Today: September 19, 2024
Today: September 19, 2024

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Environment|Health|Science

Heat is testing the limits of human survivability. Here’s how it kills

Heat is testing the limits of human survivability. Here’s how it kills

Heat is testing the limits of human survivability. Here’s how it kills
Health|Science

Infants' tongue-tie may be overdiagnosed and needlessly treated, American Academy of Pediatrics says

A prominent doctors' group worries that a condition in infants that can affect breastfeeding known as tongue-tie is being overdiagnosed in the U.S. and too often treated with unnecessary surgery

Infants' tongue-tie may be overdiagnosed and needlessly treated, American Academy of Pediatrics says
Europe|Science

Glass shards reveal what was inside a Renaissance alchemist’s demolished laboratory

Glass shards reveal what was inside a Renaissance alchemist’s demolished laboratory

Glass shards reveal what was inside a Renaissance alchemist’s demolished laboratory
Health|Science

Alzheimer’s blood test catches 90% of early dementia cases, study finds

Alzheimer’s blood test catches 90% of early dementia cases, study finds

Alzheimer’s blood test catches 90% of early dementia cases, study finds
Health|Science

Blood tests for Alzheimer's may be coming to your doctor's office. Here's what to know

New research suggests certain blood tests could help doctors diagnose Alzheimer's disease faster and more accurately

Blood tests for Alzheimer's may be coming to your doctor's office. Here's what to know
Environment|News|Science

Fires in the West are becoming ever bigger, consuming. Why and what can be done?

Experts say a massive wildfire in northern California and scores of smaller ones across the western U.S. and Canada are the legacy of the nation’s fire-suppression experts and climate change

Fires in the West are becoming ever bigger, consuming. Why and what can be done?
Science|Technology

Surprising element found in traces of Tycho Brahe’s alchemy lab confounds scientists

Surprising element found in traces of Tycho Brahe’s alchemy lab confounds scientists

Surprising element found in traces of Tycho Brahe’s alchemy lab confounds scientists
Environment|News|Science

Timelapse footage shows 'fire tornado' in California

Timelapse video captured by a group studying natural disasters shows a “fire tornado” forming as the Park Fire spreads in Butte County, California.

Timelapse footage shows 'fire tornado' in California
Environment|Science

Life and death in the heat. What it feels like when Earth's temperatures soar to record highs

As the warming Earth sizzled through a week with four of the hottest days ever measured, the world focused on cold hard numbers that showed the average daily temperature for the entire planet

Life and death in the heat. What it feels like when Earth's temperatures soar to record highs
Science|Technology

SpaceX, NASA to launch Crew-9 mission next month

SpaceX and NASA said on Friday they plan to launch the space agency's Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) no earlier than Aug. 18.

SpaceX, NASA to launch Crew-9 mission next month
Health|Science

Pharma aims to deliver personalized cancer therapies more quickly

Big pharmaceutical companies that make personalized blood cancer treatments are working to cut the manufacturing turnaround time by as much as half in coming

Pharma aims to deliver personalized cancer therapies more quickly
Science|Technology

SpaceX's Falcon 9 cleared to return to space, FAA says

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket has been cleared to return to space by the U.S. aviation regulator after it was grounded by a rare mid-flight failure, the Federal Aviation administration (FAA)

SpaceX's Falcon 9 cleared to return to space, FAA says
Education|Environment|Science

Student program turns climate change lessons into real-world solutions

Student program turns climate change lessons into real-world solutions

Student program turns climate change lessons into real-world solutions
Science|Technology

SpaceX cleared to launch Falcon 9 rocket after rare failure

SpaceX cleared to launch Falcon 9 rocket after rare failure

SpaceX cleared to launch Falcon 9 rocket after rare failure
Health|Science

US FDA flags dosing risks from compounded versions of Novo's weight-loss drug

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday warned patients and doctors about dosing errors associated with compounded versions of Novo Nordisk's weight-loss and diabetes drugs.

US FDA flags dosing risks from compounded versions of Novo's weight-loss drug
Health|Science

Vaccines tell a success story that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Trump forget – here are some key reminders

Many claims about the dangers of vaccines come from misrepresenting scientific research papers.

Vaccines tell a success story that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Trump forget – here are some key reminders
Asia|Health|Science

A mysterious pile of bones could hold evidence of Japanese war crimes, activists say

Bones dug up from a wartime Army Medical School site in Tokyo decades ago and linked to victims of human experiments by Unit 731, Japan’s germ and biological warfare outfit, remain in a repository still waiting to find their home

A mysterious pile of bones could hold evidence of Japanese war crimes, activists say
Asia|Environment|Science

Climate change causing more change in rainfall, fiercer typhoons, scientists say

Climate change is driving changes in rainfall patterns across the world, scientists said in a paper published on Friday, which could also be intensifying

Climate change causing more change in rainfall, fiercer typhoons, scientists say
Asia|Environment|Science|Technology

Japan nuclear watchdog panel decides against restarting Tsuruga reactor

A panel of Japan's nuclear watchdog decided on Friday against restarting a reactor at the Tsuruga nuclear power plant citing seismic risks, paving the way for the regulator to keep

Japan nuclear watchdog panel decides against restarting Tsuruga reactor
Environment|News|Science

Rescued walrus calf 'sassy' and alert after seemingly being left by her herd in Alaska

A walrus calf seemingly left behind by her herd near Alaska’s northernmost city is receiving treatment at a nonprofit wildlife response center hundreds of miles away

Rescued walrus calf 'sassy' and alert after seemingly being left by her herd in Alaska
Environment|News|Science

Researchers discover site of 1893 schooner wreck in Lake Michigan in just 50 feet of water

Researchers discover site of 1893 schooner wreck in Lake Michigan in just 50 feet of water

Researchers discover site of 1893 schooner wreck in Lake Michigan in just 50 feet of water
Science|Technology

Google AI systems make headway with math in progress toward reasoning

By Kenrick Cai Alphabet's Google unveiled a pair of artificial intelligence systems on Thursday that demonstrated advances in solving complex mathematical problems, a key frontier of generative AI

Google AI systems make headway with math in progress toward reasoning
Health|Science

Bird flu infects three more Colorado poultry farm workers

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment on Thursday announced three additional human cases of bird flu among poultry farm workers, bringing the total number

Bird flu infects three more Colorado poultry farm workers
Science|Technology

OpenAI enters Google-dominated search market with SearchGPT

OpenAI is venturing into a territory long dominated by Google with the selective launch of SearchGPT, an artificial intelligence-powered search engine with real-time access

OpenAI enters Google-dominated search market with SearchGPT
Science|Technology

OpenAI is taking on Google with a new artificial intelligence search engine

OpenAI is taking on Google with a new artificial intelligence search engine

OpenAI is taking on Google with a new artificial intelligence search engine

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