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From last year’s post, What’s your Jordan3 number?: In the discussion of our post, Who has the lowest Erdos-Bacon-Epstein number? (the winner appears to be the mathematician Daniel Kleitman, my freshman-year academic...
The 3M agreement is one of four nationwide PFAS settlements involving 3M, DuPont, Tyco, and BASF.
Indonesian authorities intensify operations as fires continue to burn across Sumatra and Kalimantan, with haze spreading to Malaysia, Singapore and Philippines Continue reading...
SpaceX decided to shift all Starlink missions flying on Falcon 9 rockets to the West Coast as it pushes towards the debut of its Starship-Super Heavy in Florida. Liftoff of the Starlink 15-24 mission from Vandenberg...
The ray is enjoying her retirement at the New England Aquarium’s Quincy Animal Care Center. The post Happy Birth-ray! Mystic the cownose ray turns 27 appeared first on Popular Science.
How Two Large Outcome Trials Based on Surrogate Metrics Failed
SpaceX’s turbine blade factory, Fervo’s deal with Google, Delhi’s cheap metro, why recycling is overrated, and more.
Converting the proof of Fermat's last theorem into code that computers can check was expected to take years. Anthropic's Claude AI managed it in less than two weeks
The American chestnut once dominated the Eastern woodlands. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Andrew Newhouse, an environmental biologist, about efforts to bring these trees back from the brink of extinction.
Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. September 4: Get in a workout Titan, Saturn’s brightest moon, orbits its parent world with a period of about 16 days. You’ll find this moon...
An unexpectedly good jobs report for August, which upward revisions for July and June as well.
Nobel laureate and pioneer in molecular biology and neuroscience. Born on Sept 5, 1939, in Nagoya, Japan, he died on July 11, 2026, in San Mateo, CA, USA, aged 86 years.
Politicians and health experts have raised concerns about data protection in the health assistance agreements between the USA and several African countries. Paul Webster reports.
Change you can believe in The post Ancient Coins Reveal a Wealth of Information About the Roman Republic appeared first on Nautilus.
Learn how ancient DNA and chemical clues revealed that the American cheetah was a puma relative that ate fish in the Arctic.
Lipoedema is an emerging disease almost exclusively affecting women, with studies suggesting a worldwide prevalence of approximately 10%.1 A recent analysis of German health insurance data reported a near-doubling of...
The Japanese chemist played a key role in the discovery of electricity-conducting plastics, largely by accident.
The fire department at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley will perform training on the Moffett Federal Airfield beginning Tuesday, Sept. 8 through Friday, Sept. 11. The training will involve...
During the most recent Ice Age, researchers believe there was a "lost land bridge" between Wales and Ireland.
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Allison Aubrey, health and science correspondent for NPR and the author of Your Turn: How to Create a Midlife You Love. You can share your story of midlife reinvention.
When a New Glenn rocket blew apart at Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in May, it released ultra-low-frequency sound waves that reached as far as Texas. Researchers estimate that the blast was roughly...
First, Mass General Brigham split with Dana-Farber. Now its Medicare Advantage plan is dropping the cancer hospital.
NASA will host a virtual webinar at 2 p.m. EDT on Friday, Oct. 2, titled “The RS-25 Engine and the Future of Artemis Missions: An Accessible Webinar for the Blind and Low-Vision Community.” This webinar is open to...
Why removing RCP8.5 from the National Climate Assessment would be a serious mistake
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a strong solar flare on 8 May 2024. The image shows a blend of 171- and 131-angstrom light, subsets of extreme ultraviolet light. Credit: NASA/SDO
1g&&&&&&&&&&This low-carb Chicken Kiev features tender chicken breast wrapped around a rich garlic-herb butter filling, then coated in crispy pork rinds and Parmesan. Cook it in the air fryer for an extra-crisp...
An inscription written in the time of Ramesses II may indicate the location of a lost ancient Egyptian city.
Ancient DNA confirms Miracinonyx trumani was more closely related to modern pumas than cheetahs and had a more varied diet than previously thought.
Solar power generation in the UK reached a new record over the summer of 2026, as temperatures across the nation… The post Analysis: UK solar power hits record high over summer 2026 appeared first on Carbon Brief.
The mission to Phobos, Japan’s first Mars probe launch in 28 years, may reveal new information about our closest planetary neighbor.
A giant iceberg measuring more than 76 square kilometers broke from Greenland’s Petermann Glacier in August 2026, marking the Arctic’s largest glacier calving event since 2020. The berg later slammed into Joe Island...
Duke University’s 825,000 specimens will move to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
For the marine archaeologist Sean Kingsley, the most honest history can be found on the seafloor.
(MedPage Today) -- Prescribing GLP-1 receptor agonists to children ages 8 to 11 years with obesity surged 310-fold since 2019, despite a lack of FDA approval in kids under 12, a large cross-sectional analysis showed....
New Zealand decision follows Australian approval in 2023 of psychedelics to treat PTSD and treatment-resistant depressionTwo psychiatrists in New Zealand won approval on Friday to prescribe pharmaceutical-grade MDMA...
Nature, Published online: 04 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02739-3Coffin decorations and wall paintings were made with tissue from a broad range of organisms.
Gene-edited pig kidneys could offer a lifeline to patients stuck waiting for a human donor.
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(MedPage Today) -- Adults with serious mental illness (SMI) received GLP-1 drug prescriptions at higher rates than those without SMI from 2018 to 2024, an analysis of U.S. insurance claims data showed. Among people...
NASA will provide live coverage of the launch and docking of a Roscosmos cargo spacecraft carrying about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the crew aboard the International Space Station. The unpiloted...