Learn how climate change is shifting the way seals hunt and how a lose of ice could create bigger risks even still.
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If the Menu Is Just Right, Seals Will Risk Danger From Polar Bears for a Better Meal
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Clearing the nanoscale bottleneck holding back next-gen electronics
Researchers at UCLA have discovered a way to dramatically improve how electrical current enters perovskite semiconductors, an emerging class of materials with enormous potential for next-generation electronics. Their research is published in the…
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If You’re Going to Drink, Make It This Kind of Alcohol
A preview of research being presented at the American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session later this month reveals that the health effects of alcohol don’t just depend on how much you drink, but what you drink.
To investigate the…
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Urban living may shield against stroke, longitudinal study finds
While urban life is often associated with stress and pollution, living in more intensely developed neighborhoods may actually protect against stroke, a new University of Michigan study suggests. The research published in Cities & Health tracked…
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Doodle Labs’ Ash Parikh on jamming, anti-jamming, and drone warfare
In our latest episode of Lexicon, we sat down with Ashish Parikh, Co-CEO and CTO of Doodle Labs, to explore a critical but often overlooked pillar of autonomous systems: communication.
We discussed that while artificial intelligence (AI)…
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Project Hail Mary is packed with hard science. An astrophysicist breaks it down
As an astrophysicist, my world revolves around the wonders of space and the mysteries of the universe. This means I can be a tough critic of science fiction books and films that explore these topics.
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AI tool for dinosaur tracks makes unexpected bird origin discovery
For more than a century, dinosaur footprints have been both a gift and a headache. They’re some of the most direct evidence we have of animals moving through real landscapes, but they’re also notoriously hard to interpret.
A footprint is not…
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Clot buster may stop promising stroke medicine from working properly
A clotbusting drug commonly used to treat ischemic stroke interacts negatively with a promising anti-inflammatory treatment (anakinra), underscoring the need to test new stroke therapies alongside existing standard care. According to The…
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‘Uncanny Valley’: Nvidia’s ‘Super Bowl of AI,’ Tesla Disappoints, and Meta’s VR Metaverse ‘Shutdown’
This week on Uncanny Valley, hosts Brian Barrett and Zoë Schiffer discuss the highlights from Nvidia’s annual developer conference, and why Tesla recently got in trouble with some of its most loyal fans online. Plus, Meta’s initial decision…
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An Asteroid Slammed Into the North Sea and Unleashed a Thirty-Story Tsunami That Buried the Eocene Coast in Minutes
For years, the Silverpit Crater sat under the North Sea as one of geology’s most awkward arguments. It had the circular shape, the uplifted center, and the faulted rings that made it look like an impact crater. But that was not enough….
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