Now that Donald Trump has reassumed the presidency of the United States, scientists and legal scholars are bracing for his potential dismantling of a host of the country’s most pivotal environmental and conservation-oriented policies. One of those, among many, is the Endangered Species Act. Approved by Congress in 1973, the ESA directs the management of…
The US Postal Service briefly suspended incoming parcels from China and Hong Kong on Tuesday before returning to normal service on Wednesday after accusations of “unreasonable suppression” from Beijing, in the latest episode of a growing trade war between the US and China. The initial suspension came as Donald Trump said he was not in…
Flies buzzing between beds may be spreading drug-resistant bugs among patients in hospitals, according to new research. Researchers from the Ineos Oxford Institute for antimicrobial research (IOI) found that houseflies in Nigerian hospitals carry bacteria resistant to some key antibiotics, including those used only as a last resort. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), when pathogens such as…
What the Mavericks-Lakers trade means for LeBron James Jeff Zillgitt breaks down the winners and losers from this trade, and what it means for LeBron James future with the Lakers. The NBA world still is reeling from the biggest trade of the season – and one of the biggest deals in NBA history. When the…
Sonos will start selling a streaming box in the “coming months,” according to The Verge. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported that the company was working on a streaming device codenamed “Pinewood” back in 2023. He said it was going to cost between $150 and $200, but sources told the publication that it would set buyers back…
A century ago, science went quantum. To celebrate, physicists are throwing a global, year-long party. In 1925, quantum mechanics, the scientific theory that describes the unintuitive rules of physics on very small scales, began to crystallize in the minds of physicists. Beginning in that year, a series of monumental papers laid out the theory’s framework….