A new study finds that when people engage in participatory science activities that involve awe-inspiring natural phenomena, such as an eclipse, they more closely identify with science and feel a greater sense of belonging. Participatory…
Brenner’s simpler fertility test is basis for promising…
Doubts about their ability to become pregnant affect as many as 25 percent of American women, and solving that problem is the basic business plan for BluDiagnostics. Although the startup company was born in the…
Sentinel 1-B deliveres
[caption id="attachment_8640" align="alignright" width="170"] Sentinel-1B’s first image[/caption] Launched on 25 April from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, Sentinel-1B has produced its first images only two hours after the radar was switched on – a record…
Yeast Infection Drug Could Cause Miscarriage
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning, recommending that doctors do not prescribe an oral yeast infection drug to pregnant women, or those actively trying to become pregnant, because the drug may increase…
Asia’s coasts to experience most extreme weather
According to researchers, over the next 50 years, people living at low altitudes in developing countries, particularly those in coastal Asia, will suffer the most from extreme weather patterns. [caption id="attachment_8634" align="alignnone" width="600"] Cities will…