The Arctic is not the most welcoming place on Earth. Some Arctic animals like reindeer have some genetic adaptations to help them thrive there, and one of the region’s top predators is no exception. Scientists are teaming up when polar bears (Ursus maritimus) may have evolved some of the genes
Denial is a powerful, usually unconscious defense mechanism that protects individuals … [+] unpleasant or disturbing realities. getty In the late 1970s and early 80s, a mysterious disease swept through America’s neglected communities, mostly affecting intravenous drug users and gay men. The disease, which caused a sudden and devastating collapse
The deaths of two experienced Russian drone operators in Ukraine have fueled a frenzy among pro-Kremlin military bloggers, who say the specialists were sent to fight as regular foot soldiers. In a video recorded before their deaths, the two operators said they had been assigned to a suicide mission with
Nearly three in four of us will face extreme weather changes within the next two decades, a new study predicts. “At best, we calculate that the rapid changes will affect 1.5 billion people,” says physicist Bjørn Samset of the Center for International Climate Research (CICERO) in Norway. This lower rating
Life and death are traditionally seen as opposites. But the emergence of new multicellular life forms from the cells of a dead organism ushers in a “third state” that extends beyond the traditional boundaries of life and death. Usually, scientists consider death as the irreversible cessation of the functioning of
A suspect was arrested Sunday in what the FBI is investigating as an apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump while he was playing golf in West Palm Beach, Florida. This is the second attempt in two months to kill Trump. In July, the former president was hit in
A team of scientists presented a new gravity map of Mars at the Europlanet Science Congress 2024. The map shows the presence of dense, large-scale structures beneath Mars’ long-vanished ocean and that mantle processes are affecting Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in the Solar System. The new map and analysis
Suw Charman-Anderson Suw Charman-Anderson warns that the annual event she organizes may have to end Groups supporting women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields are struggling to survive as corporate budgets shrink and cultural changes see diversity strategies take a back seat. Ada Lovelace Day – an annual
An apparent assassination attempt against Donald Trump on Sunday was another stark reminder of the challenges the Secret Service faces when protecting a president abroad, security experts told Business Insider. The Secret Service fired shots at a suspect after agents saw a man with an AK-47-style rifle at the Trump
In the early 2000s, Estonia was modernizing rapidly, tottering residues of Soviet influence. it Was ambitiously turning into one digital society with innovations such as E-Governance and online voting. And, of course, Skype was born, the company that would start the small Baltic country’s journey to becoming a start-up powerhouse