“Some mammal species have an ability known as embryonic diapause, in which the development of an embryo can be paused for weeks or even months, keeping the blastocyst from implanting in the uterus. This means the animal can wait out food scarcities or unfavorable seasons, and restart the pregnancy when conditions improve, better ensuring the survival of mother and young.” ~ learn more
“Together with his team, Clemens is developing soft sensor materials based on ceramics. Such sensors can "feel" temperature, strain, pressure or humidity, for instance, which makes them interesting for use in medicine, but also in the field of soft robotics. This work was published in the journal Advanced Intelligent Systems.” ~ learn more
It’s nice to know that at least some retail theft is pursued by police. “Court documents allege that the couple pulled off their scheme in Minnesota, New York, Colorado, and Utah and that they varied their tactics. Sometimes they would work together to distract store employees or block the view of store security cameras. Sometimes Richards would buy something, then place a sensor in his bag to cause a seeming…
Justin Mares bravely tries to open the Overton Window on the topic of vaccines. Nuanced views here are a wonderful thing. If your first thought was, “oh geez, an anti-vaxxer”, this post might be just what you need. ~ learn more
“Raytheon … has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Army to work on directed energy wireless power beaming capabilities that will distribute power across the battlefield, simplify logistics, and safeguard locations for U.S. troops.” ~ learn more
In the history of computing, standards always seem to emerge and supercharge development (USB anyone?). From Anthropic: “Today, we're open-sourcing the Model Context Protocol (MCP), a new standard for connecting AI assistants to the systems where data lives, including content repositories, business tools, and development environments. Its aim is to help frontier models produce better, more relevant responses.” ~ learn more
“Our study found that acoustic environments contain enough visual cues to generate highly recognizable streetscape images that accurately depict different places," said Yuhao Kang, assistant professor of geography and the environment at UT and co-author of the study.” ~ learn more
“The Chicago International Boat Show at Navy Pier Marina will take place from August 21st to August 24th, 2025, at Navy Pier, an iconic waterfront destination in the heart of Chicago.” ~ learn more
“As the capelin shoal formed a sort of ecological "hotspot," the team observed individual cod begin to group together in response, forming a huge shoal of their own. The swarming cod overtook the capelin, quickly consuming over 10 million fish, estimated to be more than half of the gathered prey.” ~ learn more
You are not limited to the few charts that Excel recommends! This is really impressive. ~ learn more