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Hundreds of dogs across the United States are falling ill with a mysterious respiratory infection the likes of which veterinarians have not seen.Since mid-August, the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) has received more than 200 case reports from veterinarians. Cases have also popped up in other states, like Colorado, Illinois, New Hampshire, and Nevada.The illness seems to cause symptoms similar to kennel cough, such as nasal discharge, fever, lethargy, loss of appetite, or coughing, and yet it lasts much longer…

The White House on Friday accused Elon Musk of repeating a "hideous" antisemitic lie on his social media site X. The White House on Friday accused Elon Musk of repeating a "hideous" antisemitic lie on his social media site X. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their…

Swedish workers are uniting against Tesla. From tomorrow, cleaners will stop cleaning Tesla showrooms, electricians won’t fix the company’s charging points, and dockworkers will refuse to unload Tesla cargo at all Swedish ports. What started as a strike by Tesla mechanics is spreading, in something Swedish unions describe as an existential battle between Elon Musk’s carmaker and the conventions they say make the country’s labor market fair and efficient.The standoff in Sweden is the biggest union action the company has…

In a discovery that took researchers by surprise, a protein known to play a crucial role in cancer growth has for the first time been observed traveling into cell nuclei to flick switches that make cancers more mobile, aggressive and invasive.Suppressing this mechanism could potentially help contain a variety of cancers such as lung, kidney, stomach and prostate, making targeted treatment more effective. More than 90% of cancer deaths are the result of the spread of cells to other parts of the body, or metastasis. Stress…

Back to the study. The Connecticut group chose a site where they could monitor a small, contained deer herd: a peninsula jutting into Long Island Sound where the property surrounding a decommissioned power plant is returning to a wild state. They deployed a feeder that would regularly scatter a small amount of corn—enough to dope the animals, but not to fatten them up—and dosed the bait with moxidectin, a second-generation ivermectin that comes in a veterinary formula. Then, with the help of the wildlife-management…

A female Joro spider spins its web. The 30mm scale bar is included for size reference. Credit: Jeremy HowellNew research finds that the massive Joro spiders are gentle giants and mean people no harm.Contrary to their daunting looks, the massive yellow and blue-black spiders that are increasingly populating the Southeastern U.S. attribute their survival to an unexpected trait: They’re rather timid.In fact, a recent study from the University of Georgia reveals that the Jorō (Joro) spider could possibly be the most shy…

Scientists are monitoring dozens of sites in Nova Scotia and southern New Brunswick to see if the latest warm winter in Atlantic Canada accelerated the spread of slimy marine invertebrates.Six invasive sea squirt — or tunicate — species have become established in Nova Scotia in the last decade. Two more are believed to have arrived.The creatures cling to anything they come into contact with and have become a major problem in the shellfish aquaculture sector. They are 95 per cent water and heavy, weighing down ropes and …

The news that orcas are attacking and sinking ships off Europe's Iberian coast has the world captivated by the strange workings of the creatures' culture.But these aren't the only sleek ocean swimmers that have learned to respond to the presence of humans.Scientists at the University of Queensland (UQ) in Australia suspect that bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops spp.) in Moreton Bay, near Brisbane, are teaching each other to 'beg' boats for fish.Sometime between 2017 and 2020, marine scientists noticed dolphins approaching…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Irony has become a medium for the spread of toxic ideas online, a new analysis shows. The use of irony is growing in both contemporary politics and radical online communities because it helps people to make sense of and navigate major political and economic changes, researchers have said. Ideas, jokes,…

Vast portions of eastern Canada and the United States are covered in smoke and haze, as wildfires continue to rage out of control in Quebec and other provinces.The smoke has prompted air quality warnings in many cities and towns in Quebec, Ontario and beyond in Canada, and resulted in hazy, apocalyptic skies and warnings in places like New York City and Washington, D.C.Have a question or something to say? Email: [email protected] or join us live in the comments now.CBC News spoke to experts and consulted recent studies to show…