The logic in the derivation of deterministic equations for systems with final conditions. Credit: Charis Anastopoulos Teleology is the idea that some processes in nature are directed toward a goal…
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Housing instability complicates end-of-life care for aging unhoused populations
Research estimates that one-third or more of the unhoused population in the U.S. is age 50 or older. Unhoused people of all ages face high rates of chronic and serious…
Animal tranquilizers found in illegal opioids may suppress the lifesaving medication naloxone − and cause more overdose deaths
The animal tranquilizers xylazine and medetomidine are in approximately one-third of the illegal opioids available in the U.S., including fentanyl, heroin and oxycodone. Animal tranquilizers enhance the user’s euphoric high…
Alcohol causes cancer, and less than 1 drink can increase your risk − a cancer biologist explains how
Alcohol, whether consumed regularly or only on special occasions, takes a toll on your body. From your brain and heart, to your lungs and muscles, to your gastrointestinal and immune…
Viability of hospital-based emergency care in US faces peril, report suggests
Credit: Pixabay from Pexels The viability of hospital-based emergency care in the U.S. is at risk, threatened by issues such as patients with increasingly complex needs and falling payments for…
Watch Soyuz rocket launch new US-Russian crew to the ISS early April 8
NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim Soyuz MS-27 Launch – YouTube Watch On Three astronauts will launch toward the International Space Station (ISS) early Tuesday morning (April 8), and you can watch…
New app hopes to empower artists against AI
Artists have voiced increasing concern over the rapid growth of AI and its threats to creative livelihoods. In 2008, scriptwriter Ed Bennett-Coles said he experienced a career “death moment”: he…
Local access to abortion services expanded with mifepristone in community pharmacies, Canadian study finds
Credit: AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File Before 2017, abortions were generally performed as procedures in fewer than 100 hospitals and clinics mostly in urban centers, leading to delayed care, particularly for…
Blue Origin plans an all-female space flight—but astronaut memoirs reveal the cost of being exceptional
Mae Carol Jemison was the first black woman to travel to space. Credit: NASA For the first time since Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova’s solo flight in 1963, a spacecraft will…
Getting ahead of head and neck cancer
Credit: Picas Joe from Pexels Many symptoms of head and neck cancer are hard to miss—a lump in the neck, persistent hoarseness, a mouth sore that doesn’t heal—which is good…
