science / science - 5 years ago

These Are the Most Googled Diseases in Every State

Which condition is your state searching for?

science / science - 5 years ago

LIGO and Virgo recap smashups, including hints of a black hole eating a neutron star

The science teams for the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO, and Europe's Virgo detector today laid out the details of their recent detections, including a crash between neutron stars, three black hole mergers and what...

science / science - 5 years ago

Guatemalan boy who died in US custody suffered from brain infection

Juan De León Gutiérrez, 16, travelled to the US from Camotán, hoping to be reunited with his older brother A group of migrant families walk from the Rio Grande near McAllen, Texas, on 14 March. Photograph: Eric Gay/AP A Guatemalan boy who died at...

science / science - 5 years ago

A toddler's Ice Age discovery: Woolly mammoth tooth found in Florida

Monte Brigance was babysitting his grandson Colt Couch, who turns 3 on Wednesday, during the unexpected discovery

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GSK's 3-in-1 inhalable drug shows promise in asthma study

British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline Plc said on Thursday that its three-in-one drug Trelegy met the main goal of a late-stage asthma study, signalling a possible boost to its lung medicines division that has been hit by generic competition. The compan...

science / science - 5 years ago

US ‘pushed to have climate change removed’ from international Arctic policy statement

During negotiations on an international statement on Arctic policy, the United States pushed to remove references to “climate change” from the document — a position that threatened to spark a standoff between the US and other Arctic nations, a new re...

science / science - 5 years ago

People love coffee and beer for the buzz, not the taste: study

The truth may be that our preferences for caffeine or alcoholic beverages -- or indeed sugary sodas -- derive not so much from the way they taste but how they make us feel, according to a new study by genetic scientists at Northwestern University t...

science / science - 5 years ago

Here’s what a Martian sunset looks like

NASA's InSight lander has been sitting safely on Mars for a number of months now after landing back in late 2018, and it's already making a name for itself with a number of interesting discoveries. Most recently, the robotic lander detected w...

science / science - 5 years ago

Susan Bayh, wife of Indiana ex-governor, fights brain cancer

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former Indiana first lady Susan Bayh is continuing treatments nearly a year after being diagnosed with the same type of aggressive brain cancer that killed Arizona Sen. John McCain.

science / science - 5 years ago

Climate change is a threat, but it could be an economic boon. We just took the first step.

The climate challenge is a chance for transformative growth on a scale with the industrial and information revolutions. America should lead the way.

science / science - 5 years ago

Two die from measles in Switzerland as cases rise

Switzerland has registered two deaths from measles this year, health authorities said Thursday, stressing the importance of vaccinating against the highly contagious disease. The health ministry warned that the number of measles cases was on the ris...

science / science - 5 years ago

What Finding Water on an Ancient Asteroid Means for Life on Earth

This is much more than just a pile of asteroid dust.

science / science - 5 years ago

Is Spirax-Sarco Engineering's (LON:SPX) 170% Share Price Increase Well Justified?

Want to participate in a short research study? Help shape the future of investing tools and you could win a $250 gift card! When you buy a stock there is always a possibility that it could drop 100%. But on the brig...

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Can We See Significant Insider Ownership On The UniVision Engineering Limited (LON:UVEL) Share Register?

Want to participate in a short research study? Help shape the future of investing tools and you could win a $250 gift card! The big shareholder groups in UniVision Engineering Limited (LON:UVEL) have power over the company...

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Fly Less, Cut Meat, No Diesel: The U.K.'s Roadmap to Zero Carbon

Drawn up by a panel including lawmakers, scientists, industry officials and analysts, their 277-page report also suggests a drastic overhaul for industry, agriculture and aviation. The findings mark out the ways Prime Minister Theresa May and her su...