Cigarette smoke alters lung stem cells to drive specific cancers
Chronic exposure to cigarette smoke may reprogram different populations of lung stem cells, which maintain and repair lung tissue, in ways that make them vulnerable
Short bursts of exercise may improve fitness and blood sugar in sedentary adults
A systematic review and meta-analysis of 22 studies involving 994 sedentary or inactive adults found that brief “exercise snacks” were associated with improvements in VO₂peak
‘Cancer checks harder’ to do in 10-minute appointments with GP
Dr Amara Naseem says appointment times are not long enough to get the information she needs.
Kenya confirms first Ebola case after traveler from Congo dies in Nairobi
Kenyan authorities on Tuesday confirmed the country’s first imported Ebola case from Congo
Watch: At the scene of student protests in Lille
The BBC’s Europe correspondent Nick Beake reports from a large demonstration in northern France.
South Korea Investigates Possible Use of A.I. in Hackings on Its Banks
The president said there were signs that such models were used in recent attacks on several banks involving customer data. Police are investigating.
AfD candidate elected speaker of German regional parliament for first time
Although Tobias Rausch’s role is largely symbolic, opponents have described the result as a watershed moment.
Lawyer for one of Cornell 7 calls for special prosecutor to be removed over previous comments
New York Attorney General Letitia James is investigating the rape allegations, but the lawyer says comments she made on the case should disqualify her.
Watch: How Russia responded to US after plague researcher death
The US and Russia have each offered to help each other tackling infectious diseases.
Lost ‘heart’ of the Colorado River shines like a silver serpent in Utah
QUICK FACTS Where is it? Lake Powell, Utah [37.47537121, -110.70474226] What’s in the photo? A “sunglint” transforming a reservoir into a giant silver river Who
‘Mpox has not disappeared’: Why the infectious disease is still spreading in the US and may be here to stay
Mpox spread across the world in 2022, triggering tens of thousands of cases in countries where the infection was once rarely seen. Although the disease
OpenAI agents tried to hack Wikipedia tools and flooded it with traffic
The publisher of Wikipedia said Monday that OpenAI agents attempted to hack a note-taking tool it hosts, made unauthorized edits, and sent millions of resource-intensive
The ozone layer was supposed to be healing. So why is this year’s Antarctic ozone hole so big?
On Sept. 20, the Antarctic ozone hole peaked at 10.6 million square miles (27.4 million square kilometers), the second-largest size ever observed for this time