This is going to be another one of those “let’s ask ourselves some difficult questions” newsletter introductions, so if you’re in the U.S., I certainly won’t blame you for not giving Actuator your full attention until after the holiday.
Scientists replicated a 1964 River Thames survey and found that mussel numbers have declined by almost 95%, with one species – the depressed river mussel – completely gone.
The Perseverance rover landed in the Jezero crater in 2021 and has already found some clues to the planet's past.
The breakthrough robot swarms function as both the builders and final products.
Low-quality sleep is nothing new. However, the COVID-19 pandemic brought to the forefront the topic of stress and how it plays a role in negatively affecting sleep quality.
UCI and Johns Hopkins researchers uncover mineral modification through biology
Findings across 15 countries suggest how new policies could resolve continuing issues
Hospital and laboratory biocontainment facilities vulnerable to terrorist attack
Parklike setting was most effective in reducing physiological and affective stress
New research has shown an association between sleep quality – less than seven hours - and Alzheimer's disease-related pathology in people without cognitive impairment.
Pollinators are less likely to land on flowers sprayed with fertilisers or pesticides as they can detect electric field changes around the flower, researchers at the University of Bristol have found.
Social bees such as honeybees and bumblebees have larger foraging ranges, according to researchers at the University of Bristol.
A specimen retrieved from a cupboard of the Natural History Museum in London has shown that modern lizards originated in the Late Triassic and not the Middle Jurassic as previously thought.
A trio of new studies using data from NASA's Perseverence rover confirm that Jezero Crater on Mars was once habitable.
Earth can correct its climate over eons, scientists say; sadly, it doesn't work fast enough to stop climate change
SeedLab’s experiment will test how enzymes can break down plastic, and then how bacteria can turn it into a new material.
Reference genomes used to direct the gene editor fail to account for human diversity
FRIDAY, Nov. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- It’s sort of like the Goldilocks principle — a room that’s either too dry or too humid can influence transmission of COVID-19 and cause more illness or death, Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers say.
Study in cells and mice suggests that the variant APOE4 affects the all-important insulation around nerve cells.
The earliest dinosaurs included carnivorous, omnivorous and herbivorous species, according to a team of University of Bristol palaeobiologists.