Science and Technolgy blog
A recent study published in The Journals of Gerontology: Series B sheds light on how early family dynamics and adult sibling relationships influence cognitive health in later life. The findings suggest that positive sibling interactions during childhood and frequent contact…
Over the past month, we’ve seen a rapid cadence of notable AI-related announcements and releases from both Google and OpenAI, and it’s been making the AI community’s head spin. It has also poured fuel on the fire of the OpenAI-Google…
Louisiana’s health department has been barred from advertising or promoting vaccines for flu, COVID-19, and mpox, according to reporting by NPR, KFF Health News, and New Orleans Public Radio WWNO. Their investigative report—based on interviews with multiple health department employees…
Yesterday, US Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Joshua Hawley (R-MO) sent letters to the heads of Ford, General Motors, and Tesla, as well as the US heads of Honda, Hyundai, Nissan, Stellantis, Subaru, Toyota, and Volkswagen, excoriating…
In the 1970s, technological advances let scientists peer through stars’ atmospheres. Now, scientists can measure roiling gas in the stars themselves.
This year, we learned that our Neanderthal cousins were a lot like us, despite treading their own path that ended in extinction.
Officials say they’ve eradicated northern giant hornets, nicknamed “murder hornets,” after years of tracking the invasive giant wasps in Washington state.
In the hit virtual reality game Gorilla Tag, you swing your arms to pull your primate character around—clambering through virtual worlds, climbing up trees and, above all, trying to avoid an infectious mob of other gamers. If you’re caught, you…
COVID-era telehealth laws made health care more accessible for rural patients, but telehealth might not be as easy to access next year.
Scientists investigating the frozen Lake Enigma in Antarctica discovered an ecosystem teeming with strange microbial communities.
