sunlight across all wavelengths, nearly doubling energy capture and boosting power output 2.4x when applied to solar cells.
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Usage-based car insurance can improve driver safety
Drivers whose car insurance rates are based on data of their driving habits and who then also got tips about improving them were less likely to speed, brake hard, or rapidly accelerate than those who didn’t participate in the program, according…
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Scientists shed new light on the brain’s role in heart attack : NPR
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Scientists at the University of California San Diego have discovered a path…
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The first human test of a rejuvenation method will begin “shortly”
Life Biosciences has been among those struggling companies. Initially formed in 2017, it at first had a strategy of launching subsidiaries, each intended to pursue one aspect of the aging problem. But after these made limited progress, in 2021 it…
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Instagram, TikTok and YouTube face jury in youth harm lawsuit
Three of the world’s largest technology companies will face a jury in Los Angeles this week over claims that their social media platforms harm children by design.
The trial targets Meta, ByteDance, and Google.
Plaintiffs accuse…
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Cuttlefish use polarized light to create a dramatic mating display invisible to humans
Many organisms leverage showy colors for attracting mates. Because color is a property of light (determined by its wavelength), it is easy for humans to see how these colors are used in animal courting rituals. Less obvious to humans is the…
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OpenAI’s latest product lets you vibe code science
Kevin Weil, head of OpenAI for Science, pushes that analogy himself. “I think 2026 will be for AI and science what 2025 was for AI in software engineering,” he said at a press briefing yesterday. “We’re starting to see that same kind of…
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Study Finds Meat Eaters Are More Likely to Live to 100, But There’s a Catch : ScienceAlert
People who don’t eat meat may be less likely than meat eaters to reach the age of 100, according to a recent study. But before you reconsider your plant-based diet, there’s more to these findings than meets the eye.
The research tracked over…
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