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Each year, 2 million Americans injure their shoulder’s rotator cuff. That includes many teens, who may hurt their shoulder while participating in sports, such as baseball, volleyball and swimming. Many of these injuries are hard to treat. Only about one…
Tarantulas’ hairy bodies protect against the scavenging, spider-eating army ants that clean their nests, scientists say.
Scientists in China have developed a tensor processing unit (TPU) that uses carbon-based transistors instead of silicon – and they say it’s extremely energy efficient.
Archaeologists in Kazakhstan have discovered 10 kurgans, or burial mounds, dating to the Middle Ages, and some have “mustaches.”
In a recent study published in American Politics Research, scholars examined whether Taylor Swift, one of the world’s most popular musicians, could influence young people’s views on a public policy issue. The study found that when Swift’s name was associated…
Enlarge / A cow grazes in a field at a dairy farm on April 26, 2024, in Petaluma, California. (credit: Getty | Justin Sullivan) The outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in US dairy cows has now spread to three herds…
The mapping of 50,000 mysterious “knots” in the human genome may someday lead to the development of new cancer drugs, researchers say.
New analyses of bones, teeth, genetics and artifacts suggest it’s time to revise a long-standing hypothesis for how humans domesticated horses.
Enlarge / Washington State University scientists conducted batting cage tests of wood and metal bats with young players. (credit: YouTube/Baseball Bat Bros.) There’s long been a debate in baseball circles about the respective benefits and drawbacks of using wood bats…
Enlarge (credit: Disney) Disney-owned channels have been blacked out on DirecTV for the past two days because of a contract dispute, with both companies claiming publicly that they aren’t willing to budge much from their negotiating positions. Until it’s resolved,…
