The Perseverance Mars rover has found an intriguing rock that is the most promising sign yet that microorganisms—and thus biological life—once existed on Mars. The rover used a camera system…
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Global study predicts increases in cancer cases and deaths among men, with widening disparities
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In an analysis of 30 cancer types among men, investigators uncover substantial disparities in cancer cases and deaths by age and countries’ economic status—disparities that are…
Gen X and millennials at greater risk of 17 types of cancer compared to previous generations
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A worrying new study by the American Cancer Society has revealed that generation X and millennials are at more risk of developing many types of cancer…
Archaeologists unearth a Byzantine mosaic in Turkey
Archaeologists have unearthed a detailed mosaic while excavating a Byzantine monastery church dedicated to Saint Constantine and Saint Helena in Ordu province, Turkey. The monastery church was first uncovered in…
The surprising 150-year history of long-range medical treatment
Credit: CC0 Public Domain In 1874, a surgeon in South Australia telegraphed wound care instructions for a patient 2,000 kilometers away. A few years later, in 1879, a letter in…
Study unveils limits on the extent to which quantum errors can be ‘undone’ in large systems
Credit: Quek et al. Quantum computers have the potential of outperforming conventional computers on some practically relevant information processing problems, possibly even in machine learning and optimization. Yet their large-scale…
Paris Olympics embrace accessibility technology for visually impaired fans
A view of the Stade de France stadium, Tuesday, June 25, 2024 in Saint-Denis, outside Paris. Credit: AP Photo/Thomas Padilla, File As Paris shines under the global spotlight of the…
Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO and longtime Google executive, has died at 56
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki speaks during a conversation at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on May 24, 2022. Wojcicki has died, according to her husband, Dennis Troper in…
Mars and Jupiter get chummy in the night sky. The planets won’t get this close again until 2033
This combination image, created from two photos provided by NASA, shows Jupiter pictured on April 3, 2017, left, and Mars pictured on Aug. 26, 2003, right. Credit: NASA via AP…
How to know when it’s time to start therapy
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People go to therapy for many reasons. A challenging life event, trauma, volatile emotions, relationship problems, poor mental health: all can prompt someone to seek it…
