Carlos Mallo Molina grew up inspired by his engineer father who led port construction projects across Spain. But while working on a highway project in Tenerife, one of Spain’s…
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Prominent medical journal refuses RFK’s call to retract a vaccine study
A prominent medical journal has refused a call made by the U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to retract a study that found that aluminum in vaccines does not pose a health risk to children.
Published in the…
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Human eggs have special protection against certain types of aging, study hints
A new study suggests that human egg cells may be protected against certain age-driven changes seen across the rest of the body.
The work, published Aug. 6 in the journal Science Advances, didn’t explore how that protection works, but it did…
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RFK Jr. Is Supporting mRNA Research—Just Not for Vaccines
One of the targeted recipients, Tiba Biotech, had a $750,000 contract with BARDA that was slated to end October 30. The company was developing an RNAi-based therapeutic for H1N1 influenza, also known as swine flu. RNAi is short for RNA…
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In India, humans & leopards meet near major cities; preserving habitat is crucial
- Bannerghatta National Park (BNP) sits on the edge of Bengaluru, one of India’s largest cities, putting humans and wildlife — such as leopards — in close proximity.
- A recent study estimates 80-85 leopards live…
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Impulse Space sees strong demand for GEO rideshare program
SALT LAKE CITY — A year after announcing plans to offer rideshare missions to geostationary orbit, Impulse Space says the demand has been strong enough to plan an annual series of them.
At last year’s Small Satellite Conference,
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Severe droughts — one lasting 13 years — crippled Maya 1,000 years ago, new study finds
A stalagmite deep inside a cave in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula suggests that multiple droughts, including one lasting 13 years, may have contributed to the decline of the Maya civilization in the area.
By studying the mineral formation, the…
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A 104-centimeter-long hair could rewrite recordkeeping in Inca society
The knotted, intricately braided string was like no other anthropologist Sabine Hyland had ever seen. Called a khipu, such devices were typically made and used by Inca elite to record astronomical events, take the census and maybe even…
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GPT-5 Doesn’t Dislike You—It Might Just Need a Benchmark for Emotional Intelligence
Since the all-new ChatGPT launched on Thursday, some users have mourned the disappearance of a peppy and encouraging personality in favor of a colder, more businesslike one (a move seemingly designed to reduce unhealthy user behavior.) The…
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