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SciFri Reads ‘The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023’
On December 11, we’ll meet to reflect on their favorite stories from last year and the future of scientific discovery and journalism. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023: Livestream and Q&A When: Monday, December 11 at 5:00pm ET / 2:00pm PT Where: Science Friday’s YouTube livestream Tickets: Free! RSVP for updates RSVP for Dec 11…
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Modular chimeric cytokine receptors improve CAR T–cell therapy for solid tumors
The St. Jude group replaced the extracellular domain of different cytokine receptors with leucine zippers to create constitutively active receptors. CAR T cells expressing any of these chimeric cytokine receptors had superior antitumor activity against multiple types of cancer in both cell lines and mouse models compared to conventional CAR T cells. While the chimeric…
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NHM defends collections move after scientists raise concerns
The Natural History Museum (NHM) has defended its decision to move some of its collections to a new research facility at Reading University after criticism from scientists and academics. The museum is creating a research centre at the university’s Thames Valley Science Park in Shinfield, Berkshire, where it will rehouse around 28 million specimens and…
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The National Education Nature Park: how to get involved
Launched in October with the Natural History Museum and the Royal Horticultural Society, the National Education Nature Park offers children and young people the opportunity to take hands-on action to improve biodiversity and tackle climate change. Schools, colleges and nurseries that sign up will have access to a range of resources including digital tools, classroom…
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Science & Tech Spotlight: Ocean Warming
Science & Tech Spotlight: Ocean Warming | U.S. GAO Skip to main content Fast Facts The ocean is storing much of Earth’s excess heat. The resulting ocean warming contributes to problems such as rising sea level, ice-sheet melting, and coral bleaching. This Spotlight report covers these and other issues, including effects on coastal communities and…
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How Earthquakes Helped Us Map the Interior of the Sun
The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. The Sun is a giant sphere of plasma. Temperatures at its core exceed 10 million° C, and they drop to about 5,500° C at the surface. Densities at the solar core are also extreme, reaching more than 20 times the density of solid iron.…
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Martin Entz looks to change the future of farming as inaugural Jarislowsky Chair
November 30, 2023 — Martin Entz’s love of agriculture was first nurtured in his early years spending his summers at his grandparents’ farm. “I remember cultivating fields when I was a teenager. I saw the cultivator turn over the soil and wondered about how it all worked. I thought how do soils interact with plants?…
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A radical solution to address climate change, with David Keith (Ep. 124)
Show Notes Climate change can feel like an impossible crisis these days. Every week there is some new report about the irreversible damage we’re doing to our planet and the havoc it will bring to people’s lives. We all know cutting emissions is the solution, yet governments and companies seem no closer to meeting the goals that scientists say…
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Nature Heroes
Scotland’s creel fishermen are determined to reduce the entanglement of whales and basking sharks in their gear. Nature Heroes – 30 November
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Why Wildfires Are Burning Hotter and Longer
In 2023, wildfires ravaged communities in Canada, Hawaii and elsewhere across the globe. Illustration by Emily Lankiewicz The 2023 United Nations climate change conference, known as COP28, begins today in the United Arab Emirates. A new topic on the agenda this year is how wildfires are emerging as a serious health risk not just to…