No one 'more damaging': CNN expert says insiders felt 'horror' over Trump pick
Dr. Sanjay Gupta tries to stay above the political fray, said CNN anchor Jake Tapper, but he couldn't remain silent on his opposition to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and...
View ArticleChina tests building Moon base with lunar soil bricks
China is expected to push forward in its quest to build the first lunar base on Friday, launching an in-space experiment to test whether the station's bricks could be made from the Moon's own...
View ArticleAsking ChatGPT vs Googling: Can AI chatbots boost human creativity?
Think back to a time when you needed a quick answer, maybe for a recipe or a DIY project. A few years ago, most people’s first instinct was to “Google it.” Today, however, many people are more likely...
View ArticleHundreds of 19th-century skulls collected in the name of medical science tell...
When I started my research on the Samuel George Morton Cranial Collection, a librarian leaned over my laptop one day to share some lore. “Legend has it,” she said, “John James Audubon really collected...
View ArticleEgg-shaped galaxies may be aligned to the black holes at their hearts,...
Black holes don’t have many identifying features. They come in one color (black) and one shape (spherical). The main difference between black holes is mass: some weigh about as much as a star like our...
View ArticleParts of Great Barrier Reef suffer highest coral mortality on record
Parts of the Great Barrer Reef have suffered the highest coral mortality on record, Australian research showed Tuesday, with scientists fearing the rest of it has suffered a similar fate.The...
View ArticleFive animals that behave differently in moonlight
Once every spring, a few days after the full moon, corals of the great barrier reef release eggs and sperm simultaneously – a phenomenon so spectacular it can be seen from space.Not only does the...
View ArticleWhat delusions can tell us about the cognitive nature of belief
Beliefs are convictions of reality that we accept as true. They provide us with the basic mental scaffolding to understand and engage meaningfully in our world. Beliefs remain fundamental to our...
View Article'Laser beams do not start fires in CA': Dem rips Marjorie Taylor Greene at...
Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) slammed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-GA) conspiracy theory that Jewish space lasers ignited forest fires in California.During a House Oversight Committee hearing...
View ArticleSouth Africa amended its research guidelines to allow for heritable human...
A little-noticed change to South Africa’s national health research guidelines, published in May of this year, has put the country on an ethical precipice. The newly added language appears to position...
View Article'That's insane': CNN's Jake Tapper stunned as he mocks RFK's 'plandemic'...
The normally straight-faced CNN host Jake Tapper couldn't hold back his skepticism after airing a newly unearthed video of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggesting the U.S. government secretly orchestrated...
View ArticleMany physicists argue the universe is fine-tuned for life – findings question...
Physicists have long grappled with the question of why the universe was able to support the evolution of intelligent life. The values of the many forces and particles, represented by some 30 so-called...
View ArticleThe first 'zoomed-in' image of a star outside our galaxy
Scientists said Thursday they have taken the first ever close-up image of a star outside of the Milky Way, capturing a blurry shot of a dying behemoth 2,000 times bigger than the Sun.Roughly 160,000...
View Article'Moment of truth' for world-first plastic pollution treaty
Plastic pollution litters our seas, our air and even our bodies, but negotiators face an uphill battle next week to agree on the world's first treaty aimed at ending the problem.Countries will have a...
View ArticleCommon water disinfectant creates potentially toxic byproduct: study
A group of chemical compounds used to disinfect water for one-third of the US population and millions of others globally produces a potentially toxic byproduct, according to new research published...
View ArticleChimps are upping their tool game, says study
"Planet of the Apes" may have been onto something.Chimpanzees are steadily honing their tool-using skills -- a process unfolding over millennia, driven by the exchange of ideas through migrations...
View ArticleScientists seek miracle pill to stop methane cow burps
by Julie JAMMOTA scientist guides a long tube into the mouth and down to the stomach of Thing 1, a two-month-old calf that is part of a research project aiming to prevent cows from burping methane, a...
View ArticleOpioid-free surgery treats pain at every physical and emotional level
The opioid crisis remains a significant public health challenge in the United States. In 2022, over 2.5 million American adults had an opioid use disorder, and opioids accounted for nearly 76% of...
View Article'Very reductive': Experts warn against major HHS changes coming from Trump's...
Donald Trump's appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has raised questions about the legalization of many alternative remedies scarcely being tested by researchers. The Guardian reported Monday that the...
View ArticleAs Arctic climate warms, even Santa runs short of snow
by Anna KORKMANWith a month to go until Christmas, Santa Claus is busy preparing, but the warming climate and lack of snow in his Arctic hometown have him worried.By this time of year, the town of...
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