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A woman on a whirlwind three-week junket to Hawaii, Japan, and Thailand returned home with an unwanted memento: a parasite that embedded itself in her brain and made her legs feel like they were burning. That odd sensation started out in...Sunday, February 23, 2025 from nzherald.co.nz - Science
NZ-led study may prove a turning point in battle against neurodegenerative disorder MSA.Sunday, February 23, 2025 from nzherald.co.nz - Science
Documents reveal how Govt made changes to Marsden Fund that outraged academic community.Sunday, February 23, 2025 from nzherald.co.nz - Science
The new Science, Innovation and Technology Minister has some giant decisions to make.Sunday, February 23, 2025 from - Science RSS Feed
Egyptologists believe Thutmose II’s mummified remains are hidden in a chamber beneath 23 metres of man-made mountainSunday, February 23, 2025 from NYT > Science
The dream of mining metals in deep space crashed and burned in the 2010s. AstroForge’s Odin mission to survey a potentially metallic asteroid is packed and ready to lift off.Sunday, February 23, 2025 from Health News & Science News - Times of India
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When a gunman killed two of her students, Ivy Schamis was the only adult in the room. Her journey through guilt and healing sheds light on the impossible role of American teachers.Sunday, February 23, 2025 from NYT > Science
Elon Musk has drawn inspiration from his 2022 takeover of Twitter with the tactic. His threat on social media of termination did not appear in an email to federal workers requesting the work summaries.Sunday, February 23, 2025 from nzherald.co.nz - Science
Study suggests Antarctic meltwater may directly influence NZ's air and ocean temperatures.Sunday, February 23, 2025 from Science News - UPI.com
A SpaceX Falcon 9 booster rocket successfully launched Saturday to deploy 22 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit Saturday evening from the Space Force Base in Vandenberg, Calif.Sunday, February 23, 2025 from Science - Los Angeles Times
Of the 900 Californians who have succumbed to influenza this season, 15 were children, according to state public health data.Saturday, February 22, 2025 from BBC News - Science & Environment
Since a potentially hazardous asteroid was detected in December, tens of others objects have come close to Earth.Saturday, February 22, 2025 from nzherald.co.nz - Science
The researchers aim to create early detection tests, improving survival rates.Saturday, February 22, 2025 from NYT > Science
China could reap the soft-power advantage, but like Western governments, the country is cutting back on aid. Philanthropies say they cannot replace the United States.Saturday, February 22, 2025 from Science & Health from Newser
Soon, visitors to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo will be able to catch a whiff of humans who died thousands of years ago. A new study in the Journal of the American Chemical Society suggests they might be pleasantly surprised. Researchers...Saturday, February 22, 2025 from NYT > Science
Texas reported 90 cases this week, while New Mexico reported nine. A majority of the cases have been in a Texas county where vaccination rates have lagged behind the rest of the state.Saturday, February 22, 2025 from Health News & Science News - Times of India
Asteroid 2024 YR4 poses a potential threat to Earth with a 1.5% impact chance in December 2032. Major cities like Mumbai, Bogotá, and Lagos could be affected. Space agencies including NASA and ESA are closely monitoring its trajectory to...Saturday, February 22, 2025 from Science & Health from Newser
Oxygen is critical in a medical environment for a variety of patients—from those going through surgical procedures to patients with pneumonia or other respiratory issues, chronic lung conditions, and infections like sepsis or malaria....Saturday, February 22, 2025 from Science & Health from Newser
Researchers taking the most comprehensive look yet at ancient bones dredged from the River Thames in London have dated some of the remains back 6,000 years, reports Gizmodo . However, Live Science reports that most of them date from the...Saturday, February 22, 2025 from Science & Health from Newser
Given the frenzy surrounding the effort to figure out the source of the COVID epidemic, a story by Brandon Keim at Nautilus expresses wonder that relatively scant attention has been paid to the origins of the H5N1 avian flu now...Saturday, February 22, 2025 from NYT > Science
The Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer talks about burnout from covering the pandemic and how bird-watching gave him a new sense of hope.Saturday, February 22, 2025 from NYT > Science
Confusion has ensued about the future of programs and research supporting people with disabilities as a result of President Trump’s executive order.Saturday, February 22, 2025 from Health News & Science News - Times of India
Despite over 60 crore visitors and countless holy dips during Maha Kumbh, the Ganga remains germ-free. A study by Padma Shri Dr. Ajay Sonkar reveals Ganga's unique bacteriophages that naturally purify the water by killing harmful...Saturday, February 22, 2025 from BBC News - Science & Environment
Residents living near a nuclear power plant have seen rents double to £3,000 a month.Saturday, February 22, 2025 from BBC News - Science & Environment
Photographs of gulls eating anything from chips to starfish will help solve a scientific puzzle.Saturday, February 22, 2025 from nzherald.co.nz - Science
Spare a thought for narcissists, who can experience 'social pain' from being excluded.Friday, February 21, 2025 from NYT > Science
A federal judge in Massachusetts indicated she would move quickly to consider a more lasting injunction after hearing a laundry list of potential adverse effects of the Trump administration move to cut billions in funding.Friday, February 21, 2025 from NYT > Science
Staff units evaluating high-tech surgical robots and insulin-delivery systems were gutted by Trump layoffs even though industry fees, not taxpayers, financed the employee salaries.Friday, February 21, 2025 from NYT > Science
Using an arcane law, officials have effectively delayed funding from the National Institutes of Health, leaving medical studies in jeopardy.Friday, February 21, 2025 from NPR Topics: Health & Science
A new study shows that giving mice the human version of a gene changes their squeak, suggesting some of the genetic underpinnings of language.Friday, February 21, 2025 from Science News - UPI.com
SpaceX on Friday morning launched 23 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, the 450th flight involving a Falcon 9 rocket.Friday, February 21, 2025 from Science & Health from Newser
It can be hard to feel sympathy for narcissists, who often lack empathy for others. But a new study sets the ground for, if not a sympathetic view, then a new way to look at those who are constantly aiming to defend their inflated ego,...Friday, February 21, 2025 from NYT > Science
Researchers have found dozens of human bones on the banks of the iconic river, many of them thousands of years old.Friday, February 21, 2025 from nzherald.co.nz - Science
Emma Holden, 36, will soon travel to Shanghai, China for cutting-edge cancer treatment.Friday, February 21, 2025 from NYT > Science
Oarfish are rarely documented by scientists, but one was seen this month by a group visiting a beach in Mexico.Friday, February 21, 2025 from NYT > Science
In a small study, patients with the syndrome were more likely to experience reactivation of Epstein-Barr virus and high levels of a coronavirus protein.Friday, February 21, 2025 from NPR Topics: Health & Science
New research suggests mice may exhibit revival-like behaviors to help unconscious mice recover faster.Friday, February 21, 2025 from Health News & Science News - Times of India
Scientists in China have identified a new bat coronavirus, HKU5-CoV-2, capable of infecting humans by binding to the ACE2 receptor, similar to SARS-CoV-2. The discovery raises concerns about potential spillover events, although the...Friday, February 21, 2025 from NPR Topics: Health & Science
Ever eat a full meal ... and find you still have room for dessert? If so, you're not alone. Sugar is a quick form of energy that many people crave — even when they're full . Today, hosts Emily Kwong and Regina G. Barber dive into a new...Friday, February 21, 2025 from BBC News - Science & Environment
Roana has recently celebrated her 46th birthday and is believed to be the oldest horse in the UKFriday, February 21, 2025 from NYT > Science
The Trump administration appears to be flouting a judge’s order pausing the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D.Friday, February 21, 2025 from Health News & Science News - Times of India
A team of scientists in the US, led by Indian-origin astrophysicist Raga Deepika Pucha, has discovered the largest samples of intermediate-mass black holes and dwarf galaxies with active black holes. Utilizing the Dark Energy...Friday, February 21, 2025 from NPR Topics: Health & Science
A team of astrophysicists have found flares of light in Sagittarius A*, a supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way.Thursday, February 20, 2025 from NPR Topics: Health & Science
A growing group of content creators are trying to counteract misleading and false wellness claims online from influencers hawking supplements and unproven remedies.Thursday, February 20, 2025 from NYT > Science
But the study, whose publication was delayed by a pause in public communications by the agency, leaves key questions unanswered.Thursday, February 20, 2025 from NPR Topics: Health & Science
This week's Short Wave news roundup covers harvesting drinking water from fog, what elephant seals reveal about fish populations in the deep ocean, and why there's always room for dessert.Thursday, February 20, 2025 from Science & Health from Newser
The news was so jolting that, when it arrived, Professor José Penadés had to take a break from shopping. "I said, 'please leave me alone for an hour, I need to digest this thing,'" he later told the BBC . After working for a decade with...Thursday, February 20, 2025 from Science & Health from Newser
While they're probably not judging anybody on their fashion choices, fish can tell people apart based on their outfits, according to a new study. Researchers say sea bream in the Mediterranean Sea could tell divers apart from subtle...Thursday, February 20, 2025 from Science News - UPI.com
NASA said Wednesday that new data collected overnight cut the probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth to 1.5%. The chances of impact had been 3.1%.