Testing confirms chemical-free future for fighting flystrike in sheep

Researchers have successfully shown a technology developed at the University of Queensland can improve the efficacy of a chemical-free flystrike treatment for sheep. The technology, BenPol, addresses ...

My First Child Has a Genetic Syndrome. Can I Use I.V.F. to Spare My Second?

My son, who’s almost 3, is asymptomatic and thriving. His syndrome mostly just means annual visits to a C.F. clinic for ...

Scientists decipher how two bacterial species cooperate to avoid being eaten

Back in 2021, Pierre Stallforth and his team at the Leibniz-Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (Leibniz-HKI) showed that bacteria of the genera Pseudomonas and Paenibacillus ...
Opinion

MLB's ABS challenge system ushers in a new ballgame with 'robo umps'

The automated ball/strike system is here for the first time in Major League Baseball, and general managers, managers and coaching staffs have already begun to strategize the best way to capitalize on ...
Major League Baseball

Everything you need to know about the new ABS Challenge System

At long last, player protest with ball or strike calls can be handled with something other than ineffectual arguing. Beginning with the 2026 MLB season, players will have the power to appeal the ...

Robots are coming to assist MLB umpires. Even so, the human touch still matters

For those worried robots are about to take over Major League Baseball, Colorado Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer has some experience with the Automated Ball/Strike system that’s coming to stadiums thi ...