Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Less than half of England has access to tirzepatide (Mounjaro) through their GP, despite the NHS roll-out of the weight-loss jab officially starting over two months…
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See Voyager’s 1990 ‘Solar System Family Portrait’ debut
Ed Stone, the longtime project scientist of NASA’s Voyager mission, cohosts a news conference on June 6, 1990, during which the mission revealed the “Solar System Family Portrait,” a mosaic…
Similarities between human and AI learning offer intuitive design insights
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research has found similarities in how humans and artificial intelligence integrate two types of learning, offering new insights about how people learn as well as…
Tiny thumbnails may be key for rodents’ global takeover
Rodents may have a rule of thumbnails. Many rodents have curved claws that help the animals climb or dig. But most also have flat nails on their thumbs, researchers report…
COP30 presidency urges businesses attendance to Belém amid doubts
Logistical challenges in the Amazon city of Belém has made the participation of business leaders at COP30 “very difficult”, according to private-sector representatives, as Brazilian government officials step up their…
Astrocyte Disruption Tied to Depression After Childhood Stress
Summary: Researchers have shown that astrocytes in the lateral hypothalamus play a pivotal role in how stress shapes behavior, particularly after early-life adversity. In mice, stress led to smaller, less…
Dietary changes could provide a therapeutic avenue for brain cancer
Brain cells use sugar (white) to make chemicals (green) that allow the brain to function properly. Glioblastomas, on the other hand, converted sugar into molecules (red) that help them invade…
SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule boosts ISS higher above Earth in key test
A Dragon just pushed the International Space Station a little farther away from Earth. SpaceX’s Dragon cargo spacecraft successfully finished a test reboost of the International Space Station (ISS) on…
Tragedy has struck Lisbon’s funicular railway. Transport expert explains how these old-fashioned trains work
The Stoosbahn in Switzerland is the steepest funicular in the world. Credit: Stéphane Gottraux/Wikipedia, CC BY Some 15 people have died after the Gloria funicular railway car in Lisbon, Portugal,…
