Babies Exposed to COVID in the Womb Are More Likely to Suffer Breathing Problems

More than four years after the virus that causes COVID first appeared, scientists continue to discover new ways that the illness threatens pregnant people and babies—as well as additional evidence that vaccination offers significant protection. A new study finds that babies born to women who got COVID while they were pregnant were three times more… Continue reading Babies Exposed to COVID in the Womb Are More Likely to Suffer Breathing Problems

Bidenomics Is Bad Economics | RealClearPolicy

Praise for Bidenomics from some media sources might lead people to believe our economic situation has never been better. What most Americans are experiencing is far less rosy. Inflation is no longer just a buzzword whispered in economic circles. It’s a harsh reality hammering the wallets of Americans. Families across the nation are feeling the… Continue reading Bidenomics Is Bad Economics | RealClearPolicy

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A Quantum Trick Implied Eternal Stability. Now It’s Falling Apart.

For a true phase transition in one dimension, mathematicians had proved that two of these exponents must be greater than 2. But the MBL simulations had found them to be 1 — a major disagreement. In a still-unpublished preprint posted in 2015, Oganesyan and Chandran, together with Christopher Laumann of Boston University, showed that the… Continue reading A Quantum Trick Implied Eternal Stability. Now It’s Falling Apart.

The Pipe Bombs Before Jan. 6: Capital Mystery That Doesn’t Add Up

The newly disclosed video shows a dark SUV pulling up to the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee in Washington, D.C., at 9:44 a.m. on Jan. 6, 2021. It sits for several minutes until a uniformed man with a bomb-sniffing dog enters from the right and steps up to the vehicle. The driver complies with… Continue reading The Pipe Bombs Before Jan. 6: Capital Mystery That Doesn’t Add Up

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‘Entropy Bagels’ and Other Complex Structures Emerge From Simple Rules

Repetition doesn’t always have to be humdrum. In mathematics, it is a powerful force, capable of generating bewildering complexity. Even after decades of study, mathematicians find themselves unable to answer questions about the repeated execution of very simple rules — the most basic “dynamical systems.” But in trying to do so, they have uncovered deep… Continue reading ‘Entropy Bagels’ and Other Complex Structures Emerge From Simple Rules

Robotic Dinosaur Tests How Dinos (and Birds) Got Wings

January 25, 2024 3 min read Robotic Dinosaur Tests How Dinos (and Birds) Got Wings Scientists built a robotic dinosaur to terrify grasshoppers, all in hopes of understanding how truly pathetic wings could offer prehistoric animals an evolutionary advantage By Meghan Bartels In any group, not everyone can be a fearsome Tyrannosaurus rex or a… Continue reading Robotic Dinosaur Tests How Dinos (and Birds) Got Wings

This Tiny Marsupial Gives Up Sleep for Sex, Then Drops Dead

January 25, 2024 3 min read The mouselike male antechinus goes all out for its first and final mating season By Jack Tamisiea Dusky antechinus marsupial on moss at Mount Wellington in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. During the breeding season, time is not on a male antechinus’s side. These carnivorous marsupials, which resemble a mousy shrew,… Continue reading This Tiny Marsupial Gives Up Sleep for Sex, Then Drops Dead

Maze Proof Establishes a ‘Backbone’ for Statistical Mechanics

Imagine that a grid of hexagons, honeycomb-like, stretches before you. Some hexagons are empty; others are filled by a 6-foot tall column of solid concrete. The result is a maze of sorts. For over half a century, mathematicians have posed questions about such randomly generated mazes. How big is the largest web of cleared paths?… Continue reading Maze Proof Establishes a ‘Backbone’ for Statistical Mechanics

Renewable Power Set to Surpass Coal Globally by 2025

CLIMATEWIRE | Global electricity demand will step up its rate of growth over the next three years — but the additional power use will be covered by low-emissions sources, according to a report released Wednesday by the International Energy Agency. The IEA’s Electricity 2024 report forecasts that renewable energy is set to overtake the world’s use of coal… Continue reading Renewable Power Set to Surpass Coal Globally by 2025