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A sensor, used for tracking carbon emissions from bodies of water, has been retrofitted to a floating apparatus for use in streams, rivers and other running water bodies. The floatation allows the sensor to rise and fall with changing water levels in lotic environments. Credit: UNH/Drew Robison Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are not typically associated with water ways, like streams and rivers, but emerging research shows that…

In restaurants around the world, from Shanghai to New York, robots are cooking meals. They make burgers and dosas, pizzas and stir-fries, in much the same way robots have made other things for the past 50 years: by following instructions precisely, doing the same steps in the same way, over and over.But Ishika Singh wants to build a robot that can make dinner—one that can go into a kitchen, riffle through the fridge and cabinets, pull out ingredients that will coalesce into a tasty dish or two, then set the table. It's so…

Ancient viruses that infected vertebrates hundreds of millions of years ago played a pivotal role in the evolution of our advanced brains and large bodies, a study said Thursday.The research, published in the journal Cell, examined the origins of myelin, an insulating layer of fatty tissue that forms around nerves and allows electrical impulses to travel faster.According to the authors, a gene sequence acquired from retroviruses – viruses that invade their host's DNA – is crucial for myelin production, and that code is…

No star dies quietly. Even the most peaceful of stellar deaths involve quakes, eruptions, and the shedding of huge amounts of mass into surrounding space.This will be the eventual fate of the Sun, puffing up into a red giant that may extend as far as Mars before its outer material drifts free and its core collapses into an ultradense white dwarf.What, then, happens to the remaining planets? Will their disrupted orbits send them wandering the galaxy, or will they be slurped up by the white dwarf? Could they even remain…

Our bodies are home to trillions of microbes, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and a whole host of others. Now, Stanford scientists have discovered an entirely new class of biological entities inside us, which they’ve ominously named “Obelisks.”The microbiome we all carry around with us is so vast, we’re still regularly learning new things about its makeup and how it affects our health. New strains of bacteria or viruses are discovered in there from time to time, but it’s not often scientists discover a completely new…

The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department announced Monday that arrests have been made in the killings of six people found shot to death in the desert last week. Mystery still shrouds the slayings, but the Sheriff’s Department is expected to provide updates at a 5 p.m. news conference, including the number of people arrested in connection with the crimes.The victims were discovered Tuesday night when sheriff’s deputies responded to a wellness check in a remote desert landscape near Lessing Avenue and Shadow Mountain…

Several days after authorities discovered six bodies in the remote El Mirage desert in San Bernardino County, questions remain among experts on whether the deaths could be a gang- or cartel-related killing.Information that investigators have yet to release — the age of the dead and their criminal history, for example — would help give a better idea of a possible motive to the slayings, experts say.“When you see the bullet casings, the number of people who were killed, the fact that the vehicle was left in the middle of…

India’s proposal to the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) 13th ministerial conference to refrain from extending a moratorium on imposing customs duties on electronic transmissions would impact the semiconductor design ecosystem in India, industry bodies told ET.The moratorium expires in February-March this year. WTO members had agreed against imposing customs duties on electronic transmissions since 1998 and the moratorium has been periodically extended at successive ministerial conferences, which is the highest…

This time the experiment lasted only 72 hours, as that’s about how long a pig liver would be needed to support a real patient. Hasz says other families might be comfortable with longer experiments, but probably not anything indefinite: “We can maintain a body with mechanical support once they are declared medically and legally dead, but families have a desire for closure, funeral services, and depending on the family, they may limit it to one day or one month.” Hasz says his team will be looking for more body donors to…

It's 2024, and it seems like body positivity and its movements are here to stay. Aside from the Victoria's Secret rebrand failure, the awareness around differently-looking and abled bodies seems to increase each year. What is body positivity, exactly? Philosophy scholar Céline Leboeuf calls it a "movement to accept our bodies, regardless of size, shape, skin tone, gender, and physical abilities."So Bored Panda once again brings you the trend started by Dominican model Denise Mercedes and her friend designer Maria…