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This fabric is alive—would you wear it?
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (549+ words) Biodegradable textile is alive and can host engineered microbes that can change its color or add UV protection By Sam Macdonald edited by Claire Cameron Some people might live for fashion but what if your clothes lived for you? That’s…...
NHTSA considers new car door safety rules after fatal Tesla crashes
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (652+ words) Tesla's electronic doors are forcing a rethink of car safety rules After fatal crashes in which occupants or rescuers could not open Tesla doors, federal regulators are considering rules requiring obvious mechanical releases—but any new standard could take years....
When will the cyclosporiasis outbreaks end?
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (749+ words) Is buying lettuce off the table all summer? Thousands of people have gotten sick from cyclospora. Experts can’t agree whether the end is in sight By Mary Randolph edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier In Michigan alone there have been more…...
Europe's heat waves are killing thousands—and wringing its soils dry
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (349+ words) The European continent is facing a dual reckoning this summer—extreme heat is killing thousands and draining its rivers, soils and reservoirs at a record pace By Sanidhya Sharma edited by Andrea Thompson Boats lay on the dried Danube river…...
How a 99-year-old mathematician unraveled a century-old braid mystery
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (447+ words) Joan Birman popularized the Burau representation problem decades ago. Now she and two colleagues have a proof that reveals brand new insights into the geometry of braids By Lyndie Chiou edited by Clara Moskowitz In the 1930s Werner Burau, a German…...
Is it possible to regain a sense of smell? These scientists are working on it
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (765+ words) Smell is one of the most complex and least understood senses By Hannah Docter-Loeb edited by Claire Cameron Milan_Jovic via Getty Images At the otolaryngology department at the Ohio State University, Kai Zhao is on a quest to solve smell loss....
Why avoiding the sun entirely might not be the healthiest choice
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (1308+ words) Are we too afraid of the sun? Scientists rethink sun exposure risks and benefits Could sunlight actually improve your health? New research suggests we may need to rethink total sun avoidance By Rachel Feltman, Rowan Jacobsen, Fonda Mwangi & Alex Sugiura…...
The Rubin Observatory’s greatest legacy will be this ‘movie’ of the sky
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (360+ words) This decade-long ‘movie’ of the sky will be revolutionary Using the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory, astronomers are beginning the largest and deepest survey of the sky. What will they see? This map shows a representative week of observations by…...
How lost shipping containers helped map the world’s ocean currents
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (297+ words) Thousands of shipping containers vanish every year—what becomes of them? By Alexander Klose & The MIT Press Reader Container port, Shenzhen, China. To the casual observer, the look and feel of shipping containers suggests a world of smooth, lossless transportation,…...
Ancient geology could insulate Iran's nuclear centrifuges from bombing
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (469+ words) Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain, or Kuh-e Kolang Gaz La in Persian, is part of a volcanic arc that formed tens of millions of years ago and is made of a tough-to-penetrate rock By Stephanie Pappas edited by Andrea Thompson President Donald…...