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In 1970, Oregon highway crews packed half a ton of dynamite under a dead whale on a Florence beach, expecting the blast to send the pieces out to sea — falling blubber crushed a car a quarter mile away, and in 2020 the town officially named the site Exploding Whale Memorial Park
55+ min ago (21+ words) When a half-ton of dynamite met a rotting eight-ton whale, Oregon learned an unforgettable lesson about the limits of engineering solutions....
Study: Light pollution triggers unhealthy changes in the human heart By Leah Zerbe
3+ hour, 5+ min ago (290+ words) When it comes to protecting your heart, you probably already know you should exercise, breathe clean air, eat a nutritious diet and avoid smoking. However, a new, first-of-its-kind study suggests you should also focus on avoiding artificial light at night....
UGA vaccine aims to fight fungal infections without harming gut health
11+ hour, 22+ min ago (248+ words) A vaccine created by researchers at the University of Georgia is being tested to determine if it protects against several kinds of fungal infections while not impacting the gut's microbiome. The vaccine is called NXT-2 and targets pathogenic fungal infections....
The evolution of choice and arguing about it
2+ hour, 42+ min ago (628+ words) When did our ability to communicate advance beyond grunting and gesturing? Clues to the genesis of our linguistic abilities may lie in extraordinary choices by ordinary hominins The question is when language emerged, evolving beyond animal modes of communication such…...
Do Carpenter Bees Come Back To The Same Nest Every Year?
4+ hour, 6+ min ago (298+ words) Carpenter bees tend to return to their nest — or overwinter there — but because their lifespans are roughly 1-3 years, it could be their offspring. Do Carpenter Bees Come Back To The Same Nest Every Year? Whether you're trying to get rid…...
Mussel-Inspired Coating Keeps Tiny Artificial Lungs Clot-Free
16+ min ago (676+ words) For the smallest and most fragile patients in intensive care, the difference between survival and decline often comes down to a few milliliters of oxygen. Preterm and term newborns who develop respiratory distress syndrome frequently need mechanical ventilation, and in…...
Scientists Validate a Bacterial Lipase Model That Could Speed Up
48+ min ago (658+ words) Obesity has become one of the most stubborn public health challenges of the modern era, and the search for drugs that can blunt the body’s absorption of dietary fat remains a major focus of pharmaceutical research. Now, a team of…...
New Rust Toolkit Supercharges Sex Determination Studies in Non-Model
1+ hour, 5+ min ago (628+ words) A new open-source software package promises to transform how biologists hunt for the genetic switches that separate males from females in species with no reference genome....
Daily Step Counts Reveal Frailty Trajectories in Lung Cancer Patients
1+ hour, 17+ min ago (76+ words) A new prospective longitudinal study of 327 patients with lung cancer undergoing radiotherapy has found that something as ordinary as a daily step count, captured silently by a smartphone app, can reveal which patients are likely to slip into worsening frailty…...
Psychology says people who answer “we’ll see” to every invitation aren’t being flaky — they’ve learned that a yes they have to cancel costs more than a no ever did
23+ hour, 19+ min ago (995+ words) We'll see can sound incredibly noncommittal. You invite someone to dinner on Saturday, and instead of yes or no, you get this vague little answer that sounds like they're keeping their options open in case something better arrives. It can…...