An effective safety net for vaccines and the people who need them—and why RFK Jr. is poised to cut it

For nearly four decades, Americans who believe they have been harmed by a vaccine have had access to a little-known legal process called the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) —…

Celeritas Code Sets Fast Pace for Particle Physics Discoveries

Newswise — High energy physicists run on a treadmill that keeps speeding up. Their collider experiments smash particles at dazzling speeds and energies. Detectors identify and track the multitudes of…

Evidence of lost Celtiberian city beneath Borobia 

The rediscovery of a funerary stele has provided new evidence of a lost Celtiberian City beneath the municipality of Borobia in the province of Soria, Spain. The story began in 1971, when…

Eyes Blink in Time With Music, Revealing Hidden Brain Rhythms

Summary: New research shows that spontaneous eye blinks naturally sync to the beat of music, revealing a hidden form of auditory-motor synchronization that occurs even without conscious movement. In more…

NASA budget cuts proposed by President Donald Trump will cause a significant funding shortfall to Europe’s space science missions. But the European Space Agency hopes it can save them.

Flagship European space science missions conducted in collaboration with NASA face a possible combined funding shortfall of nearly $2 billion due to budget cuts put forward by the administration of…

Shingles vaccine most promising common drug to potentially prevent Alzheimer’s

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new study has identified three existing medications that could be repurposed to treat or prevent Alzheimer’s disease. The research, led by the University of Exeter,…

Disney teaches a robot how to fall gracefully and make a soft landing

I treat menopause and its symptoms, and hormone replacement therapy can help – here’s the science behind the FDA’s decision to remove warnings

For more than 20 years, hormone therapy for menopause has carried a warning label from the Food and Drug Administration describing the medication’s risk of serious harms – namely, cancer,…

Americans are unprepared for the expensive and complex process of aging – a geriatrician explains how they can start planning

Hollywood legend Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found dead in their home in February 2025. Hackman had been living with Alzheimer’s and depended on Arakawa as his…

Deepfakes and AI in the Courtroom: Report Calls for Legal Reforms to Address a Troubling Trend

From cell phone footage to bodycam and surveillance clips, U.S. courtrooms are awash with video these days, with more than 80% of court cases hinging to some degree on video…