‘Pebble’ beaches around young stars join together to form planets

A key method of forming planets finally has observational evidence, thanks to a network of radio telescopes in the U.K. that have resolved the existence of a huge abundance of…

Emergency vaccines slash deaths by 60%: Study

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Emergency vaccination during outbreaks of diseases like cholera, Ebola and measles have over the past quarter-century reduced deaths from such illnesses by nearly 60%, according to…

xAI apologizes for Grok’s offensive posts

Grok, the artificial intelligence assistant, praised Nazi leader Adolf Hitler in a series of posts deemed anti-Semitic. Elon Musk’s startup xAI apologized Saturday for offensive posts published by its artificial…

Faced with US heat waves, the Navajo push for power—and A/C

Most of the United States was electrified in the 1930s, but efforts in the Navajo Nation only began in the 1960s, and there are still not enough power lines. Workmen…

The biggest piece of Mars on Earth is going up for auction in New York

by DAVE COLLINS and JOSEPH B. FREDERICK A Martian meteorite, weighing 54.388 lbs. (24.67 kg), said to be the largest piece of Mars on Earth, estimated at $2 – 4…

Archaeologists find tomb of Caracol’s first ruler

After more than four decades of excavations at the Maya city of Caracol, University of Houston archaeologists Arlen and Diane Chase have uncovered the long-lost tomb of Te K’ab Chaak,…

Radiation therapy can promote amphiregulin, which increases growth of metastases

Radiation therapy can promote the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) ligand amphiregulin, which increases growth of existing metastases in patients with advanced solid tumors, according to a study recently published…

Does AI actually boost productivity? The evidence is murky

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain There’s been much talk recently—especially among politicians—about productivity. And for good reason: Australia’s labor productivity growth sits at a 60-year low. To address this, Prime Minister…

Dark matter could create dark dwarfs at the center of the Milky Way

An artist’s depiction of the relative sizes of the sun, a low mass star, a brown dwarf, Jupiter, and the Earth. Sizes are to scale, but distances are not. Credit:…

Mouse study finds tirzepatide slowed obesity-associated breast cancer growth

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The anti-obesity medication tirzepatide, marketed as Mounjaro for diabetes and Zepbound for obesity, reduced obesity-associated breast cancer growth in a mouse model, according to a study…