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By using machine learning and cutting-edge microscopes, scientists have uncovered what they believe to be a new form of communication between cancer cells. Described as a “type of electrical language,” the discovery may be key to the way cells within the same tumor work together to coordinate growth, and suggests breaking down these communications could offer new ways to treat the disease.Shifts in electrical activity are known to take place in various cells in the human body, such as those in the heart that facilitate…

Post Malone took a nasty spill during his Missouri concert on Saturday. Midway through his show at St. Louis’ Enterprise Center, during a performance of his Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper “Circles,” the 26-year-old superstar singer accidentally fell into an open trap door in the stage. Malone was strutting down an extended ramp when he accidentally stepped into an uncovered hole that was used to lower his guitar. After crashing hard onto the stage floor, he clutched his ribcage in immense pain…

Image via Marvel Studios It’s that time again, True Believers — time for a roundup of the biggest Marvel news of the day. As we eagerly await the explosion of announcements that’s sure to come from this weekend thanks to Disney’s D23 Expo ⏤ and its accompanying Disney Plus Day on Thursday ⏤ things have been fairly quiet on the House of Ideas front so far this week. And yet there are nevertheless a few updates that have got fans excited ⏤ or, in one case, made them break out in a cold sweat… Be prepared — Kim…

The Perseverance rover is enjoying a bit of a winning streak lately!For the past year and a half, the rover has been exploring the Jezero Crater on Mars to learn more about the planet's past.As part of this mission, Perseverance is obtaining samples of Martian rock and soil that it will set aside in a cache for future retrieval. As part of a NASA/ESA sample-return mission, these will be returned to Earth for analysis and could contain evidence of past life.Thanks to the international team of geologists and…

Fiddler crabs build their burrows in beaches and in the muck of saltwater wetlands. Usually, those holes serve as the crabs’ home and provide each crustacean shelter and a quick escape from predators. But in some long-abandoned fiddler crab burrows along Louisiana’s Gulf coast, you’llfind something else: Residues of crude oil.The worst oil spill in human history unfolded over 87 days in 2010. The Deepwater Horizon oil rig, leased by fossil fuel giant BP and operated by drilling contractor Transocean, exploded on April 20…

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was not a short-lived catastrophe. Over 10 years after one of the largest environmental disasters in human history, a sticky oil residue still coats some marshland in the Gulf of Mexico, a new report reveals. Its impacts are still not fully understood.  In the months following BP's 2010 Deepwater calamity, desperate attempts were made to clean up all the crude oil that had spilled into the environment.Some oil was directly recovered. Some was burned, some was skimmed. Some was chemically…

Marvel returned to C2E2 on Friday for a panel dedicated to developing and keeping a career in the comics industry. Moderated by Marvel Director of Talent Relations Ricky Purdin, the How to Break Into Comics The Marvel Way panel included Marvel editor-in-chief C.B. Cebulski and a trio of Marvel writers: Samira Ahmed (Ms. Marvel: Beyond the Limit), Tim Seeley (Spider-Gwen: Gwenverse), and Kyle Higgins (Ultraman). (L to R) Ricky Purdin, Kyle Higgins, Tim Seeley, Samira Ahmed, & C.B. Cebulski Purdin kicked off the panel…

Two months into the international monkeypox epidemic, which so far has caused almost 6,000 infections in the United States and more than 18,000 cases worldwide, it may be old news to say that this disease has visited the US before. In 2003, the virus arrived via exotic pets imported from Ghana, sickening 72 people, including kids as young as 3 years old. It sent 19 people to the hospital before the outbreak burned itself out.Looking back, the obvious lesson seems to be how much monkeypox has changed its behavior since…

Despite the ongoing correction in the public markets, mass layoffs in the tech sector and high inflation, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says we’re not yet in a recession. At the same time, it’s taking a lot longer to secure startup funding than it did just a few months ago, which means many companies are burning cash faster than they can raise it. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members.Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. For SaaS startups, laying…

A giant pipeline spewed millions of gallons of fuel into a nature preserve for more than two weeks until two teens on four-wheelers noticed the spill and alerted authorities. The teenagers discovered the leak in the Colonial Pipeline in August 2020 in the Oehler Nature Preserve outside Charlotte, North Carolina, E&E News reports. Just how massive the leak actually was — about 2 million gallons — came to light recently on Friday, July 22nd. Colonial Pipeline Company was required to give an updated estimate of the…