science / science - 4 years ago
Cranes hoist cargo onto the deck, power tools scream out and workers bustle through the maze of passageways inside the German icebreaker RV Polarstern, preparations for a yearlong voyage that organizers say is unprecedented in scale and ambition. In...
science / science - 4 years ago
Conspiracy theorists took to social media in a flurry of excitement Wednesday after a mysterious flying object resembling an orange fireball streaked across the Florida sky. Astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell at the Center for Astrophysics has a more...
science / science - 4 years ago
A U.S. judge will reconsider a jury's $80 million damage award to a California cancer victim who used Monsanto's Roundup weed-killer. U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria said at a hearing Tuesday that he will reduce but not entirely eliminate punitiv...
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A concerned mother took to Facebook to warn others after her son contracted anoften-fatal bacterial infection while swimming in a Maryland bay
science / science - 4 years ago
The "July Effect" is rooted in the idea of less experienced doctors handling your care and an uptick in mistakes, since July is when new residents start in teaching hospitals—but is there any truth to that notion?
science / science - 4 years ago
Summer is prime time for outdoor concerts with stacks of booming speakers, large sporting events with chanting, cheering crowds, and eye-popping fireworks displays. But these activities have a po...
science / science - 4 years ago
(Bloomberg) -- Qualcomm Inc. can’t avoid renegotiating many of its licensing agreements while the company appeals a judge’s ruling that its business model is anti-competitive.The order comes six-weeks after U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh sided with the...
science / science - 4 years ago
(Bloomberg) -- Facebook Inc.’s applications, including the main social-media service and Instagram photo-sharing app, were experiencing connectivity issues on Wednesday.“During one of our routine maintenance operations, we triggered an issue that is...
science / science - 4 years ago
I’ve birthed three children and have experienced weird pregnancy symptoms that really ran the gamut. And at one point during my second pregnancy, my doctor became concerned when I couldn’t stop scratching at my skin. I was so itchy. My doctor muttere...
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An Indiana woman said she mysteriously fell sick while vacationing at an all-inclusive resort in the Dominican Republic in February, WTHR reports
science / science - 4 years ago
Researchers from Oregon Health & Science University found a short workout could have a significant impact on one’s learning and memory.
science / science - 4 years ago
Multiple reports nationwide of flesh-eating bacteria have beachgoers worried. But the CDC says the infection is both rare and preventable.
science / science - 4 years ago
A half-dozen North Atlantic right whales have died in the past month, leading scientists, government officials and conservationists to call for a swift response to protect the endangered species. All six of the dead whales have been found in the Gul...
science / science - 4 years ago
Having worms living in your butt isn’t actually as terrifying as it sounds.
science / science - 4 years ago
Human remains from an ancient cemetery in southern Israel have yielded precious bits of DNA that a new study says help prove the European origin of the Philistines — the enigmatic nemeses of the biblical Israelites. The Philistines mostly resided in...