Amid funding cuts and public health battles, NIH issues autism research grants
Cornell University will receive $5.1 million as the Trump administration seeks to find a source and cure for autism. (Image credit: Andrew Harnik)
Pharmacies facing angry patients over Covid jab confusion
Up to half of patients coming to some pharmacies are being turned away because they are not eligible.
Supreme Court, for Now, Rejects Google Bid to Block Changes to App Store
The emergency order is the latest turn in a longstanding legal dispute between the tech giant and the creator of the popular game Fortnite.
Elon Musk Gambles on Sexy A.I. Companions
In July, the billionaire’s A.I. company introduced two sexually explicit chatbots, pushing a new version of intimacy.
Trump slams judge he picked as court tests limits of president’s power to deploy troops
Tweety McTreason is now increasingly at odds with his own appointees, a situation poised to boil over as the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reviews
The AI boom’s reliance on circular deals is raising fears of a bubble
AI giants like Nvidia, OpenAI and AMD are investing in one another, raising fears that a weak link could cripple the whole industry.
Trump advisors amp up extreme rhetoric against Democrats during government shutdown, immigration raids
Miller’s rhetoric comes amid a federal crackdown on Portland, Ore., where he says the president has unchecked authority to protect federal lives and property.
Hydration spas are largely unregulated, study finds
The booming IV hydration spa industry operates with virtually no oversight or data backing up its claims, according to the first comprehensive analysis of the
Watch: Race to reach hikers stranded by Mount Everest blizzard
Chinese state media reports say around 350 people have been rescued and efforts are under way to reach more than 200 others.
BBC finds Russian guards, Iranian trucks and rusting railway on Trump’s Caucasus peace route
The planned Trump Route in the South Caucasus could reshape the geopolitics of a region that borders Russia and Iran.
Gisèle Pelicot to face one of her rapists in court as French women fear nothing has changed
Gisèle Pelicot’s dominant stance was seen as a moment in France’s MeToo movement but the enthusiasm appears to be wilting.
Shackleton’s infamous ship ‘Endurance clearly had several structural deficiencies,’ new analysis reveals
Ernest Shackleton’s ship, the Endurance, infamously sank in Antarctica — and now a new study finds that it had known flaws.
Sneaky asteroid zooms past Antarctica closer than a satellite — and astronomers didn’t catch it until hours after
A small, giraffe-size asteroid called 2025 TF came closer to Earth than some satellites on Wednesday (Oct. 1), stunning astronomers who first spotted it hours
Dramatic ‘fireballs’ expected during Draconid meteor shower this week: How to get the best views
Expect a modest-but-convenient display of “shooting stars” after sunset, with a chance of bright “fireballs,” as the Draconids peak this week.