Did you know that the bananas you eat today are not the same type[1] as the ones people were eating a few generations ago? The banana you might have had with your breakfast today is a variety called the Cavendish banana, while the one that was in grocery stores up to the 1950s was a variety called Gros Michel, which was wiped out by...
Offensive names dot the American street map − a new app provides a way to track them
The racially motivated tragedy in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015, when a white supremacist murdered nine Black worshippers[1], and the deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville[2], Virginia, two years later compelled Americans to confront the role played by memorials, monuments and other symbols in glorifying racist ideologies[3].
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SpaceX’s Elon Musk endorsed Donald Trump for president – what this could mean for US space policy
Elon Musk officially endorsed Donald Trump[1] for president of the United States on July 13, 2024, shortly after Trump survived an assassination attempt. Musk, a billionaire technology entrepreneur, has made groundbreaking contributions in multiple industries[2], particularly space travel and exploration.
Even before Musk’s endorsement, Trump was...
Mammary glands in a dish − what miniature organs reveal about evolution, lactation, regeneration and breast cancer
All mammals have mammary glands that produce milk[1], a feature that has fascinated scientists for many years. Questions such as why mammary glands evolved in the first place, how they have adapted across different species and what unique evolutionary pressures shaped their development remain largely unanswered.
To investigate how various...