Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Phones can be useful tools in classrooms to remind students of deadlines or encourage more exchange between students and teachers. At the same time, they can be distracting. Students report using their phones for non-academic purposes as often as 10 times a day. Thus, in many classrooms, phones are not allowed. … Read more
Visiting heliconias: left, a Purple-throated carib (Eulampis jugularis) and right, a Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola). Credit: Ethan Temeles/Amherst College Most flowering plants depend on animals for pollination. In warm wet tropical regions, more than 90% of plant species are pollinated by animals. In Dominica, a Caribbean island country, researchers have identified a mutualistic relationship between two … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new analysis of a decade-long collection of wildlife rescue records in NSW has delivered new insights into how humans and reptiles interact in urban environments. Researchers from Macquarie University worked with scientists from Charles Darwin University, and the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water to analyze … Read more
Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Cryptocurrencies slid on Tuesday night, with bitcoin dropping back to the $60,000 level after a shaky start to what is usually one of its strongest months. The flagship crypto was last off by nearly 4% at $60,972.62, according to Coin Metrics. Around 4:45 p.m. Eastern time, bitcoin slid … Read more
In total, the research has identified 33 plant diversity darkspots, listed as botanical countries, of which 14 were found to span the Asia-Tropical region. Credit: RBG Kew An ambitious project led by scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, along with global partners, seeks to shed light on the planet’s “plant diversity darkspots”—regions teeming with … Read more
Wristband worn by study participants. Credit: David Volz/UCR A new study documents how Southern Californians are chronically being exposed to toxic airborne chemicals called plasticizers, including one that’s been banned from children’s items and beauty products. Plasticizers are chemical compounds that make materials more flexible. They are used in a wide variety of products ranging … Read more
A drug candidate (pink) found to bind to the pocket between the cancer-related protein CCNE1 (green) and its partner CDK2 (blue) using the new paralog-hopping approach. Credit: Scripps Research Some proteins in the human body are easy to block with a drug; they have an obvious spot in their structure where a drug can fit, … Read more
An Australian woman has fallen victim to an elaborate scam after she unwittingly transferred $813,000 to criminals, which she believed was going towards the purchase of a new home. The woman, from South Australia, fell victim last year to what’s known as a Business Email Compromise (BEC) scam, the Australian Federal police said. Fortunately, police … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Iyashikei is a Japanese genre that, according to Japanese studies scholar Paul Roquet, tells stories that are designed to comfort and heal weary readers by creating an aesthetic of calm. In order to achieve this, as Roquet articulates, these stories are presented as tales with little or no plot conflict. That … Read more
Folks, I hate to be the one to tell you this, but Nissan is in some deep shit right now, and it doesn’t look like it’s going to get better anytime soon. Late last week, the Japanese automaker put out some very disappointing global sales numbers, and now some are worried it’ll once again fall … Read more
