Older adults may struggle to learn a new language but classes are a worthwhile exercise
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How the NIH became the backbone of American medical research and a major driver of innovation and economic growth
Older adults may struggle to learn a new language but classes are a worthwhile exercise
2025’s extreme weather had the jet stream’s fingerprints all over it, from flash floods to hurricanes
How the NIH became the backbone of American medical research and a major driver of innovation and economic growth
Trump admin is ‘trying to put out a fire they started’ at Weather Service as a cold, snowy winter looms
December 09, 2025
Parkinson’s disease is on the rise. 5 expert tips to reduce your risk of developing it
December 09, 2025
8 critically endangered African penguin chicks born at Maryland Zoo
December 09, 2025
Some children recover better after traumatic brain injury than others, despite appearing similarly to doctors. Looking at the genetic and cellular level, however, reveal key differences.
December 09, 2025
Industry leaders have objected to reversals of long-standing policies, and market forces are moving against the Trump administration’s hopes.
December 09, 2025
What’s better – many small space missions, or a few large, sweeping ones? Space scientists are asking this question as they face budget uncertainties.
December 09, 2025
It's time for the Geminid meteor shower, one of the strongest of the year
December 09, 2025
The most comprehensive global environment assessment ever undertaken calls for a new approach to jointly tackle the most pressing environmental issues including climate change and biodiversity loss that threaten over 1 million plant and animal species with extinction
December 09, 2025
CDC’s annual abortion report delayed amid agency turmoil
December 09, 2025
Japan is assessing damage and cautioning people of potential aftershocks after a late-night 7.5 magnitude earthquake caused injuries, light damage and a tsunami in Pacific coastal communities
December 09, 2025
Japan rattled by 7.5-magnitude earthquake, authorities warn of aftershocks
December 08, 2025
A federal judge has struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order blocking wind energy projects, saying the effort to halt virtually all leasing of wind farms on federal lands and waters was “arbitrary and capricious” and violates U.S. law
December 09, 2025
President Donald Trump says he will allow Nvidia to sell its H200 computer chip used in the development of artificial intelligence to “approved customers” in China
December 08, 2025
A powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake has struck off northern Japan, injuring 23 people and triggering a tsunami
December 08, 2025
Sleep coach Nick Littlehales developed techniques to help professional climbers sleep while hanging off the side of a mountain. He explains how we can use similar methods to train ourselves to nap practically anywhere.
December 08, 2025
New images show an interstellar comet that will soon make its closest approach to Earth
December 08, 2025
An innovative study mapped preterm births, low birth weights and infant mortality to municipal water wells downstream from PFAS-contaminated sites. The results show the high cost of PFAS harm.
December 08, 2025
I tried Google’s prototype smart glasses and it almost made me forget about my phone
December 08, 2025
$1.9 billion pledged in fight against polio. But huge gap remains after cuts from donor countries.
December 08, 2025
You might not need 8 hours of rest. Here’s how to find your perfect sleep time
December 08, 2025
While hospital CEO salaries and health insurance premiums have increased, health care quality has not.
December 08, 2025
Mystery foot fossil may shake up human family tree
December 08, 2025
Trump says he’ll sign executive order blocking state AI regulations, despite safety fears
December 08, 2025
How many human cells does a pig need before it’s considered too human?
December 08, 2025
Recent news reports highlighted how the Fed technically has a third mandate – moderate long-term interest rates. An economist explains how the objective is already baked into the other two.
December 08, 2025
What muscles feet have, how your brain controls them, and how humans evolved all play a part in why people can’t easily move individual toes.
December 08, 2025
IBM has announced it's acquiring data streaming platform Confluent in an $11 billion deal
December 08, 2025
Ocmulgee Mounds may soon be redesignated by Congress as America’s 64th national park. But what does this actually mean, and why does it matter?
December 08, 2025
How should we deal with space junk? Space recycling, of course
December 08, 2025
Orphaned bear cubs released into wilderness by Colorado Parks and Wildlife
December 07, 2025
Family raises more than $500k for research for 6-year-old daughter's terminal disease
December 07, 2025
Researchers at UW-Platteville find way to convert spoiled milk into 3D printing plastic
December 07, 2025
Insurance coverage of hepatitis B vaccine won’t change, industry and officials say
December 07, 2025
The Nordic countries are no strangers to the long, dark winter
December 07, 2025
A powerful, magnitude-7.0 earthquake has struck in a remote area near the border between Alaska and the Canadian territory of Yukon on Saturday
December 06, 2025
Chicago doctor dedicated to changing lives of kids with rare neurological diseases
December 06, 2025
California officials are warning foragers about a deadly outbreak linked to wild mushrooms
December 06, 2025
Chernobyl protective shield can no longer confine radiation after drone strike, UN nuclear watchdog says
December 06, 2025
Sleep banking helps you get some rest in advance
December 06, 2025
What the heck is going on at Apple?
December 06, 2025
FDA in turmoil after exit of veteran cancer researcher
December 06, 2025
A federal vaccine advisory committee has voted to end a longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born
December 05, 2025
How a cocktail of rogue storms and climate chaos unleashed deadly flooding across Asia
December 06, 2025
Even modest strength training can counter age-related decline
December 05, 2025
French first lady Brigitte Macron has reunited with a giant panda born in France during a visit to China with President Emmanuel Macron
December 05, 2025
President Donald Trump this week announced plans to weaken strict gas mileage requirements for automakers set under former President Joe Biden
December 05, 2025
The decision undoes a highly effective 34-year prevention strategy that has nearly eliminated early childhood hepatitis B infections in the U.S.
December 05, 2025
Neo-Nazis and other far-right extremists were early adopters of bulletin board systems, pioneering online recruiting and radicalization techniques long before the social media revolution.
December 05, 2025
From AI slop to rage bait, to the cryptic ‘6-7,’ this year’s slate captures a growing sense that online life is flooded with fakery, frustration and meaninglessness.
December 05, 2025
The reasons are not yet fully understood, but researchers consider societal influences that encourage greater compliance among girls as a potential cause.
December 05, 2025
Gifts that make a true connection acknowledge the ugly parts of illness and provide relief from daily burdens.
December 05, 2025
Babies as young as 7 months now have access to ‘transformative’ cochlear implants
December 05, 2025
John Ellis was born two years before the hepatitis B birth dose became routine. Now, at 35, he’s urging caution as advisers selected by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. consider delaying the shot that virtually eliminated the virus in US children.
December 04, 2025
CDC advisers delay crucial vote on hepatitis B vaccination in tense meeting
December 05, 2025
Scientists document over 16,000 footprints in the world’s most extensive dinosaur tracksite
December 05, 2025
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned people to stop using certain types of glucose monitor sensors that were linked to seven deaths
December 04, 2025
On a jagged coastline in Central California, brown pelicans take flight to feed on a vast school of fish just offshore
December 04, 2025
University of Utah team discovers rare computer relic
December 04, 2025
What to know about hepatitis B infection and vaccination
December 04, 2025
A federal vaccine advisory committee voted to delay a vote on whether newborns should still get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born
December 04, 2025
Volcanic eruption led to the Black Death, new research suggests
December 04, 2025
U.S. consumers who have had their fill of protein-enhanced cereal and ice cream are about to meet the next big food fad
November 19, 2025
CDC advisers handpicked by HHS Secretary RFK Jr. may vote on major changes to the US childhood vaccination schedule this week. CNN's Meg Tirrell explains why Kennedy's vaccine moves have alarmed experts.
December 03, 2025
How to cut your chances of getting sick from respiratory viruses this winter
December 04, 2025
Most of the universe is made up of dark matter and dark energy. The majority of everything else is dispersed throughout space as tiny particles.
December 04, 2025
Your hands aren’t just accessories to your words. They’re one of the most powerful tools you have to make your ideas resonate.
December 04, 2025
To most accurately measure mountain peaks, Eric Gilbertson lugs equipment all the way to the top.
December 04, 2025
How much did Zohran Mamdani’s old-fashioned ground game contribute to his victory in the New York mayor’s race?
December 04, 2025
A new tool lets researchers get a handle on how social media algorithms affect emotions and polarization.
December 04, 2025
Fact check: The five wildest conspiracy theories from Trump’s late-night posting spree
December 04, 2025
Millions wake up to extreme cold that’s breaking records as it spreads east
December 03, 2025
People worldwide don’t know enough about menopause. Here’s why that’s dangerous
December 04, 2025
American zoologist Laurie Marker has been collecting and storing specimens in a cheetah sperm bank in Namibia for 35 years, hoping conservationists never have to use them
December 04, 2025
US Institute of Peace renamed for Trump after his administration gutted it earlier this year
December 04, 2025
The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 remains a mystery more than a decade later
December 03, 2025
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is making the rounds in Washington
December 04, 2025
Talipot palms in a Rio de Janeiro park are flowering for the first and only time in their lives
December 03, 2025
The U.S.
December 04, 2025
OpenAI has agreed to acquire Neptune, a startup that provides tools that help companies track their AI model training, the ChatGPT maker said on Wednesday.
December 04, 2025
Wikipedia is working with Big Tech on deals similar to its arrangement with Google, the online encyclopedia's co-founder, Jimmy Wales, said on Wednesday, in a bid to help the firm
December 04, 2025
Twelve former U.S.
December 03, 2025
A dozen prior leaders of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have issued a scathing denunciation of an FDA memo to staff that made sweeping claims casting doubt on vaccine safety
December 03, 2025
A new type of lens approved by the FDA promises to slow nearsightedness in children
December 01, 2025
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is moving Theresa Michele, longtime director of the office of non-prescription drugs, to a new role, a federal official said on Wednesday.
December 03, 2025
Former FDA, CDC leaders warn that US vaccine policy is under threat
December 03, 2025
A new study suggests a single HPV vaccination appears just as effective as two doses at preventing the viral infection that causes cervical cancer
December 03, 2025
The agency’s plan to change the well-established process for safety testing vaccines is not realistic.
December 03, 2025
Brazil's state of Para has delayed the deadline for the introduction of tracking devices in its cattle herds, a blow to environmental efforts to introduce a
December 03, 2025
Nvidia on Wednesday published new data showing that its latest artificial intelligence server can improve the performance of new models - including
December 03, 2025
Shares of Aeva Technologies, a Silicon Valley-based maker of lidar units that help autonomous vehicles sense their surroundings, rose more than 18%
December 03, 2025
Billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead NASA, on Wednesday touted his plans to put
December 03, 2025
Billionaire spacewalker Jared Isaacman is back before the Senate after being yanked and then renominated by President Donald Trump for NASA's top job
December 03, 2025
Exclusive drone footage obtained by The Associated Press shows a devastated Ukrainian town nearly encircled by Russian forces near the city that Moscow this week claimed to now control
December 03, 2025
Residents react after semi carrying 34,000 pounds of hydrochloric acid overturns
December 03, 2025
December’s full moon is the last supermoon of the year. Here’s what to know
December 03, 2025
Lockheed Martin said on Wednesday it has opened a hypersonics system integration lab at its Huntsville campus as it pushes to develop next-generation weapons.
December 03, 2025
Microsoft on Wednesday denied a report from The Information that multiple divisions at the company lowered sales growth targets for certain artificial intelligence products after
December 03, 2025
Trump’s NASA pick faces questions on leaked ‘Project Athena’ plan in rare second confirmation hearing
December 03, 2025
Bald eagle thought to be shot was actually injured in eagle fight, vets believe
December 03, 2025
OpenAI has awarded $40.5 million to more than 200 nonprofits in the first round of grants it has made since it rebranded its nonprofit as the OpenAI Foundation in October
December 03, 2025
The safety practices of major artificial intelligence companies, such as Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI and Meta, are "far short of emerging global standards," according to a new edition of
December 03, 2025
Achilles tendon injuries are on the rise. Experts explain the reasons why
December 03, 2025
Climate change will make you poorer, according to a new report
April 17, 2024
Rising electricity demand has researchers exploring a wide range of methods to generate more power, including a type of nuclear reactor that’s smaller than traditional nuclear plants.
December 03, 2025
A new wave of peptides, often banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency, is easily available online, raising concerns about potential Olympic doping scandals
December 02, 2025
Kennedy’s handpicked CDC advisers to weigh major change to childhood vaccine schedule
December 03, 2025
Researchers who examined climate change’s potential effect on the global economy say data errors led them to slightly overstate an expected drop in income over the next 25 years
December 03, 2025
Google’s Project Suncatcher would need sophisticated collision avoidance capabilities to navigate a junk-filled landscape.
December 03, 2025
A privacy researcher breaks down how your phone reveals your location, how that data is collected and sold, and how the government gets ahold of it – by simply buying it.
December 03, 2025
Minutes after Italy's powerful Court of Auditors rejected plans to build a bridge from the mainland to the island of Sicily, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
December 03, 2025
Her murder went unsolved for decades. DNA from paper bags now points to one of Colorado’s ‘most prolific serial killers’
December 03, 2025
How Trump is intensifying his crackdown on every form of immigration to the US
December 03, 2025
The best hurricane forecasts of 2025 came from an AI model
December 03, 2025
Taiwan prosecutors said on Tuesday they had charged Tokyo Electron's Taiwan unit with violating the National Security Act and the Trade Secrets Act, after a
December 02, 2025
Chinese reusable booster explodes during first orbital test, in failed bid to catch SpaceX
December 03, 2025
Southeast Asia has been hit by unusually severe floods this year, with late storms killing more than 1,400 people and leaving hundreds missing across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand
December 03, 2025
US stillbirth rate improved last year, but progress is slow
December 03, 2025
The search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 will resume on December 30, Malaysia's transport ministry said on Wednesday, more than a decade
December 03, 2025
7 deaths, more than 700 serious injuries linked with diabetes glucose monitor errors
December 02, 2025
Cloud infrastructure company Vultr said on Tuesday it would invest more than $1 billion to launch a new artificial intelligence cluster powered by Advanced Micro Devices' processors
December 02, 2025
No matter how he ate or exercised, he never felt muscular enough. Then he hit rock bottom
December 02, 2025
In a story published Dec. 2, 2025, The Associated Press reported a statement from AES Corp. on its planned industrial project that has vexed astronomers defending Chile’s dark skies
December 02, 2025
A golden cascade of Talipot tree blossoms has captivated Rio de Janeiro as spring draws to a close, marking the first and last bloom of these palm
December 02, 2025
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December 03, 2025
Interstellar comet keeps its distance as it makes its closest approach to Earth
Serbia organized crime prosecutors charge minister, others in connection with Kushner-linked project
Iran's rial currency plummets to new low, sparking fears of higher food prices
Family member questioned after Rob Reiner and his wife found dead in Los Angeles, AP source says
US tariffs are having an uneven effect on holiday prices and purchases
Baltimore cyclist finds joy in collecting lost hubcaps and stringing them into art