‘Jekyll and Hyde’ leaders do lasting damage, new research shows
There's only one thing worse than an abusive boss -- and that's a boss who thinks they can make up for their bad behavior by turning on the charm the...
Researchers note unequal conditions for young people at UN climate summits
Credit: Rustamli Studio Today, young people from all over the world can participate in major UN climate conferences. But inequality and bureaucracy make this impossible for many. This is the...
Invisible touch: AI can feel and measure surfaces
AI-based technologies are rapidly learning to see, converse, calculate and create. One thing they still don't do well, however, is measure or "feel" surfaces -- a purely mechanical function. "AI...
Antarctic bacteria show promise as biocontrol agents for combating banana wilt
Antarctic Streptomyces exhibiting inhibitory activity against Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense. Credit: Biotechnology Reports (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.btre.2024.e00852 A recent study conducted by scientists at ESPOL has unveiled the biotechnological potential of...
NASA satellites reveal abrupt drop in global freshwater levels
An international team of scientists using observations from NASA-German satellites found evidence that Earth's total amount of freshwater dropped abruptly starting in May 2014 and has remained low ever since....
Super Typhoon Man-yi batters Philippines’ most populous island
Waves break along a seawall in Legaspi City as Super Typhoon sweeping towards the Philippines. Super Typhoon Man-yi slammed into the Philippines' most populous island on Sunday, with the national...
Climate change and eye maladies
Clinical visits by patients suffering ocular surface eye conditions more than doubled during times when ambient particulate matter from air pollution was in the atmosphere, signaling a possible association between...
Dinosaur skeleton fetches 6 million euros in Paris sale
The buyer has pledged to donate the apatosaurus nicknamed Vulcan to a museum. The skeleton of a 22-meter-long dinosaur (70 feet) fetched six million euros ($6.4 million) Saturday, AFP learned...
Decline in West African coastal fish stocks threatens food security and livelihoods
Fish stocks along the West African coast have declined significantly over the past five decades, threatening food security and the livelihoods of the fishing communities that depend on them, according...