The Most Important Rule for Options Investors to Know
If options come second, what comes first?
Shopify Is Expanding Its Augmented Reality Ecosystem
Let’s see why it just bought an AR home improvement app.
GM Pours Even More Cash Into Its Electric Vehicle Plans
The automaker just upped its commitment to its electric and autonomous future to $35 billion through 2025.
Is Lemonade the Growth Stock for You?
The price is down, but gaining. Is it risky to buy now?
Olo Stock: A Pick-and-Shovel Digital Hospitality SaaS Play
Will the pandemic alter long-term consumer behavior?
Here’s How to Turn $500 Into a Yacht
Try this four-step process to turn $500 into the cost of a yacht.
3 Major Catalysts for Roku Stock
Could the stock’s recent pullback be a buying opportunity?
Options for Beginners: Why Patience Matters
Options are short-term strategies, but we use them for long-term results.
Public concern on human health impact of plastic pollution
The new study found that both Europeans and Australians were highly concerned about the human health impact of marine plastic pollution, ranking it top of 16 marine-related threats in terms of cause for concern, including chemical or oil spills, marine…
Children with asymptomatic malaria a ‘hidden risk’ to disease control efforts
The role of people infected with malaria without showing symptoms presents a hidden risk to efforts to control the disease after they were found to be responsible for most infections in mosquitoes, according to a new study.
Seabird eggs contaminated with cocktail of plastic additives
Chemical additives used in plastic production have been found in herring gull eggs, new research shows.
Social secrets of killer whales discovered using drones
Killer whales have complex social structures including close ‘friendships’, according to a new study that used drones to film the animals.
New beetle species discovered and named after iconic sci-fi heroines
Entomologists have discovered more than three dozen species of ambrosia beetles — beetles that eat ambrosia fungus — previously unknown to science.
Underwater robot offers new insight into mid-ocean ‘twilight zone’
An innovative underwater robot known as Mesobot is providing researchers with deeper insight into the vast mid-ocean region known as the ‘twilight zone.’ Capable of tracking and recording high-resolution images of slow-moving and fragile zooplankton, g…
New models predict fewer lightning-caused ignitions but bigger wildfires by mid century
Human-caused wildfire ignitions in Central Oregon are expected to remain steady over the next four decades and lightning-caused ignitions are expected to decline, but the average size of a blaze from either cause is expected to rise, modeling suggests.
Scientists unravel the function of a sight-saving growth factor
Researchers have determined how certain short protein fragments, called peptides, can protect neuronal cells found in the light-sensing retina layer at the back of the eye. The peptides might someday be used to treat degenerative retinal diseases, such…
Having a strong life purpose eases loneliness of COVID-19 isolation, study finds
Why can some people weather the stress of social isolation better than others, and what implications does this have for their health? New research found that people who felt a strong sense of purpose in life were less lonely during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bats in Switzerland harbor diverse viruses, some potentially zoonotic
An analysis of 18 species of stationary and migratory bats living in Switzerland has discovered that they harbor viruses from 39 different viral families — including some viruses with the potential risk of jumping to other animals, including humans, a…
Exploring the shallow underground world with a burrowing soft robot
We’ve seen robots take to the air, dive beneath the waves and perform all sorts of maneuvers on land. Now, researchers are exploring a new frontier: the ground beneath our feet. Taking their cues from plants and animals that have evolved to navigate su…
How a supermassive black hole originates
How do supermassive black holes in the early universe originate? A team led by a theoretical physicist has come up with an explanation: a massive seed black hole that the collapse of a dark matter halo could produce.