Sci & Tech

As Russia's war in Ukraine plays out for the world on social media, big tech platforms are moving to restrict Russian state media from...

How omicron’s mutations make it the most infectious coronavirus variant yet https://ift.tt/XBfV6wc In November, a new coronavirus variant took the world by storm. Omicron...

Ride-hailing and food-delivery apps Uber and Bolt have announced plans to distance themselves from Russian companies with which they’re associated. Neither company has a significant...

Why kitchen sponges are the perfect home for bacteria https://ift.tt/FfUum9J Ask bacteria where they’d like to live, and they’ll answer: a kitchen sponge, please. Sponges...

Google’s YouTube said Tuesday that it would block Kremlin-backed media outlets RT and Sputnik from Europe following similar bans by Facebook and TikTok. “It’ll take...

The EU has vowed to ban Kremlin-backed media outlets RT and Sputnik. Now it just has to figure out how to execute the politically...

While we expect that flights to Mars and the Moon will soon become a reality, access to oxygen is still a problem that plagues...

A UN report shows climate change’s escalating toll on people and nature https://ift.tt/MdgGj3T Neither adaptation by humankind nor mitigation alone is enough to reduce...

Facebook’s parent company Meta announced today it would restrict access to Kremlin-backed news outlets RT and Sputnik in the EU. “We have received requests...

Twitter announced Monday that it will start labeling and making it harder for users to see tweets about the invasion of Ukraine that contain...

U.S streaming giant Netflix has responded to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine by saying that it will not comply with new Russian rules to...

Ofcom has opened 15 investigations into Kremlin-backed RT, formerly known as Russia Today, the U.K. media regulator said in a statement. The investigations relate...

One forensic scientist is scraping bones for clues to time of death https://ift.tt/J53YDux In a quiet laboratory beyond the decomposing remains on a body...

A new gravity sensor used atoms’ weird quantum behavior to peer underground https://ift.tt/40wLbrD The best way to find buried treasure may be with a...