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U.S. bans red food dye over possible cancer risk: health authorities
Outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden's administration on Wednesday announced a ban on Red Dye No 3, a controversial food and drug coloring long known to cause cancer in animals.Decades after scientific...
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Society centered around women in UK during Iron Age: scientists
Scientists analyzing 2,000-year-old DNA have revealed that a Celtic society in the southern UK during the Iron Age was centered around women, backing up accounts from Roman historians, a study said...
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Herbicide under U.S. scrutiny over potential Parkinson's link
by Issam AHMEDFirst came the slow hand movements, then the tremor, and now the looming fear of what lies ahead.David Jilbert's devastating Parkinson's diagnosis three years ago changed his life...
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White House Office of Science and Technology Policy provides advice for the...
Presidents need science advice. From climate change and pandemics to the governance of AI and the country’s nuclear arsenal, science sits at the center of a range of foreign and domestic policy...
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How ancient flying reptiles ruled the skies – new research
Scientists have long puzzled over how pterosaurs became the first vertebrates to master flight. Some pterosaur species, such as the Quetzalcoatlus were the largest known animals to ever take to the...
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Spiders ‘smell’ with their legs – new research
Spiders have always lived alongside humans, so it’s surprising how much we still don’t know about them. One long-standing mystery was related to how spiders detect smells. Now, our latest research has...
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'He has called it a hoax': Bernie Sanders gets EPA nominee to contradict...
Former New York Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) admitted climate change was "real" at a confirmation hearing to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).During his first term, President-elect Trump made...
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'Shocking!' Giddy Don Jr. bounces over 'fairly definitive proof' of non-human...
He may be a hard-liner on immigration, but Donald Trump Jr. appeared ecstatic about the possibility of aliens — from outer space, at least.The president-elect's namesake has been fascinated with...
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Apple sidelines AI news summaries due to errors
Apple pushed out a software update on Thursday which disabled news headlines and summaries generated using artificial intelligence that were lambasted for getting facts wrong.The move by the tech...
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Actuaries and scientists warn climate shocks risk 'planetary insolvency'
U.K. actuaries and University of Exeter climate scientists on Thursday warned that "the risk of planetary insolvency looms unless we act decisively" and urged policymakers to "implement realistic and...
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Homo erectus, not sapiens, first humans to survive desert: study
by Bénédicte ReyOur ancestor Homo erectus was able to survive punishingly hot and dry desert more than a million years ago, according to a new study that casts doubt on the idea that Homo sapiens were...
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Why is one half of Mars so different to the other?
Mars is home to perhaps the greatest mystery of the Solar System: the so-called Martian dichotomy, which has baffled scientists since it was discovered in the 1970s.The southern highlands of Mars...
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Most of us trust scientists, shows a survey of nearly 72,000 people worldwide
Public trust in scientists is vital. It can help us with personal decisions on matters like health and provide evidence-based policymaking to assist governments with crises such as the COVID pandemic...
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Astronauts on NASA’s Artemis mission to the Moon will need better boots −...
The U.S.’s return to the Moon with NASA’s Artemis program will not be a mere stroll in the park. Instead it will be a perilous journey to a lunar location representing one of the most extreme...
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Climate misinformation is rife on social media – and poised to get worse
The decision by Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, to end its fact-checking program and otherwise reduce content moderation raises the question of what content on those social media...
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Trump vows astronauts will plant US flag on Mars as Elon Musk goes wild at...
President Donald Trump vowed that U.S. astronauts would plant the American flag on Mars during his next administration.During his inaugural address on Monday, Trump insisted that going to Mars was...
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How science of tiny timescales could speed up computers and improve solar...
Attosecond science, the laser-led study of what happens to matter over very short timescales, could lead to major advances in our understanding of nature’s fastest processes. It could enhance the...
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Oyster ‘blood’ holds promise for combating drug-resistant superbugs: new...
Superbugs that are resistant to existing antibiotics are a growing health problem around the world. Globally, nearly five million people die from antimicrobial resistant infections each year. The...
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Why is obesity linked to irregular heart rhythms? Researchers found 1...
Atrial fibrillation, or A-fib, is an irregular heart rhythm that increases a person’s risk of stroke, heart failure and even premature death. While many risk factors contribute to A-fib, one stands...
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A third of the Arctic's landmass is now a source of carbon: study
For thousands of years, the land areas of the Arctic have served as a "carbon sink," storing potential carbon emissions in the permafrost. But according to a study published in the journal Nature...
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Rare wildlife species found in Cambodian national park
A years-long survey of a Cambodian national park has revealed endangered species never before recorded in the country, highlighting the need for greater conservation efforts, environmentalists said...
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Philanthropy provides $30B annually for science and health research
The foundations making charitable donations to support scientific and health research mostly give to institutions in their home states.That’s what I found in a study I conducted with two fellow data...
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Feeling political distress? Coping strategies a psychologist shares with his...
I began practicing psychotherapy during the Reagan administration. Thirty years went by before distress about politics became a clinical issue for any of my clients.I remember the moment it first...
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Steve Bannon attacks 'out of control' Elon Musk outside of court hearing
MAGA influencer Steve Bannon lashed out at tech billionaire Elon Musk, chair of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), for undercutting President Donald Trump's announcement about an...
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‘Move fast and break things’: Trump’s $500 billion AI project has major risks
In one of his first moves as the 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump announced a new US$500 billion project called Stargate to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence (AI)...
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The use of drones during wildfires can disrupt response operations
Unauthorized and irresponsible use of drones in wildfire zones can create problems for firefighting aircraft, as seen in a recent collision during the Los Angeles wildfires. A Canadian Super Scooper...
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'Risk of overreach': Even some of RFK Jr.'s own advisers getting nervous...
Anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been nominated to oversee the Department of Health and Human Services under the second Trump administration but even some of his advisers are...
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‘Sorry, I didn’t get that’: AI misunderstands some people’s words more than...
The idea of a humanlike artificial intelligence assistant that you can speak with has been alive in many people’s imaginations since the release of “Her,” Spike Jonze’s 2013 film about a man who falls...
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Microgravity in space may cause cancer − but on Earth, mimicking...
As space travel gains traction and astronauts spend increasing amounts of time in space, studying its effects on health has become increasingly critical. Is space travel truly safe? Far from it –...
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How does raw water compare to tap water?
Water that comes straight from natural sources, dubbed “raw water,” is gaining popularity. Raw water advocates reject public water supplies, including tap water, because they don’t enjoy the taste or...
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