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Company Seeking to Resurrect the Woolly Mammoth Creates a 'Woolly Mouse'

Tue, 04/03/2025 - 19:30

On their quest to bring back the extinct woolly mammoth, Colossal Biosciences has developed the woolly mouse

Categories: International

The AI Future Is Here

Tue, 04/03/2025 - 16:00

AI’s integration into everything—untangling traffic snarls, dictating drug prescriptions, rewriting the rules of scientific discovery—is accelerating quickly

Categories: International

Neuroscientists Should Set a High Bar for Evidence against Free Will

Tue, 04/03/2025 - 14:00

Neuroscience research claiming to question the existence of free will may have been misinterpreted

Categories: International

Does Stopping Ozempic Cause Rebound Weight Gain and Health Problems?

Tue, 04/03/2025 - 14:00

Ozempic and similar GLP-1 weight-loss medications are designed to be a lifelong treatment. But a new study finds the majority of people who use these drugs quit after just two years

Categories: International

Your Candy Cravings Might Be Controlled by This Gut Bacterium

Tue, 04/03/2025 - 13:45

Mouse and human studies suggest a connection between a gut microbe and the appetite-regulating hormone GLP-1

Categories: International

Trump Official Who Tried to Downplay Major Climate Report Now Will Oversee It

Mon, 03/03/2025 - 23:15

Stuart Levenbach alarmed scientists years ago when he attempted to meddle with a congressionally mandated climate report

Categories: International

The Surprisingly Difficult Mathematical Proof That Anime Fans Helped Solve

Mon, 03/03/2025 - 15:00

When a fan of a cult anime series wanted to watch its episodes in every possible order, they asked a question that had perplexed combinatorial mathematicians for years

Categories: International

Cutting a Parent Out of Your Life Isn’t Always the Right Solution

Mon, 03/03/2025 - 14:00

Popular culture paints going “no contact” as the best way to deal with hard family relationships. But it’s not always the right choice

Categories: International

First Measles Death, Outbreaks of Mysterious Illness in DRC and Microbes in Space

Mon, 03/03/2025 - 13:00

In this news roundup, we cover outbreak updates, microbes in space and a brain turned to glass.

Categories: International

Blue Ghost, a Private U.S. Spacecraft, Successfully Lands on the Moon

Sun, 02/03/2025 - 11:00

After its successful lunar touchdown, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost mission could soon be joined on the moon by two more commercial spacecraft

Categories: International