28/02/2025

Hot springs bubble up insights into microbe communities

Boiling hot water bubbles up into pools of vibrant teal and blue. The steam rises, burning anyone who gets too close. The water is acidic—sometimes as acidic as stomach acid. Microbes in a hot spring in Yellowstone National ...

New X-ray technology captures proteins in motion

Scientists have made enormous advances in understanding the structures of proteins over the past several decades. Imaging technologies like cryo-electron microscopy and X-ray crystallography help researchers visualize the ...

Rise of the sigma male: TikTok's new gender divide

TikTok is playing a pivotal role in spreading toxic discourses associated with sigma masculinity, which advocates disinterest in and denigration of women as well as hatred and humiliation of other gender identities.

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