Being a teenage girl is hard enough without having to fake a smile opening up uncool gifts year after year. This is why we’ve created a guide for gifting age-appropriate presents that the teen in your life will love. A lot can change between thirteen and eighteen, which is why we’ve included options for any… Continue reading Best gifts for teenage girls
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On the road to faster and more efficient data storage
Using femtosecond laser pulses, it is possible to induce magnetic waves (coherent spin waves) in an antiferromagnetic domain (above). The magnetic waves of adjacent domains are coupled with each other across domain walls at the ultrafast timescale (below). Credit: Davide Bossini How do magnetic waves behave in antiferromagnets and how do they spread? What role… Continue reading On the road to faster and more efficient data storage
Fires rage across southern Europe, forcing hundreds to evacuate
Turkey has suffered its worst fires in at least a decade. Dozens of villages were evacuated in tourist hotspots in southern Turkey on Sunday as wildfires that have claimed eight lives raged for a fifth day, while blazes also hit Greece, Italy and Spain. Fanned by soaring temperatures and strong winds—with experts saying that climate… Continue reading Fires rage across southern Europe, forcing hundreds to evacuate
Grace upgraded to hurricane, heads for Mexico
The Mayan site of Tulum in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo is seen in March 2021. Tropical storm Grace strengthened to a hurricane on Wednesday as it barreled toward Mexico’s Caribbean coast, threatening to bring heavy rain, flash flooding and large waves, meteorologists said. A hurricane warning was in effect for a string of… Continue reading Grace upgraded to hurricane, heads for Mexico
The Perseid meteor shower is peaking tonight—here’s how to catch it
This post has been updated. It was last updated on July 13, 2021. For the past month or so, if you headed outside after sunset and you happened to look up at the sky on a clear night, you might have been able to witness the annual production of the Perseids. If you didn’t, don’t… Continue reading The Perseid meteor shower is peaking tonight—here’s how to catch it
Lung Cancer: Breakthrough Offers Hope for Increasing Immunotherapy Efficacy
Lung cancer nodules imaged by micro-CT scanning. In these tumors, macrophages support regulatory T cells, which limit the efficacy of immunotherapy. Credit: © De Palma’s Lab / EPFL Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death. Current treatments employ immunotherapy, often in combination with chemotherapy, but benefits to patients remain slight. In a pre-clinical… Continue reading Lung Cancer: Breakthrough Offers Hope for Increasing Immunotherapy Efficacy
Hacker who stole $611M in crypto assets has started to return it
What just happened? Hackers stole over $600M in crypto assets from PolyNetwork, but it looks like they’re not keeping it all to themselves. Soon after the hack, the culprits started to return some of the assets. At the moment, they’ve sent back about $256M worth of crypto, leaving $355M left in their hands. PolyNetwork is… Continue reading Hacker who stole $611M in crypto assets has started to return it
Assigned classroom seats can promote friendships between dissimilar students
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A study conducted in Hungarian schools showed that seating students next to each other boosted their tendency to become friends—both for pairs of similar students and pairs of students who differed in their educational achievement, gender, or ethnicity. Julia Rohrer of University of Leipzig, Germany, and colleagues present these findings in… Continue reading Assigned classroom seats can promote friendships between dissimilar students
PayPal is working on a cryptocurrency withdrawal function
Editor’s take: In the crypto community, there’s a popular expression that applies here. “Not your keys, not your coin,” meaning that if you don’t own the private keys associated with your cryptocurrency, you don’t really own it. With PayPal, you essentially trust your crypto to a third party, but the ability to move your holdings… Continue reading PayPal is working on a cryptocurrency withdrawal function
Trees need wind to reproduce. Climate change is messing that up. Popular Science
Trees may seem sedentary, but movement is a big part of their lives. To reproduce, many trees rely on wind to move their pollen and seeds around, says Matthew Kling, a postdoctoral researcher in plant biogeography at the University of California, Berkeley. A study led by Kling, published on April 27 in the journal Proceedings… Continue reading Trees need wind to reproduce. Climate change is messing that up. Popular Science