New patches to biosecurity screening software can make it harder to produce potentially harmful proteins using artificial intelligence. Around the world, this software monitors processes to artificially make proteins, ensuring that people with bad intentions aren’t producing dangerous proteins, such as toxins. Making slight tweaks with AI to known toxins or viral proteins can bypass…
September 30, 2025 4 minimum reading Rock art discovery reveals unknown Arab nomads from 12,000 years ago Camels in ancient Arabia may have guided hunter-gatherers through deserts once considered uninhabitable By Martin J. Kernan edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier Camel carvings indicate paths to ancient oases at four remote desert sites. Sahout Archeology and Rock…
A Javan slow loris reacts while receiving a treat in Ujung Kulon National Park Garry Lotulung These photographs tell an unusual rescue story: the release of Javan slow lorises into Ujung Kulon National Park on the island of Java, Indonesia, last month. Photojournalist Garry Lotulung joined a team from International Animal Rescue’s Indonesian branch, the…
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A man in Kentucky was just minutes away from having his organs removed when medical staff realized he was not dead. What followed became one of the most disturbing incidents in the history of organ donation in the United States, prompting federal investigationsstaff resignations and a renewed public debate on the medical definition of death….
I love listening to people speak a language I don’t know. I mean, it’s delightful to hear one of the Romance languages recited on the tongue, and it’s nice when your brain reaches into the tattered old pocket labeled “high school French” to tell you what it means. But I’m talking about not knowing a…
Abstract A new species, Echeveria machucae (be. nudesCrassulaceae), is described from specimens collected in El Jacal, municipality of Atenguillo, Jalisco. He is a supposed close relative of E. flammígerafrom which it is differentiated by having larger stems, larger leaves, racemose to occasionally thyrisform inflorescences, longer pedicels, presence of yellow corollas and wider yellow nectarian scales….
Literature reviews provide the building blocks for business research, assisting in theory, evidence-based practice and the advancement of knowledge. Systematic, semi-systematic and integrative reviews have advantages and disadvantages, since determining the type of review will depend on the purpose of the research. In any case, conducting a good literature review involves careful planning, transparent methodology,…
Government teams across Australia are turning weeks of manual data work into hours of actionable knowledge Dimensions brings together grants, research, collaborators and results into a single, trusted view, giving agencies the tools to: Track program results faster Eliminate siled data workflows Support evidence-based policy Report clearly and confidently Whether informing national priorities, advising ministers…
Why did people think cannibalism was good for their health? The answer offers a glimpse into the quirkiest corners of European history, at a time when Europeans were obsessed with Egyptian mummies. Driven first by the belief that crushed and dyed human remains could cure everything from bubonic plague to headaches, and then by Victorian…