Ants didn’t take over the world by being stupid and cowardly. Case in point: Rafts of fire ants have been spotted floating around floodwaters in Houston, Texas, colonies banding together to weather super-storm Harvey. If your first thought was Please, no, you’re human, and that’s fine. Fire ants are an […]
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Uber’s presumptive new CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi, has an impressive résumé, including stints as an investment banker, chief financial officer, and CEO. He’ll need all of those skills and more to help the ride-hailing company overcome scandals, internal dissension, and depleted executive ranks. Uber upended the decades-old taxi industry and grew […]
A new study has identified an important regulator of hematopoeisis, the process of making new blood cells. Targeting it, the researchers noted, could be an effective way to improve stem cell transplants for both donors and recipients.
WASHINGTON — NASA is studying a “lean” architecture for Mars sample return that could allow the agency to bring back Martian rocks as soon as the end of the 2020s. The concept, discussed at an Aug. 28 meeting of a National Academies committee performing a midterm review of the 2011 […]
A recent study adds a new dimension to the controversial decision to inject large amounts of chemical dispersants immediately above the crippled oil well at the seafloor during the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010.
Coral skeletons are the building blocks of diverse coral reef ecosystems, which has led to increasing concern over how these key species will cope with warming and acidifying oceans that threaten their stability. New research provides evidence that at least one species of coral build their hard, calcium carbonate skeletons […]
Drugs that activate the cells’ proteasome, or recycling center, tip the balance in favor of memory CD8+ T cells, studies on mice show. This approach could be used to improve how well vaccines and immunotherapies work and how long they last.
Scientists reportedly discovered a group of mutant apes in Uganda with abnormally shaped noses, missing fingers and in some cases, no nostrils at all. The scientists concluded that a hazardous cocktail of insecticides used by local farmers caused the apes’ deformities, though the farmers reportedly claimed that the pesticides were […]