France and U.S.: Two wildly different takes on in vitro fertilization
MONTPELLIER, France — In vitro fertilization (IVF), a procedure first used more than 45 years ago, has suddenly become the topic of political debate on both sides of the Atlantic — but for wildly...
View ArticleCould better inhalers help patients, and the planet?
Miguel Divo, a lung specialist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, sits in an exam room across from Joel Rubinstein, who has asthma. Rubinstein, a retired psychiatrist, is about to get a...
View ArticleStranded in the ER, seniors await hospital care and suffer avoidable harm
Every day, the scene plays out in hospitals across America: Older men and women lie on gurneys in emergency room corridors moaning or suffering silently as harried medical staff attend to crises. Even...
View Article'Everybody is vulnerable': Fake U.S. school audio stokes AI alarm
A fabricated audio clip of a US high school principal prompted a torrent of outrage, leaving him battling allegations of racism and anti-Semitism in a case that has sparked new alarm about AI...
View ArticleBoeing's Starliner set for first crewed mission to ISS
After years of delays, Boeing's Starliner capsule is set to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) Monday, a milestone for the US aerospace giant and NASA.The flight, a final test...
View ArticleUnravelling life’s origin: five key breakthroughs from the past five years
There is still so much we don’t understand about the origin of life on Earth. The definition of life itself is a source of debate among scientists, but most researchers agree on the fundamental...
View ArticleHow does the brain think?
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. How does the brain think? – Tom, age 16, San...
View ArticleBoeing Starliner crewed mission postponed shortly before launch
The first crewed flight of Boeing's Starliner spaceship was dramatically called off around two hours before launch after a new safety issue was identified, officials said Monday, pushing back a...
View ArticleSouth Dakota has a syphilis problem
Tyler Broghammer leaves his office nearly every day armed with a small blue cooler. Inside is a weapon against South Dakota’s syphilis epidemic: syringes of penicillin. The sexually transmitted...
View ArticleVenus is losing water faster than previously thought – here’s what that could...
Today, the atmosphere of our neighbor planet Venus is as hot as a pizza oven and drier than the driest desert on Earth – but it wasn’t always that way. Billions of years ago, Venus had as much water...
View ArticleWild bees are threatened by domestic bees, invasive species, pathogens and...
Canada is home to more than 800 species of wild bees — few may have noticed the diversity of native bees buzzing around, but bees play a significant role in the survival of native plant...
View ArticleHating hearing people chew food is a real disorder, doctor explains - and...
Are you easily irritated by the sound of someone chewing or breathing? Well, you aren’t the only one to be emotionally and physiologically triggered by certain sounds. The human mind is complex....
View ArticleArizona wants to mine uranium near the Grand Canyon. Tribal nations are...
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist's weekly newsletter here.Earlier this year, Arizona lawmakers sued the Biden administration over the newly created Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah...
View ArticleU.S. restorationist solves 60-million-year-old dinosaur fossil 'puzzles'
Before a T. rex can tower over museum visitors or a Triceratops can show off its huge horns, dinosaur fossils must first be painstakingly reconstructed -- cleaned, fit together and even painted.For...
View ArticleMilking venom from Australia's deadly marine animals
Imagine feeling like an elephant is sitting on your chest, you can't breathe, there's a sense of impending doom and the pain is so intense you want to die.You've just been stung by a tiny Irukandji...
View ArticleRitacuba Blanco: death of a Colombian glacier
Just a few months ago, the Colombian mountain peak of Ritacuba Blanco was covered in an unbroken layer of white ice and snow, just as it had been for as long as anyone can remember.But with the South...
View Article77% of top climate scientists think 2.5°C of warming is coming—and they're...
Nearly 80% of top-level climate scientists expect that global temperatures will rise by at least 2.5°C by 2100, while only 6% thought the world would succeed in limiting global heating to 1.5°C above...
View ArticleStudy: AI chatbots that simulate the dead risk haunting the bereaved
Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots which simulate the language and personalities of dead people risk distressing loved ones left behind through “unwanted digital hauntings,” a researcher has...
View ArticleU.S. forges new 'battery belt' in hopes of electric future
Growing up, Devante Cuthbertson assumed he might have to leave his North Carolina hometown to pursue a career, but a new multi-billion-dollar Toyota battery plant is offering him a reason to stay...
View ArticleBrain study identifies a cost of caregiving for new fathers
In a new study that looked at brain change in first-time fathers, my colleagues and I found that brain volume loss was linked with more engagement in parenting but also more sleep problems and mental...
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