They’re smaller than dust, but crucial for Earth’s climate
Smaller than a grain of dust and shaped like minute discs, coccolithophores are microscopic ocean dwellers with an outsized influence on the planet’s climate. These tiny algae remove carbon from seawater, release oxygen, and create delicate calcite plates that eventually sink to the ocean floor. Over time, these plates form chalk and limestone layers that…
The New Tea Revolution Takes Off
While coffee remains king in the United States, recent activity shows that iced teas may finally be … More experiencing their time to shine as well. getty Tea parties have a long tradition in the United States, going back well before the American Revolution. Colonists enthusiastically tossed crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest…
NBA names James Jones exec. VP and head of basketball operations
NEW YORK — James Jones is joining the NBA front office as executive vice president and head of basketball operations, replacing Joe Dumars in that role. Jones spent 14 years as a player in the NBA, winning two championships with the Miami Heat and another with the Cleveland Cavaliers. He spent the past seven seasons…
Don’t worry if your Roku homepage suddenly changes – a smarter new layout is being tested for a lucky few
Roku has new home page layout to make key sections faster to find Very much a work in progress and likely to change again You can opt out if you’re offered the update If your Roku TV home screen appears to have been redesigned overnight, don’t worry: it just means you’re one of the chosen…
Captain Scott’s polar ship filmed on the sea floor
Watch: Underwater footage shows the polar vessel colonised with sea life Rebecca Morelle, Alison Francis and Kevin ChurchBBC News Science One of the most famous polar shipwrecks has been filmed in detail on the sea floor for the first time. The Terra Nova carried Captain Scott and his men on their doomed expedition to reach…
MAGA law group seeks records on potential race-based organ transplant policies
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A conservative legal group is trying to uncover whether the former Biden administration’s focus on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives seeped into the nation’s organ transplant system and led to prioritizing patients based on race. MAGA law group America First Legal is suing a number of…
Trump and Musk relationship softens after public feud over tax legislation
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Trump’s relationship with Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, which appeared to publicly blow up last week as the two feuded in public, took a softer tone on Monday when Musk responded to a clip of the president on X. “We had a great relationship and…
These dinosaur eggs survived 85 million years. What they reveal is wild
In the Cretaceous period, Earth was plagued by widespread volcanic activity, oceanic oxygen depletion events, and mass extinctions. Fossils from that era remain and continue to give scientists clues as to what the climate may have looked like in different regions. Now, researchers in China have examined some of them: dinosaur eggs found at the…
Ultrafast 12-minute MRI maps brain chemistry to spot disease before symptoms
A new technology that uses clinical MRI machines to image metabolic activity in the brain could give researchers and clinicians unique insight into brain function and disease, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign report. The non-invasive, high-resolution metabolic imaging of the whole brain revealed differences in metabolic activity and neurotransmitter levels among brain regions;…