STEM’s racial, ethnic and gender gaps are still strikingly large
Efforts to promote equity and inclusion in science, technology, engineering and math have a long way to go, a new report suggests. Over the...
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U.S. pauses J&J vaccine rollout after 6 people of 6.8 million get rare blood clots
Federal health officials in the United States are pressing pause on administering Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine following rare reports of blood clots in...
Surprisingly, humans recognize joyful screams faster than fearful screams
Screams of joy appear to be easier for our brains to comprehend than screams of fear, a new study suggests. The results add a...
Wildfires launch microbes into the air. How big of a health risk is that?
As climate change brings more wildfires to the western United States, a rare fungal infection has also been on the rise. Valley fever is...
Discarded COVID-19 PPE such as masks can be deadly to wildlife
A Magellanic penguin in Brazil ingested a face mask. A hedgehog in England got itself entangled in a glove. An octopus off the coast...
Corals’ hidden genetic diversity corresponds to distinct lifestyles
Stony corals that build reefs have been hiding their diversity in plain sight. A genetic analysis of the most widespread reef coral in the...
How researchers can keep birds safe as U.S. wind farms expand
Wind energy is surging in the United States. In 2020, turbines generated about 8 percent of the country’s electricity — roughly 50 times the...
A trek under Thwaites Glacier’s ice shelf reveals specific risks of warm water
The under-ice trek of an autonomous underwater vehicle is giving scientists their first direct evidence for how and where warm ocean waters are threatening...
A record-breaking, oxygen-starved galaxy may be full of gigantic stars’ shrapnel
The most oxygen-poor star-forming galaxy ever found hints that the first galaxies to arise after the universe’s birth glittered with supermassive stars that left...
Ancient humans may have had apelike brains even after leaving Africa
Even after ancient humans took their first steps out of Africa, they still unexpectedly may have possessed brains more like those of great apes...
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