#wired.com. #Feb.27.2025 × The US May Start Vaccinating Chickens Against Bird Flu. With egg prices soaring, the US is considering vaccinating laying chickens, which have been hit particularly hard by the avian influenza outbreak.
#Health #Science × #Tech × #influenza #USA #avian influenza #North America ×
#wired.com. #Feb.27.2025 × DOGE’s Chaos Reaches Antarctica. Daily life at US-run Antarctic stations has already been disrupted. Scientists worry that the long-term impacts could upend not only important research but the continent’s delicate geopolitics.
#Science × #Tech × #China #Russia #USA #Europe #Asia #North America × #Antarctica
#bbc.com. #Feb.26.2025 × Five takeaways from Canada's Liberal leadership debates. The Liberal Party of Canada will soon choose a leader that will replace Justin Trudeau and become Canada's next prime minister.
#Politics #Science × #Tech × #Canada #Justin Trudeau #North America ×
#wired.com. #Feb.25.2025 × Costa Rica Is Saving Forest Ecosystems by Listening to Them. Monitoring the noises within ecosystems reveals their health—allowing researchers to monitor changes in biodiversity, detect threats, and measure the effectiveness of conservation strategies.
#Health #Science × #Tech × #North America × #Costa Rica
#wired.com. #Feb.24.2025 × DOGE Is Inside the National Institutes of Health’s Finance System. At least three people linked to Elon Musk’s DOGE task force have access to NIH systems that control budgets, procurement, and more, according to records and internal documents viewed by WIRED.
#Business #Health #Science × #Tech × #cls__sex_gdb_Male #USA #Elon Musk #North America ×
#wired.com. #Feb.24.2025 × Nearly 100 Measles Cases Have Been Reported in Texas. Over the past month, the virus has spread in areas with low vaccination rates, and most of those affected are minors.
#Health #Science × #Tech × #USA #North America × #measles
#wired.com. #Feb.21.2025 × The Ozempic Shortage Is Over. The semaglutide shortage has officially ended in the US—which means the GLP-1 drug industry is about to undergo massive changes.
#Health #Science × #Tech × #USA #North America ×
#wired.com. #Feb.20.2025 × USDA Layoffs Derail Projects Benefiting American Farmers. The blanket firing of Department of Agriculture scientists has thrown a host of climate science and crop projects into chaos.
#Science × #Tech × #Weather #USA #North America × #Americas
#bbc.com. #Feb.13.2025 × Aurora Borealis as seen from the International Space Station. Footage from the International Space Station as it soars above an aurora dancing over Canada
#Science × #Tech × #Weather #Canada #North America ×
#wired.com. #Feb.10.2025 × NIH Funding Cuts Appear to Draw on Heritage Foundation Report That Blasts ‘DEI Staff’. In its notice outlining the large cut in university funding, the US National Institutes of Health seems to draw on a report from a conservative think tank that denounces the “political left.”
#Education #Health #Science × #Tech × #USA #North America ×
#linuxinsider.com. #Feb.06.2025 × 30 Lines of Code Could Cut Data Center Power Use by 30%. Researchers at the University of Waterloo's Cheriton School of Computer Science in Canada found that modifying just 30 lines of code in the Linux kernel could cut data center energy consumption by 30%
#Education #Science × #Tech × #Canada #North America ×
#wired.com. #Feb.01.2025 × Moon or Mars? The US Might Face a Tough Choice for Future Missions. Continuing the Artemis program and using its planned lunar space station as a staging post would be a more energy efficient but slower way to reach Mars, and it’s unlikely to be Elon Musk’s preference.
#Science × #Tech × #cls__sex_gdb_Male #USA #Elon Musk #North America ×
#wired.com. #Feb.01.2025 × The Damage to Federal Medical Research Is Already Done. Clinical trials may have to be scrapped, research applications will be pushed back, and unpaid researchers will quickly leave the sector—even if the Trump administration’s funding pause is only tempora
#Health #Science × #Tech × #USA #North America ×
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