Today in bad news, scientists are metaphorically shaking world leaders by the lapels over alarming new evidence of a global coral reef bleaching event that threatens to be the worst in history. Over the past year, ocean temperatures have gotten high enough to cause coral bleaching at more than 54% of the reefs on Earth, the National…
Finding just what the doctor ordered is getting increasingly difficult as more and more prescription drugs become scarce. From household names like Adderall and Ozempic to cancer treatments, a record 323 drugs were in short supply during the first quarter of 2024, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) reported recently. The ASHP, which has published…
The reason smartphones are so ubiquitous is because they not only function as phones, but provide access to myriad useful — and occasionally useless — apps. The idea of splitting a phone into numerous devices, each only capable of running a single app, is ludicrous. And yet that’s precisely what Twitter did with Twitter Peek.…
You know how at a wine tasting, the sommelier can detail the exact texture of the soil that the grapes used to make the wine you’re sipping grew in? It turns out not every alcoholic beverage you drink works that way. Any alcohol that has a minimum of 37.5% ABV and a “prominent juniper taste,”…