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This Plant Summons Wasps When Under Attack, And We Finally Know How
30+ min ago (489+ words) If your carefully tended crop of beans ever comes under attack from caterpillars, you should know it's not totally helpless....
This NASA astronaut suddenly couldn't speak in space: Will his experience impact future missions?
57+ min ago (734+ words) NASA astronaut Mike Fincke experienced a "medical emergency" in space earlier this year. He couldn't speak suddenly during the mission. The episode marked an early return of Crew-11, which he was part of. Months later, what he had suffered aboard…...
STEM Expo brings science, technology, engineering and mathematics, to students, families - AOL
7+ min ago (211+ words) More and more students are interested in careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and this coming Saturday, a free STEM event for the entire family is planned. Michael Bempah and his company, Pinpoint Precision Engineering, and student David Okoroh,…...
Astronomers just weighed a 'little red dot' discovered by the James Webb telescope " and found a massive, 'naked black hole' inside
44+ min ago (802+ words) Astronomers weighed a black hole in a "little red dot" discovered by the James Webb telescope. They found it to be so overmassive that it may have formed before its host galaxy had a chance to develop. Astronomers have found…...
'Poised to disintegrate': Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier' is set to lose its ice shelf this year
30+ min ago (541+ words) West Antarctica's "Doomsday Glacier" is on the brink of losing its ice shelf, further compromising the already melting ice mass and threatening to unleash devastating sea-level rises. A vital ice shelf is about to break away from Antarctica's "Doomsday Glacier,…...
Mars to Titan: the next rallying call?
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Spatiotemporal transcriptome atlas of human embryos after gastrulation
14+ hour, 31+ min ago (1504+ words) The comprehensive spatiotemporal atlas of gene expression during early human embryonic development is critical for insights into embryogenesis1, organogenesis2 and disease origins3, 4. Here, leveraging Stereo-seq technology, we generated spatial transcriptomic profiles across 77 sagittal sections of 13 whole-human embryos ranging from Carnegie stage 12 to 23, integrated…...
Math Model Shows Population Could Crash by 2064 " But Don't Panic
36+ min ago (346+ words) Researchers model extreme scenario where Earth's carrying capacity drops to 2 billion people due to climate or pandemic Pop quiz: what sounds scarier, a pandemic that kills millions or a mathematical equation? According to a new study, it might be the…...
9-foot-long Great white shark pinged swimming off Jersey Shore
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (36+ words) The 9-foot-long Great White Shark is working its way up the Jersey Shore, last pinged off the coast of Ship Bottom on Tuesday. 9-foot-long Great white shark pinged swimming off Jersey Shore...