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T-Mobile today said it opened registration for the “T-Mobile Starlink” beta service that will enable text messaging via satellites in dead zones not covered by cell towers. T-Mobile’s announcement said the service using Starlink’s low-Earth orbit satellites will “provid[e] coverage…
Two men from Rochester, New York died from a type of pneumonia after being exposed to a harmful fungus living in bat poop used to grow cannabis.
A group of U.K. scientists has developed a machine-learning-based method to detect ADHD by analyzing the actions of individuals in video clips. These videos included recordings of study participants working on specific tasks, captured using multiple cameras from different angles.…
The blob — an extreme marine heatwave that hit the northeast Pacific between 2014 and 2016 — killed approximately 4 million common murre, and the population is yet to recover, a new study finds.
Medical accounts of red wine headaches go back to Roman times, but the experience is likely as old as winemaking—something like 10,000 years. As chemists specializing in winemaking, we wanted to try to figure out the source of these headaches.…
A new study sheds light on the deep-seated human preference for all things “natural.” Published in Social Psychological and Personality Science, the research shows that this bias extends beyond words, influencing actual decisions—even when those decisions involve potential risks, like…
Axons can be shaped like strings of pearls, research in mice and people show. How that shape may influence brain signaling is not yet clear.
Henry the Nile crocodile will celebrate his 124th birthday at the Crocworld Conservation Centre in South Africa on Dec. 16.
A three-part complex based on the molecules that give “Conan the Bacterium” its radiation resistance may protect humans against damage from ionizing radiation.
The world’s first nuclear-diamond battery uses carbon-14 to power devices for more than 10,000 years.
