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An Irish woman discovered she had brought home an unwanted souvenir this week when she found a scorpion in her luggage 12 days after returning from a horse-riding trip to Kenya.

Expands digital shelf optimization to serve marketplace retail clients

Five missing Marines were confirmed dead after a helicopter crash in San Diego County, Calif., the U.S. Marine Corps announced Thursday.

Researchers found and mapped four seamounts in the deep sea off the coast of Peru and Chile. The tallest of these new peaks rises around 1.5 miles above the seafloor.

The world is continuously being transformed by science and technology (S&T), but to deliver equitable benefits to the public, scientists must be embedded in influential sectors of society—policy, diplomacy, journalism, law, business, education, and more. ...

A U.S. federal court is examining a controversial link between fluoride and neurotoxicity

A design strategy overcomes the strength-ductility trade-off in alloy manufacturing

Perivascular fibroblasts may underlie erectile dysfunction

Plants measure the duration of metabolic activity to promote rapid growth in long days

Lung cancer cells can escape targeted therapy by switching oncogenic drivers and cell identity

Evidence supports the teaching of Indigenous knowledge alongside sciences in the classroom

A journalist probes the culture and convictions of researchers at US national labs

An aspiring Cold War–era astronaut and those who followed in his footsteps take center stage in a new documentary

HomeScienceVol. 383, No. 6683Protect native fish in China’s Yellow RiverBack To Vol. 383, No. 6683 Full accessLetter Share on Protect native fish in China’s Yellow RiverXu Guo, Qianhui Lin, [...] , Xiangcheng Zheng, Shuo Wang, [...] , Qiao Li, and Chao Shi [email protected]+3 authors +1 authors fewerAuthors Info & AffiliationsScience8 Feb 2024Vol 383, Issue 6683p. 598DOI: 10.1126/science.adn7432 …

In the past two decades, India has been developing its business services sector, especially information and communication technology, to drive economic growth (1, 2). With annual growth of 8.2%, high-skilled service jobs have contributed to economywide surge in productivity (2, 3). However, there are not enough qualified individuals to fill available positions (4). The low representation of women in these industries exacerbates labor shortages (4).

The Persian Gulf is a shallow sea located between Iran, Iraq, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. These nine countries possess 50% of the world's oil reserves (1) and produce about 25% of the oil consumed globally (2). The extensive oil and industrial activities, including numerous oil spills between 1980 and 2020 (1, 2), have led to substantial pollution and severely damaged marine life in the Persian Gulf (3). Given that preserving the quality of the... Читать дальше...

Nitrate radicals degrade floral scents enough to reduce evening primrose pollination by hawkmoths.

Alternating current excitations differentiate mirror-image molecules by modifying their relative collision behavior.

The Bulqizë chromite mine, Albania, emits high fluxes of hydrogen gas.

Radiofrequency spectroscopy was used to observe wave-like heat propagation in a superfluid gas of lithium atoms.

“Dinner for One,” a short black-and-white video performed in English from the 1960s, has become a cherished tradition in several German-speaking and Scandinavian countries, broadcast on TV every New Year's Eve for decades and gaining newfound popularity ...

1. AR glasses with multimodal AI nets funding from Pokémon Go creator  TechCrunch
2. Ex-Apple employee launches new generative AI glasses  Axios
3. The most promising AI smart glasses are from a brand you've never heard of  ZDNet
4. Frame Is The Most 'Normal' Looking AI Glasses I've Worn Yet  Forbes
5. Brilliant Labs announces new 'Frame' Multimodal AI glasses  Auganix

The study outlines strategies that management can take in order to increase the feasibility of upgrades as well as cost-effectively improving accessibility for people of all ages and abilities.

Windows PCs and Android tablets are becoming available or soon will be for eyewear-less 3D chatting, gaming, photos, and industrial use

By Chao Fang and Alastair Comery For the first time in human history, we have entered an era in which reaching old age is taken for granted. Unlike in ages past, when living to an older age was a luxury afforded mainly to the privileged, globally around 79 per cent...