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The U.S. has officially lost its status as a country where measles is eliminated, a public health triumph secured a quarter century ago. Researchers with direct knowledge of the deliberations on the country’s status told KFF Health News that the Pan American Health Organization…
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The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) will be taking a Pakistani astronaut to Tiangong as part of the Shenzou 24 mission, marking the first time a foreign astronaut has been to the station.
(MedPage Today) -- BEIRUT -- A deadly airstrike on the biggest hospital in the southern Gaza Strip highlighted the devastation that Israel's campaign has wreaked on the Palestinian territory's healthcare system over the past 3 years. The strike...
Leaving Madagascar with smaller pollinators The post Giant, Fruit-Eating Bats Are Shrinking appeared first on Nautilus .
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The World Health Organization (WHO) must rebuild public trust, protect its most important functions and resist across-the-board budget cuts as it confronts growing health threats and shrinking financial resources, according to Dr. Maria Neira, a candidate to become the agency’s…
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Recent advancements in brain-computer interfaces are helping restore communication in clinical trial participants who have lost the ability to speak or make voluntary movements. New findings were presented at Neuroscience 2026, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.
High levels of LDL cholesterol and triglycerides, which are types of blood fats, are major contributors to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Gene-editing technologies offer a potential alternative to lipid-lowering medications. In a new CRISPR experiment, a single infusion…
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In his weekly clinical update, Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello discuss the identification of a type 1 poliovirus outbreak in Syria, the loss of US measles elimination status, use of the influenza vaccine against melanoma, death in Florida from dengue virus infection and return of the virus to the US, wider use of the Ebola ERVEBO vaccine, before Dr. Griffin deep dives into recent statistics on RSV, influenza, SARS-CoV-2 infections and measles, the FDA-approved package inserts for the RSV biologic products, and the magnitude and durability of the immune response following administration of the COVID-19 vaccine in children. Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of
SpaceX plans to catch the upper stage of its Starship megarocket for the first time ever today (Nov. 14), and you can watch the action live. Starship launched on its 15th test flight on Friday evening (Nov. 13), rising into the sky from SpaceX's Starbase site in South Texas. The…
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Welcome to Edition 9.19 of the Rocket Report! Will something historic happen this weekend? No orbital rocket has ever been fully recovered with the intent of reusing all of its components. But that's just what SpaceX is going to try to do with a Starship launch on Friday, and an…
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Since 2022, astronomers have been puzzling over a new kind of cosmic object called long-period radio transients. These are objects that emit bright flashes of radio waves into space every few minutes to every few hours. Some have been traced back to binary systems consisting of a…
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The advance of urbanization in the São Paulo Metropolitan Area in Brazil is causing the collapse of food webs in local streams. A study published in August in the journal Nature Cities reveals that the impact of the metropolis goes far beyond a simple reduction in species…
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There was a time when Earth didn’t have plate tectonics The post A Chemical Fingerprint in Ancient Rocks Suggests Plate Tectonics Began 2.5 Billion Years Ago appeared first on Nautilus .
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The news has been full of references to ‘El Niño’, a global weather phenomenon that, this year, is forecast to be the biggest yet. CrowdScience listener Kennedy is a farmer in Kenya and this has got him worried. He wants to know exactly what El Niño is, why it causes such differing weather patterns all over the world and, most importantly, how it might affect his crops. Always keen to help listeners answer global science questions with local impacts, CrowdScience is on the case. Presenter Anand Jagatia travels to meet oceanographer Ligin Joseph, from the University of Southampton in the UK. Equipped with a tank full of water, a sprinkling of turmeric, some purple dye and a hairdryer, Ligin r
As Georgia Power decides on its next generation of grid suppliers, a little-known piece of math may be giving the edge to fossil fuel projects. By Ryan Krugman The growth of data centers and rapid electrification is driving Georgia Power toward another major expansion of its…
Earth is approximately 4.5 billion years old, according to estimates. However, rocks dating back to the planet's earliest days are extremely rare. Hence the excitement over the discovery in northern China of some of the oldest known rocks on Earth, dating back 3.95 billion years…
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Lake Baikal in Siberia holds around 20% of the world's surface freshwater, making it the most voluminous freshwater lake (Lake Superior on the United States–Canada border is the largest by surface area). This makes the lake one of the most important environments for…
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World leaders are gathered in Antalya, Turkey, for COP 31, the annual UN climate conference, which takes place against the backdrop of a global energy crisis that’s accelerating the need to move away from fossil fuels. This year’s summit is billed as set on turning past promises into action, while pushing countries to swiftly electrify their economies. Yet one of the biggest questions remains unresolved: can countries agree on how to move away from fossil fuels? And are other processes, like the Fossil Fuel Treaty and Santa Marta conference, a different way forward? Guests: Nathaniel Stinnett, Founder & Executive Director, Environmental Voter Project Jennifer Morgan, Senior Fellow, The Clima
A small band of unconditionally cooperative individuals can make it much easier for a group to get a shared effort off the ground, yet their reliability may also encourage others to slack off over the long run. According to a new mathematical modeling study published in…
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In a rare clinical case involving a man with drug-resistant epilepsy and severe post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), selectively inactivating part of his right amygdala reduced his tendency to perceive ambiguous faces as fearful and was followed by a sharp drop in trauma…
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Cannabigerol, a non-intoxicating compound from the cannabis plant, has gained popularity as a dietary supplement for its purported anti-inflammatory and brain-protecting properties. However, new laboratory research published in Toxicology suggests that its effects on brain immune…
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Atom Computing has finalized a $100 million R&D agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce to accelerate the commercialization of fault-tolerant, utility-scale quantum systems. This funding will support hardware engineering and manufacturing scale-up at their Boulder…
Quantum Computing Report · Mohamed Abdel-Kareem · · 2 sources
The US government has expanded the use of an AI tool for advising air traffic controllers to assist in managing air traffic across the entire national airspace system. Airline executives have voiced support for the rollout, but the US labor union representing air traffic…
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If you asked me earlier this year how far away we are from superintelligence, I’d probably have said at least the better part of a decade. But over the last three months, from debating people on and off the podcast, I’ve updated my views a ton. Let me walk you through how my thinking has changed. If you want to read the written version (with footnotes and links) you can check it out here: https://www.dwarkesh.com/p/rsi This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dwarkesh.com
Power electronic devices help control the flow of electricity and convert it into forms needed by different machines, such as electric vehicles, renewable energy systems and industrial equipment. Some electrical energy is lost as heat during this process, reducing efficiency and…
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Fusion power is expected to be a sustainable energy source that emits no carbon dioxide during electricity generation. To achieve this, research is underway worldwide to confine high-temperature plasma using magnetic fields. To initiate a fusion reaction, high-energy particles or…
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Scientists have captured electrons making seemingly impossible jumps across forbidden energy gaps in graphene, with some transitions occurring at a remarkable 100% probability. The breakthrough offers an unprecedented look at quantum behavior and could help unlock a new…
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