Ocean floor a ‘reservoir’ of plastic pollution
New science has taken a deep dive into plastic waste, providing the first estimate of how much ends up on the sea floor.
Stellar collisions produce strange, zombie-like survivors
Densely packed, fast-moving stars at the Milky Way’s center can collide with each other. New research uses simulations to explore the outcomes of these collisions. Some collisions are more like ‘violent high fives’ while others are full-on mergers.
The life aquatic: A game changer for frog vision, but little difference between night and day
Frogs display a remarkable diversity of species as a whole, but does the same hold true for their visual abilities? A new study sought to answer this question by collaborating with researchers in Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Cameroon, Ecuador, Equatoria…
Treatment with anti-inflammatory proteins following heart attack shows promise to reduce the risk of further heart damage
Research into the protective effects of two anti-inflammatory molecules, transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF 1) and Heligmosomoides polygyrus TGM (HpTGM), following heart attack found that both proteins reduced the inflammatory response within the in…
Required Reading
This week, women of color in architecture, shady government comic books, a beloved cherry blossom tree’s last bloom, and much more.
A Thoroughly Modern Baroque Master
A suite of paintings by Italian Baroque master Guercino at England’s Waddesdon Manor seems to herald the coming of Christ and a modern future.
The Forgotten History of Bourne and Allen’s Mid-Century Textiles
A new show seeks to restore a pair of modernist weavers to a place of prominence in British design history.