Lenacapavir, a twice yearly injection that prevents HIV transmission, was named the breakthrough medicine of 2024. But without US foreign aid dollars, its delivery to millions worldwide is under threat.
The semaglutide shortage has officially ended in the US—which means the GLP-1 drug industry is about to undergo massive changes.
Either way, it sucks. But at least there’s some fun physics to ponder while you’re sitting in the repair shop.
The launch of the Blue Ghost module, scheduled to land on the moon early next month, is a key step in creating an Earth–moon supply chain.
The blanket firing of Department of Agriculture scientists has thrown a host of climate science and crop projects into chaos.
The likelihood of 2024 YR4 colliding with the our planet in 2032 have ticked up to over 3 percent. Is it time to start worrying?
Biohacker Josie Zyner’s new company, Los Angeles Project, is creating a new generation of gene-edited pets.
Firings at the NSF included permanent employees who had already completed their one-year probationary period, as well as at-will workers.
Conservationists are determined to protect the magnificent rays of the Pacific—whether that’s tracking them with acoustic tags or flying drones, or through exposing the black market for their meat and parts.
A team at the University of Oxford succeeded in getting two quantum processors to connect to each other and work together with particle entanglement.
The library sorting problem is used across computer science for organizing far more than just books. A new solution is less than a page-width away from the theoretical ideal.
Replicating the abilities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s fleet of weather satellites would take time and a lot of money—and expose private companies to a large amount of risk.
After a Chinese export ban, can the US get gallium and germanium from Canada—or will tariffs get in the way?
Startup Canaery is partnering with a US Department of Energy lab to develop neural implants for rats and dogs that are capable of decoding what they smell.
There is a 2 percent chance that seven years from now, “the city destroyer” will hit Earth with the force of an 8-megaton nuclear weapon. Here are its possible impact points.
After years of GOP attacks on US health agencies, Trump appointees are poised to bring Covid-19 conspiracies to their leadership of US agencies. Federal workers are scared of what comes next.
Torrential rain is expected this week in Los Angeles, which risks producing flash flooding and landslides in areas stripped of vegetation by the recent wildfires.
Filters in water pitchers or under-sink systems capture dangerous chemicals, only for them to be returned to the environment. A researcher from North Carolina is pioneering a new system that could get rid of forever chemicals forever.
Beyond treating diabetes and helping people lose weight, GLP-1s may also improve libido. But the reasons are as complex as desire itself.
NASA’s Martian probes have captured photos of the Red Planet’s “extremely active” spring.