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Mercury Reaches Greatest Western Elongation Sunday
Mercury reached its greatest western elongation on Sunday, offering one of the year's best pre-dawn viewing windows as the planet steadily brightens against the gathering dawn this week.
100+ Figures Urge UK to Reverse Jodrell Bank Funding Cuts
Over 100 artists, writers and scientists — including New Order, Chris Hadfield and poet laureate Simon Armitage — have urged Prime Minister Andy Burnham to reverse UK funding cuts at Jodrell Bank Obse
Michigan Court: 4-3 Ruling Revives Lilly Insulin Probe
Michigan's Supreme Court ruled 4-3 on Friday that Attorney General Dana Nessel may proceed with a four-year-old consumer protection investigation into Eli Lilly's insulin pricing, reversing a lower co
U.S. Restores Some Vaccine and Health Aid to Unicef, Gavi and World Food Programme
The State Department has notified Congress of a $600 million commitment to Gavi for childhood immunizations, marking the latest in nearly $2 billion in restored US global health aid after the Trump ad
A mystery virus started killing horses. Then humans. Was this the moment our coronavirus era began?
The 1994 Hendra virus outbreak at a Brisbane horse stable killed trainer Vic Rail and led scientists, including ecologist Hume Field, to trace the pathogen to flying foxes — the first recognized bat-t
TRF2 Loss Turns Injured Muscle Into Fat, Scar Tissue
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania discovered that TRF2, a protein long known for shielding chromosome ends, is essential for keeping muscle stem cells functional — without it, injured musc
Fireflies Light Up Brooklyn Cemetery Garden
Fireflies have been putting on their nightly aerial light show at a small Brooklyn botanical garden nestled between the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and the Navy Yard, a presence the garden's horticultu
JWST Finds Black Holes Too Big and Galaxies Too Bright
James Webb Space Telescope observations are forcing astrophysicists to reconsider how the first black holes and galaxies formed, after spotting objects that seem impossibly massive and bright for the
Edinburgh Trainee Lawyer IDs Two New Fungi Species
Edinburgh trainee lawyer Alfred Drummond-Herdman has formally identified two new species of dung-dwelling fungi after turning his bedroom into a terrarium-filled lab whose timelapse videos have become
This once-a-week workout may help cut belly fat, study shows
A University of Hong Kong trial of 315 adults with central obesity found that 75 minutes of brisk interval walking in a single weekly session reduced body fat and improved cardiorespiratory fitness as
SpaceX's Biggest Test This Week Isn't a Rocket Launch
SpaceX's biggest test of the week isn't a rocket launch, Teslarati argues, as cross-coverage pivots to an investor-facing milestone drawing attention from Reuters and Yahoo Finance.
Eating less protein could slow aging, major review finds
A sweeping review of more than 350 studies published in the journal Cell Press Blue by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers concludes that reducing protein intake may improve metabolism, limit
Cancer breaks its own DNA to keep growing
Researchers found that super-enhancers driving intense gene activity in cancer cells cause double-strand DNA breaks, and the repeated repair cycles introduce mutations that may fuel tumor evolution wh
Trump unleashes RFK Jr.; Fauci takes the Fifth
Donald Trump is done pretending moderation on vaccines is a winning midterm formula. The Wall Street Journal reports the president is pressing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to probe the debunked vaccines-auti
CERN LHC Detects Primordial Quark-Gluon Plasma
CERN's Large Hadron Collider experiments have detected signs of quark-gluon plasma — the primordial state of matter from the early universe — using collisions of oxygen and neon ions, with researchers
Eating one avocado a day may lower heart disease risk
A Penn State randomized trial found that eating one avocado a day for six months lowered LDL particle concentrations in adults with abdominal obesity, translating to an estimated 4% drop in heart dise
McMaster team finds statin muscle pain is immune-driven
McMaster University researchers published a study in Science Advances identifying an immune-driven pathway that explains why statins cause muscle pain, weakness, and exercise intolerance—opening a pat
Blood cancer progression detectable in genome years early
A Wellcome Sanger Institute study of 30 patients tracked for up to 25 years found that genomic patterns in chronic blood cancers can distinguish stable disease from likely progression years before cli
Scientist's lifelong obsession with mystery of elusive 'pink zebra' seaweed
Prof Christine Maggs has confirmed a tiny pink-striped seaweed she first spotted on a UK maerl bed 40 years ago is a new species, with a specimen now joining the Natural History Museum's collection af
Novo Nordisk Shares Dive After Heart Drug Trial Failure
Novo Nordisk shares plunged after a heart medicine candidate failed a clinical trial, a setback to the company's push to diversify beyond its blockbuster obesity drug franchise.
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