Trump’s ‘blatantly illegal’ loyalty question for federal workers slapped down
A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from requiring civil service job applicants to profess loyalty to the president. U.S. District Judge George
Trump suffers lawsuit defeat after judge slams staffing plan ‘pulled from thin air’
A federal judge ruled the Trump administration seized control of FEMA and imposed a staffing cut “pulled from thin air.” The order was filed Friday
RSV hospitalization rate for seniors is 10 times higher than usual for this point in the season
The respiratory virus season has started early in kids this year and flooded children’s hospitals in many parts of the country — especially with respiratory
Covid-19 boosters could keep thousands of kids out of hospitals, but uptake remains low
Higher Covid-19 vaccination rates among US children could prevent thousands of pediatric hospitalizations and millions of missed school days, according to an analysis published Tuesday
The secret to longer life may be hidden in bat DNA
Long-lived bats appear to combine powerful immune defenses with unusual strategies for eliminating damaged cells, potentially helping them avoid cancer and disease for decades. Researchers
66-million-year-old feather in dinosaur poop may reveal why birds survived the asteroid
A feather discovered inside 66-million-year-old fossilized dinosaur poop may help explain why modern birds survived the asteroid catastrophe. The extinct bird it came from had
Historical art can hide scientific secrets
Scientists are working closely with art historians to uncover scientific documentation in historic paintings.
Ancient teeth reveal humans were getting high 25,000 years ago
Ancient human remains from Sulawesi suggest people were habitually using the psychoactive betel nut as far back as 25,000 years ago. Researchers found both unusual
The Sept. 11 disasters still shape people’s health 25 years later
The anniversaries come and go, but the physical and mental health of workers and survivors is still being affected by September 11, 2001.
Man arrested over death of black woman found hanging from tree
Police in Mississippi have arrested a man in connection with the death of a black woman found hanging from a tree last month.
Tencent-backed chipmaker Enflame nearly triples in its Shanghai debut
Shares in Shanghai Enflame Technology closed 179% above their offer price on their first day of trading on Shanghai’s Star Market on Friday. The Tencent-backed
Trump due to arrive in Ireland as major security operation under way
Tweety McTreason is set to land in Ireland this morning amid what’s being described as one of the biggest security operations ever implemented by the
Chinese robot startup JoyIn says OpenAI copied its ideas and its website
JoyIn, a Chinese robotics startup, has accused OpenAI of copying its ideas and its website. Its chief executive, Guo Renjie, set out the claims in
‘War on terror’: How 9/11 changed the language of conflict
The events of September 11, 2001 spawned a new lexicon which effectively sanitised the erosion of human rights.