Scientists find all five genetic building blocks for life in asteroid Ryugu

Researchers are still studying samples of Ryugu collected by the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency from its Hayabusa2 mission. After the first papers focused on the composition ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Life’s Genetic Code Requires Five Key Ingredients. The Asteroid Ryugu Has All of Them, a New Study Suggests

The findings further hint that space rocks may have brought the building blocks of RNA and DNA to Earth long ago ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Scientists Discover Microscopic Traces of Leaves, Seeds and Toxic Berries on Pots Used by Stone Age Cooks Thousands of Years Ago

Hunter-gatherers in Europe carefully selected ingredients and cooked complex foods, often pairing fish with specific plants, ...
Wall Street Journal

Saks Fifth Avenue Is Shrinking to Half the Number of Stores in Bankruptcy

Saks Fifth Avenue is shrinking to about half its size as it closes stores in a bid to emerge from bankruptcy. Twelve Saks Fifth Avenue stores will be closed by the end of May, its parent company, Saks ...
NPR

A college student's perspective on using AI in class

[Maximilian Milovidov is a freshman at Columbia University and a member of TikTok's Youth Council. He used a large language model to edit this essay for length and a human to edit for content. This ...
Education Week

Has Our Zeal for the Science of Reading Created a Cycle of Confusion?

I’m old enough to remember when an exercise class built around stationary bikes was revolutionary. The first time I attended such a class, it was called Spin. In a darkened room, we rode along to loud ...
GameSpot

Cyberpunk 2077 5th Anniversary Collector's Set Comes With A Relic Chip

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. It's been over half a decade since CD Projekt Red took players to Night City in Cyberpunk 2077, and the company unveiled a special anniversary ...
Phys.org

Q&A: How the 'science of reading' is reshaping literacy education

Stanford Professor Rebecca Silverman discusses a transformative movement backed by research that is changing literacy instruction in schools nationwide. After decades of debate over the most effective ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Dolton claims Fifth Third Bank allowed former mayor to ‘steal’ $1.9 million in public funds

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Scientific American

8 romance novels for readers who love science, too

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Columbus Dispatch

Saks Fifth Avenue to close Polaris store, 7 others amid bankruptcy

Saks Global will close eight Saks Fifth Avenue stores, including one in Polaris, and one Neiman Marcus location. The company stated it wants to focus on its most profitable locations with the highest ...
The Conversation

Reading to young kids improves their social skills − and a new study shows it doesn’t matter whether parents stop to ask questions

Erin Clabough is affiliated with Neuro Pty Ltd. In 2024, 51% of families read aloud to their very young children, while 37% read aloud to their kids between the ages of 6 and 8 years old. Some parents ...