Category: Science and Nature

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Soap operas are known for outrageous schemes and scandalous affairs, but an NYU researcher finds that they can also serve as effective interventions for preventing intergroup violence in conflict-ridden areas by shaping social norms, promoting understanding of different perspectives, and encouraging people to create change. In an analysis of research on

Research Highlight Published: 13 September 2024 Drug delivery Iris Marchal 1  Nature Biotechnology volume 42, page 1357 (2024)Cite this article Macromolecular drugs have limited applications in the brain because they cannot cross the blood–brain barrier. A parasite that does have the natural capacity to travel to the brain is Toxoplasma gondii. In a study in Nature Microbiology

News in Brief Published: 13 September 2024 Nature Biotechnology volume 42, page 1325 (2024)Cite this article Voranigo (vorasidenib), made by French drugmaker Servier Pharmaceuticals, was approved in August by the US Food and Drug Administration. The small-molecule isocitrate dehydrogenase-1 (IDH1) and isocitrate dehydrogenase-2 (IDH2) inhibitor has the go-ahead to treat patients with grade 2 astrocytoma or oligodendroglioma

Sarah Douglas Sep 13, 2024 The Digital Information Platform (DIP) Sub-Project of Air Traffic Management – eXploration (ATM-X) is seeking to make available in the National Airspace System a variety of live data feeds and services built on that data. The goal is to allow external partners to build advanced, data-driven services using this data

Credits: NASA/Trevor Graff/Robert Markowitz Black and gray sediment stretches as far as the eye can see. Boulders sit on top of ground devoid of vegetation. Humans appear almost miniature in scale against a swath of shadowy mountains. At first glance, it seems a perfect scene from an excursion on the Moon’s surface … except the

Credit: Bob Al-Greene If you’re looking for the Wordle answer for September 15, 2024 read on. We’ll share some clues, tips, and strategies, and finally the solution. Today’s puzzle is easier; I got it in three. Beware, there are spoilers below for September 15, Wordle #1,184! Keep scrolling if you want some hints (and then

Credit: Beth Skwarecki/Garmin Connect I am beginning to wonder if I’m the only person on the planet who has actually tried the Sugarcane workout. You can read and hear about it anywhere: an Andrew Huberman podcast propelled it to internet fame, there are plenty of blogs describing the protocol, and you can’t scroll fitness TikTok

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). When the Michelin Guide announced its first foray into Hanoi, many food-lovers were sceptical. How might the authority on highbrow dining approach a city famed for its unpretentious street food? The final list, which grouped together street kitchens with fine dining restaurants, caused quite a stir

The ancient light, called the cosmic microwave background, or CMB, was imprinted on the sky when the universe was 370,000 years old.   Image: ESA and the Planck Collaboration Excerpted from The Universe in 100 Colors : Weird and Wondrous Colors from Science and Nature by Tyler Thrasher and Terry Mudge. September 24, 2024, Sasquatch

Image: NASA Goddard Excerpted from The Universe in 100 Colors : Weird and Wondrous Colors from Science and Nature by Tyler Thrasher and Terry Mudge. September 24, 2024, Sasquatch Books. Published with permission. The red of a blood moon is the perfect example of how two separate bodies can have a drastic yet temporary effect