2025-05-10

Dismantling NOAA Threatens the World’s Ability to Monitor Carbon Dioxide Levels

The agency maintains the global backbone of measurements of CO2 and other gases, but these are at risk of being curtailed if the foreshadowed cuts to NOAA are realized. [...]

2025-05-10

FDA approves at-home pap smear alternative device for cervical cancer screening

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new device called the Teal Wand, which its creator describes as an "at-home vaginal sample self-collection device for cervical cancer screening.&qu [...]

2025-05-10

Diabetes Is Rising in Africa. Could It Lead to New Breakthroughs?

Growing rates of type 2 diabetes across the African content offer scientists hope of creating new, more inclusive treatments. [...]

2025-05-09

The Trump budget cuts that could hurt the economy for a long time

President Donald Trump sent shockwaves through the scientific community with his proposed budget that would slash federal spending on research and development by an unprecedented 23% — or $163 billi [...]

2025-05-09

Trump’s Surgeon General Pick Is Tearing the MAHA Movement Apart

Casey Means isn't currently licensed as a doctor. But that’s not why anti-vaxxers and conspiracists think she’s unsuited to be surgeon general—to them, her anti-vaccine opinions aren't [...]

2025-05-09

Bill Gates says he will give away almost all of his money over next 20 years

During the 25th anniversary celebration of the Gates Foundation, Bill Gates has announced that he was planning to give away "virtually all" of his wealth within the next 20 years. In all, he [...]

2025-05-09

The Morning After: What we learned from the FTC v. Meta antitrust trial (so far)

Years after the Federal Trade Commission sued Meta in a bid to halt acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp, the trial that will shape its future is finally underway. The trial kicked off last month wh [...]

2025-05-09

Europe launches program to lure scientists away from the US

EU will spend over $500 million to recruit researchers and scientists. [...]

2025-05-09

Spanish company GMV is bringing GPS to the Moon

If you've ever taken a wrong turn at the Sea of Tranquility and ended up lost in the Ocean of Storms, then you're in luck, because the Moon is getting GPS, sort of. GMV, a Spanish capital bu [...]