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They CRISPR’ed tomatoes to make them sweet and large
The genetically modified tomatoes are 30 percent sweeter than their mass-produced counterparts. Credit: Deposit Photos Today’s mass-produced tomatoes often grow to palm-sized proportions, but their naturally occurring ancestors were far smaller fruits. They were also sweeter and more flavorful due to their lower water content compared to the red fruits found in grocery stores—but recent
The Mystery of the Vanished Catfish
Nestled on the eastern ridge of the Colombian Andes, some 150 miles from Bogotá, sits Lake Tota, Colombia’s largest lake. Each week, hundreds of tourists flock to the lake’s shores to enjoy its serene waters, white sand beaches, high montane forests, and a cluster of restaurants specializing in rainbow trout. But beneath the placid stillness
Digging Into the First Work of Modern Ecology
Anyone who remembers that King Philip came over from Germany stoned owes a debt of gratitude to 18th-century polymath Carl Linnaeus. That cannabis-scented mnemonic device from high school biology class refers, of course, to the taxonomic ranks of kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species—the system of classifying the natural world from least to most
New Species of Bioluminescent Sea Slug Discovered
Marine biologists at Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) have described an exceptional sea slug (nudibranch) species, new to science, from depths of the eastern North Pacific Ocean. Named Bathydevius caudactylus, the species is bioluminescent and represents the third independent origin of bioluminescence among sea slugs. Bathydevius caudactylus has a voluminous hooded structure at one
Apple’s next big thing may be a smart iPad you can hang on your wall
Image: Brady Snyder / Foundry Apple just wrapped up its slate of 2024 devices, but it’s never too early to look ahead. And according to a new report, big things are on the way. As reported by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is looking to launch a new “wall-mounted display that can control appliances, handle videoconferencing
Apple quietly added ‘Inactivity Reboot’ in iOS 18.1 to safeguard a lost or stolen iPhone
Image: Foundry According to security researchers, Apple has quietly added a new feature in iOS 18.1 that makes your iPhone harder to crack. 404 Media reported that iPhones stored by police in evidence were rebooting themselves, and it turns out it’s all due to a new Inactivity Reboot feature shipping in iOS 18.1. First reported
Image: Foundry After a year in which Apple launched the Vision Pro and updated nearly every device in its catalog, you might think Apple is going to rest for a while. According to a new rumor, that’s very much not the case. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reports that Apple will make “its first foray into the
Commitment to Service Continues at Johnson for Military Retirees
NASA and the military have shared strong connections since the agency’s early days. From the nation’s earliest aeronautic research and the recruitment of test pilot astronauts to modern-day technology development, satellite management, and planetary defense, NASA has built a longstanding partnership with the military. This legacy of collaboration has created natural opportunities for former service
Sols 4359-4361: The Perfect Road Trip Destination For Any Rover!
Earth planning date: Friday, Nov. 8, 2024After the excitement of Wednesday’s plan, it was a relief to come in today to hear that the drive toward our exit from Gediz Vallis completed successfully and that we weren’t perched on any rocks or in any other precarious position. This made for a very smooth planning morning
Mining Old Data From NASA’s Voyager 2 Solves Several Uranus Mysteries
NASA’s Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus decades ago shaped scientists’ understanding of the planet but also introduced unexplained oddities. A recent data dive has offered answers. When NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Uranus in 1986, it provided scientists’ first — and, so far, only — close glimpse of this strange, sideways-rotating outer planet. Alongside