A small asteroid has been caught in the process of spinning so fast it’s throwing off material, according to new data.
New approach could boost energy capacity of lithium batteries
Researchers have found a new way to make cathodes for lithium batteries, offering improvements in the amount of power for both a given weight and a given volume.
How mosquitoes smell human sweat (and new ways to stop them)
Female mosquitoes are known to rely on an array of sensory information to find people to bite, picking up on carbon dioxide, body odor, heat, moisture, and visual cues. Now researchers have discovered how mosquitoes pick up on acidic volatiles found in human sweat.
Shrimp claw inspires new method of underwater plasma generation
Researchers are looking to nature for inspiration in developing a new method of underwater plasma generation using shrimp as a model – a discovery that could provide significant improvements for actions ranging from water sterilization to drilling.
Sea anemones are ingesting plastic microfibers
Tiny fragments of plastic in the ocean are consumed by sea anemones along with their food, and bleached anemones retain these microfibers longer than healthy ones, according to new research. The work is the first-ever investigation of the interactions between plastic microfibers and sea anemones, which are closely related to corals.
How Kate Middleton Wears Black Skinny Jeans and Ankle Boots This Time of Year
March and April are tricky months to navigate wardrobe-wise. One day it still feels like winter, and the next it feels like spring arrived overnight. While these weather surprises will certainly keep you on your toes, they don’t make outfit planning very easy. If anyone can navigate this most awkward of seasons, it’s Kate Middleton. Proof: Middleton stepped out in London today to visit the Scouts’ headquarters wearing a fittingly casual black-skinny-jean outfit. With the jeans, she wore her favorite pair of See by Chloé combat boots with a J.Crew sweater, cargo jacket, simple silver hoops, and a striped scarf inspired by her stint as a Brownie (which we think is cute even if you weren’t a Girl Scout).
So how can you apply Middleton’s look to your own wardrobe? Since it’s a bit early to bust out your warm-weather pieces but you’re probably over puffer jackets, try layering a sweater and light jacket with your skinny jeans and combat boots until short-and-sandal season arrives. Keep scrolling to see and shop Middleton’s perfect look for this time of year.
Next up, see how Jennifer Lawrence styled black skinny jeans in Paris recently.
YouTube TV is now available in every TV market in the US
YouTube TV has officially completed its US rollout, with the company announcing that the over-the-top internet streaming service is now available in the Glendive, Montana area, the final television market in the US that had lacked YouTube TV availability.
Glendive, Montana: we couldn’t have done it without you! We can now officially say that YouTube TV is available in every television market in the U.S. Welcome to the family! #WatchLikeAFan
— YouTube TV (@YouTubeTV) March 27, 2019
It’s a big milestone for the service, which is now available in all 210 US television markets — up from the 195 that YouTube announced back in January. That said, not all YouTube TV markets are equal, with some areas not offering all four of the major…
‘Now, Now, Louison’ Attempts To Bring Art, And Its Artist, To Life
Writer and gallery owner Jean Frémon inhabits artist Louise Bourgeois as if she herself were writing this novel-cum-memoir, opening up our understanding of both the artist and her art.
(Image credit: New Directions)
Sue Burke on her next sci-fi novel Interference, colonization, and first contact
One of my favorite novels from last year was Sue Burke’s debut, Semiosis, which dealt with a fundamental issue when it comes to meeting aliens for the first time: how do you recognize intelligence, and once you do, how do you coexist with extraterrestrial life that is widely different from us? Later this year, Burke will publish a sequel to Semiosis, Interference, which builds on those questions.
In Semiosis, an expedition from Earth crash-lands on a distant world called Pax. The crash strips the survivors of most of the tools that would have allowed them to easily survive on the world, and they have to start from scratch, figuring out how to deal with native plant life that seems aggressive and uncannily intelligent. Jumping from…
Amy Klobuchar wants broadband in every household by 2022
In a blog post Thursday morning, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) announced that if elected president in 2020, she would implement a trillion-dollar infrastructure plan including a bold initiative to roll out high-speed internet to every household by 2022.
Klobuchar says she could accomplish this closing of the “urban-rural” digital divide by working to correct the current broadband maps, something that has been hotly criticized by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. Klobuchar, specifically, has been an advocate for “dig once” policies that would push for ISPs to lay out internet infrastructure at the same time as federally funded roads are being paved.
“Broadband creates jobs, opens new economic opportunities, and allows America to compete…