Coverage levels fall a million square kilometres short of the long-term average, with global heating likely driving losses

A bad press release makes a good excuse to look at how developmental biology works.

Fish and Wildlife Service memo calls for change in what it means to ‘take’ an endangered species

I've known about VAERS - the Vaccine Adverse Effect Reporting System - for a long time. Based in the US, it's an important tool in making sure that people are able to report anything unusual or dangerous which has occurred after they have had a vaccine. In this way, if there are any issues with the vaccine - be in a specific batch or anything else - then they can be quickly reported and dealt with before they affect too many people.

ALT: Gross Yuck

Generative AI is shattering university testing standards, leaving institutions struggling to assess learning, and threatening to reduce formal degrees to simple certificates of attendance.…