Viruses in the gut may help prevent blood sugar spikes, mouse study hints
Intestinal viruses can activate immune cells that regulate carbohydrate metabolism, highlighting an overlooked role of the gut virome, a study in mice finds.
Urfa Man: An 11,500-year-old life-size statue of a man holding his penis
Discovered in a city in southern Turkey, this life-size male statue may represent an important deceased ancestor.
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Air defence startup Egide raises €8M seed to take on Europe’s sky protection gap
A new entrant into the crowded but urgent European air defence startup space has closed its first significant round, as capital chases the continent’s most
360 Capital raises €85M for deeptech fund backed by European defence prime
The Paris-Milan VC’s new vehicle is the latest sign that European investors are hardwiring defence into their deeptech strategy. There is a version of this
UK PM Starmer says no threat from Iran on Britain, calls for de-escalation
UK PM Keir Starmer says routine assessments conclude that the UK is not a target of Iran amid global tensions.
‘Sahel is no longer fooled’ Niger civil society leader
Niger civil society leader Abdourahamane Oumarou has called for mass protests across Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.
Trump shares SNL skit mocking Starmer as he speaks to UK PM over Iran war
Trump shares SNL-style skit mocking Starmer’s panic over his call, the day the two leaders spoke about the war in Iran.
Trump’s self-made energy crisis is an opportunity to finally clean up the environment
Tthe world is experiencing yet another oil supply crisis, this time initiated by Tweety McTreason and Benjamin Netanyahu’s bombing campaign in Iran. And seeing as
RFK Jr. is definitely coming for your vaccines (part 9): ProPublica reports, and a bump in the road to remaking ACIP
A judge recently ruled that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went too far in his drive to turn ACIP into a an antivax committee.
A unique NASA satellite is falling out of orbit—this team is trying to rescue it
BROOMFIELD, Colorado—One of NASA’s oldest astronomy missions, the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, has been out of action for more than a month as scientists await
Major SteamOS update adds support for Steam Machine, even more third-party hardware
Valve’s Steam Machine desktop is currently in a state of involuntary limbo, driven by historically awful pricing and availability for memory and storage chips. AI
Trump adds new statue of Christopher Columbus near White House
Trump endorses a traditional view of Columbus as a leader of the 1492 mission seen as the unofficial beginning of European colonization in the Americas