Why? The grant application — for a project on the evolution of mint — discussed the diversity of plants and mentioned that there was a female scientist on the team, ProPublica reports. It’s just one example of how all kinds of work is getting caught up in the anti-civil rights crusade jeopardizing scientific research.
The wrecking ball the Trump administration and DOGE have taken to federal government agencies is already having an impact in Antarctica. Questions loom about whether US stations will be able to survive the chaos. And the US could wind up ceding influence on the continent to other countries, Wired reports.
“Even brief interruptions will result in people walking away and not coming back,” Nathan Whitehorn, an Antarctic scientist at Michigan State University, tells Wired.
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The algorithm behind the smart ring’s Readiness Score — a 0-100 body recovery ranking that considers your sleep quality, body signals, and activity levels — now includes menstrual cycle fluctuations. Users need to opt into Cycle highlights to access the update.
The change follows Oura finding that some menstruating users’ scores were misrepresented during the luteal phase that occurs after ovulation, in which some people experience increased heart rate and temperature, and decreased heart rate variability.
[ouraring.com]
Much of the country lost electricity today in a blackout affecting millions of people. It’s disrupted business and traffic with lights out and intermittent mobile service, ABC reports. Officials are still investigating the cause, according to the national disaster response service, Senapred.
A panel of judges in the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has upheld the convictions of Elizabeth Holmes and Ranesh “Sunny” Balwani on “numerous” fraud charges over their Theranos scheme.
Apparently, a recent profile by People magazine wasn’t enough to outweigh all of those lies.
