US gets D+ grade for rising preterm birth rates, new report finds
The rate of premature birth in the United States is climbing, according to the infant and maternal health nonprofit March of Dimes.
The 2024 New York City meteorite contains amino acids
The brine-formed meteorite that crashed into a New Jersey roof in 2024 could teach us about how life first arrived on Earth.
Archaeologists found Homer’s Iliad inside a 1,600-year-old Egyptian mummy
A 1,600-year-old mummy discovered in Egypt has revealed something archaeologists had never seen before: a fragment of Homer’s Iliad used during embalming. The papyrus was
Scientists found a way to explain bird flocks that “defy” Newton’s third law
Physicists have solved a long-standing problem involving systems that appear to violate Newton’s third law, such as bird flocks and bacterial swarms. By adding carefully
Alien messages may have reached Earth without us realizing it
A new SETI study suggests we may be overlooking alien signals not because they aren’t there, but because their own stars are scrambling them before
The ‘heartbreaking’ OCD that can make you doubt your relationship
Relationship OCD is gaining awareness, but limited data means little in known about how common the condition is.
Jesy Nelson calls plan to test newborns for deadly muscle condition a ‘victory’
All newborn babies are set to have a heel prick test for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) in England.
Cursor AI's Silence on a Critical Flaw Jeopardizes Millions of Users
Mindgard just disclosed an unpatched 0-day in Cursor yesterday, where a poisoned repository could trigger arbitrary code on Windows systems without the developer needing to
OpenAI built an AI super-hacker to break its own models, then locked it away
OpenAI has trained an elite hacker, then locked it in a cage. Its whole job is to break OpenAI’s own AI. The company says it
A hack just showed how Suno’s AI music was really built: millions of scraped songs
For years, musicians have said AI song generators fed on their work without asking. A hacker just opened the black box and showed them exactly
Framing loneliness as a medical issue hinders societal responsibility
While loneliness has been shown to harm one’s health, framing it as a health issue shifts responsibility from society to healthcare, even though healthcare alone
Self-assembling antibody drugs successfully target multiple cancer receptors
Modern anticancer medications that combine tumor-fighting drugs with proteins that specifically target cancer cells are a relatively new class of drug, often given to patients
Facing Funding Losses, States Call Out Big Businesses With Employees on Medicaid
As the Trump administration’s January deadline looms for states to enforce new Medicaid work requirements, some state lawmakers are turning the tables by pushing to
Ketogenic diet may increase small intestine cancer risk in mice
A high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet, also called a ketogenic diet, can help some people lose weight by forcing their bodies to burn fat for fuel instead