Women should give up vaping if they want to get pregnant, study suggests | Vaping
Women should give up vaping if they are hoping to get pregnant, according to a study that suggests it may affect fertility.In the first research to demonstrate a link between…
A water crisis in Mississippi turns into a fight against privatization
In the summer of 2022, heavy rainfall damaged a water treatment plant in the city of Jackson, Mississippi, precipitating a high-profile public health crisis. The Republican Governor Tate Reeves declared…
How 14 tribes plan to use the Biden administration’s solar grants
A coalition of 14 tribes received $135,580,000 for solar energy, part of a Biden administration program to help more households run on renewable energy. The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara (MHA) Nation,…
Video Friday: RACER Heavy – IEEE Spectrum
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the…
The 17 Best Movies on Amazon Prime Right Now
In Recent years, Netflix and Apple TV+ have been duking it out to have the most prestigious film offerings, but some of the best movies are on Amazon Prime Video.…
Biden administration indefinitely postpones rule that would have banned menthol-flavored cigarettes
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the second time in recent months, President Joe Biden’s administration has delayed a sweeping plan to ban menthol cigarettes, a decision that is certain to infuriate…
FDA approves Pfizer’s first gene therapy for rare inherited bleeding disorder
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Pfizer’s treatment for a rare genetic bleeding disorder, making it the company’s first-ever gene therapy to win clearance in the U.S.The agency…
Operation Frozen Dumbo helps elephants survive
Poaching, habitat destruction, and climate change have decimated wild African elephant populations and pushed the animals into endangered-species territory. An international project called Operation Frozen Dumbo aims to bolster elephant…
Optical barcodes expand range of high-resolution sensor
An innovative optical sensing technology, developed in Yang’s lab at the McKelvey School of Engineering, utilizes multimode resonance to boost sensing capabilities. By analyzing patterns in the resonance spectrum, the…
Two Endangered Ferrets Cloned From Genes of Critter Frozen in 1980s
(CHEYENNE, Wyo.) — Two more black-footed ferrets have been cloned from the genes used for the first clone of an endangered species in the U.S., bringing to three the number…