• Bioluminescence Is at Least Half a Billion Years Old

    Bioluminescence Is at Least Half a Billion Years Old

    Bioluminescence, the eerie, beautiful phenomena that allows living things to glow, is way more ancient than previously thought, according to a team of researchers that recently studied the ability in octocorals. Octocorals are not closely related to corals, despite their name. They are a group of marine invertebrates that reside—and glow—in Earth’s oceans. But octocorals…


  • TikTok Divest-or-Ban Bill Passes in the Senate

    TikTok Divest-or-Ban Bill Passes in the Senate

    The U.S. Senate passed the TikTok bill on Tuesday evening in a vote of 79-18. The bill, which bans TikTok unless Bytedance sells it to a U.S. owner, flew through Congress this week as part of a broader package to provide $US90 billion in foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. President Joe Biden said…