A common and widely used chemical may be fueling the rise of the world’s fastest growing brain condition – Parkinson’s disease.
Scientists may have discovered the underlying cause for Parkinson’s disease – common dry-cleaning chemicals.
Children may have gained immunity to COVID-19 from catching common colds.
During the pandemic, medical doctors and researchers noticed that children and adolescents infected with COVID-19 became less ill than adults. A possible explanation for this is that children already had a prior level of immunity to COVID-19 provided by memory T cells generated by common colds.
Because of accidents, drugs, and violence, child mortality rates in America see their highest increase in more than 50 years.
According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, child and adolescent mortality rates in the United States have increased by 20%, the largest increase in at least 50 years.
Brown widow spiders are remarkably adept at seeking out and destroying their black widow spider relatives.
Black widow spiders have earned a fearsome reputation for their venomous bite. But in parts of the southern United States these spiders have much to fear themselves—from their brown widow spider relatives who really don’t like their company.
How to escape from zip ties – It’s not as hard as you think to escape from plastic handcuffs.
There are ways to incorporate leverage, and a few simple tricks, that can be used to defeat zip ties’ design. To escape from zip ties, you must begin your escape the moment the restraints are placed on your hands.
Next up for AI? Artificial social intelligence (ASI).
Researchers at the Beijing Institute for General Artificial Intelligence (BIGAI) argue that Artificial Intelligence (AI) lacks social skills, making it difficult for AI to understand social contexts.
Owner of Bronx daycare facility charged with sexual exploitation of a child and product/distribution of child pornography.
Silfredo Castillo Martinez, a daycare provider in the Bronx, New York, has been charged with sexual exploitation of a child, production of child pornography, and receipt, distribution, and possession of child pornography.
Hurricanes and tornadoes have ratings, now atmospheric rivers do too. The atmospheric river intensity scale or AR-X scale could help predict the severity of dangerous storm systems.
A recently developed scale for atmospheric river intensity can be used to identify the hotspots of the most intense atmospheric rivers worldwide. The study shows that this scale, which ranks atmospheric rivers from AR-1 to AR-5 based on their duration and moisture transport, is no longer just a meteorological term, but it also helps communities…
Scientists throw and catch a single atom using light, paving the way for a new type of dynamic quantum computing.
Researchers have shown through the use of optical traps that they can throw and catch individual atoms using light on the smallest field imaginable.
Stern Pinball’s Foo Fighters pinball machine sells out in minutes.
Stern Pinball’s Foo Fighters pinball machine sold out in record time, with all 1,000 Limited Edition machines being snapped up within minutes of release. The entire initial production run of both the Pro Edition and Premium Edition games sold out in just a few days, making it one of the most in-demand pinball machines in…
