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Last week, the measles cases in Kansas more than doubled to 20, with another outbreak in Ohio involving 10 people, as reported by local public health…
The New York County Clerk recently prevented Texas doctors from taking legal action against New York doctors to provide abortion pills to Texas women. This groundbreaking…
The prominent figure in the anti-vaccine movement has recently joined his department, as confirmed by sources familiar with the situation. New analyst David Geier has authored…
The American Psychological Association, which sets the standards for professional mental health training, voted to suspend the requirement that graduate programs demonstrate commitment to recruitment and…
Around 4,000 DNA samples have been retested by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department after the discovery of several test kits used last year. Officials have…
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“Urine separation is alive and with other methods to recover useful compounds from sewage.” Rosanna U/Connect Images/Alamy Many years ago, I wrote a feature New Scientist…
Quantum computers offer theoretically better advantages over regular machines Quantinuum Quantum Computing Firm Quantinuum argues that quantum computers can quickly solve real useful mathematical problems faster…
Peatlands such as the Mannik Gerub Swamp in Estonia are important carbon sinksVincent Jussy Microorganisms in carbon-rich soils increase photosynthesis rates in warm conditions, suggesting that…
Do you want to get AI to write software for you? It’s coding of the atmosphereronstik/alamy I want to write software, but do you have a…
Green spots show where the aurora brightens the sky in NeptuneNASA, ESA, CSA, STSCI, Heidi Hammel (Aura), Henrik Melin (Northumbria University), Leigh Fletcher (University of Leicester),…
Noren: The initial patient with tuberculosis I encountered in Nairobi had an advanced form of drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB). The chances of the known cure being effective…
The Trump administration plans to discontinue US financial support for Gavi, an organization that has been instrumental in purchasing crucial vaccines for children in developing nations.…
Dolphin’s mouth. The whale sings. Fishcloak, chirp, Grant, ham, groans. However, in sea chatting, up until now, one voice was missing. Sharks have long been considered…
The National Weather Service has been releasing weather observations at over 100 sites across the country for decades, operating like clockwork in the Pacific and Caribbean.Meteorologists…
The Department of Health and Human Services has abruptly canceled over $12 billion in federal grants to states that fund tracking infections, mental health services, addiction…
From ancient creeks of stars to the innards of white dwarfs, the Gaia Space Telescope has seen it all. On Thursday, the European Space Agency’s mission…
Entomologists at Washington State University predict that the US Honeybee colony may decline by up to 70% by 2025. The university revealed in a News Release…
Latin America has been a source of inspiration for various aspects, including a popular literary and musical genre and staple foods like potatoes. A famous Happy…
Chinese researchers have made progress in the field of inter-animal organ transplantation with a successful pig kidney transplant reported on Wednesday. They believe that pig liver…
Are there any more extreme connections than quantum entanglement?jvphoto/alamy Quantum entanglement allows two objects to be linked, even when separated by very wide distances. However, new…
Lars Vilhelmsen At the Natural History Museum in Denmark. Vilhelmsen and his colleagues named him WASP Sirenobethylus charybdis After Charybdis, the sea monster of Homer’s magnificent poetry Odyssey. The insects lived in the Cretaceous period almost 99 million years ago. Researchers used Micro-CT scan, an x-ray imaging technique, to examine 16 female hornets wrapped in
“How do drugs similar to semaglutide work?”below). But this can just start. As many companies compete in the market for rival versions of semaglutide in the form of cheaper and take, increasing evidence that GLP-1 drugs can target many health conditions, treatments could have an impact beyond reversing the global trends that lead to rising
Madison Burgess decided to get serious about weight loss when the scale reached 91 kilograms (200 pounds). She started playing Ozempics. The drug therapy worked better…
u grabowsky/imagebroker/shutterstock Just a year ago, hype was being built around semaglutide drug Ozempic and Wegovy, so the conversation revolved around the possibility of “end obesity”…
Pregnancy has many effects on the body Anna Still/Getty Image As anyone who goes through it knows, pregnancy transforms the body a lot. And now we…
Oprah Winfrey’s TV Special Shame, blame, weight loss revolution It has been streamed more than 4 million times since it aired in March 2024. In it,…
For decades, traditional wisdom has believed that in order to lose weight, you have to eat less and move more. Of course, that’s easier said than…
Madison Burgess decided to get serious about weight loss when the scale reached 91 kilograms (200 pounds). She started taking Ozempics. The drug therapy worked better…
Giraffes in the Taransia ecosystem of Tanzania Monica Bond The beautifully spotted pattern of the giraffe coat serves more than camouflage. Spot size appears to be…
Joris Wittk The University of Copenhagen in Denmark and his colleagues used the James Webbspace Telescope (JWST) to study a galaxy called Jades-GS-Z13-1-LA. The galaxy is found 330 million years after the Big Bang, making it one of the earliest known galaxies in the universe. Ultraviolet light from the galaxy suggests it was surrounded by
“I can’t believe how I don’t crave alcohol anymore!” I write one person. Others declared: “I took my first shot… I haven’t had any drinks or…
Kashiwara’s work is very abstract, but is seen as importantPeter Bagde / Typos1 / The Abel Prize Red-tailed For his research on algebraic analysis, he received…
A new species of dinosaurs has been uncovered in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia. Known as Duonychus tsogtbaatari, this dinosaur possessed two feet long claw fingers on…
A nest box with windows made of transparent wood arranged with heat lamps to test the thermal properties of the material Bharat Baruah et al. (2025)…
Kashiwara Kuniki, a Japanese mathematician, has been awarded the Abel Prize, considered the equivalent of the Nobel Prize in mathematics. Dr. Kashiwara’s work combines algebra, geometry,…
Many iconic dinosaurs, such as Tyrannosaurus Rex and Triceratops, have been unearthed by paleontologists in the western United States. However, only a small number of species…
Can improving brain health be as simple as navigating your way through life? That’s the intriguing question posed in recent research published in the British Medical…
Using Nircam and Miri instruments installed in the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers created high-resolution images Herbig-Haro Object 49/50 (HH 49/50) is located approximately 630…
New research shows that satiety-inducing molecules called bombesins are present not only in humans and other vertebrates, but also invertebrates such as starfish and their marine…