Why Florida Scientists Are Putting GPS Collars on Opossums to Track Giant Burmese Pythons

Florida scientists have found an unlikely weapon in their fight against invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades: opossums ...

Invasive Burmese pythons may have met their match – opossums

Researchers are using tracking collars on opossums to find the invasive Burmese pythons in Florida. We explain how it's done.

Opossums vs. Pythons: Inside Florida’s Unusual Strategy for Fighting Invasive Snakes

Florida scientists are using opossums to secretly track invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades—and it’s working.

Wearable glucose monitors offer real-time data, but for healthy people no guidelines exist to interpret the numbers

Keeping tabs on blood sugar throughout the day used to be the exclusive domain of people with diabetes. But in 2026, anyone ...

Opossums as weapons against Burmese pythons? Here's what's happening

Opossums could soon become weaponized against invasive Burmese pythons in Florida. Researchers want to fit 40 opossums with ...

Norwalk police arrest man accused of planting tracking device on vehicle

A 63-year-old Essex man was arrested on an electronic stalking charge after police said he hid a tracking device in a vehicle ...
The Quietus

Hyperspecific: Electronic Music for April Reviewed by Jaša Bužinel

Drexciya’s Gerald Donald and James Stinson were two funny blokes. I recently came across the Hypothetical Situations album ...
Smithsonian Magazine

These Young Innovators Have Created a ‘Fitbit’ to Predict Epileptic Seizures

Truman Pierson and Christopher Fitz are developing behind-the-ear EEG patches and an accompanying app that issues an alert if ...
TidBITS

FindYourTag Website Catalogs the Expanding Find My Ecosystem

Glenn Fleishman has cataloged the surprisingly diverse ecosystem of Find My-compatible products—now numbering over 70—and built a comparison website to help you navigate the options.