2025-08-13

RFK Jr. Is Supporting mRNA Research—Just Not for Vaccines

HHS is slashing hundreds of millions in funding for mRNA vaccines and infectious disease treatments, but leaving the door open to mRNA therapies for cancer and genetic conditions. [...]

2025-08-12

Central American Beaches Are Being Overrun With Local and Foreign Plastic

A study of plastic bottles washed up on the Pacific coast of Latin America has identified a double problem—a mass of local waste combined with long-traveling bottles from Asia. [...]

2025-08-11

How old is the earliest trace of life on Earth?

A recent conference sees doubts raised about the age of the oldest signs of life. [...]

2025-08-11

Experiment will attempt to counter climate change by altering ocean

Gulf of Maine will be site of safety and effectiveness testing. [...]

2025-08-11

Scientists hid secret codes in light to combat video fakes

“Video used to be treated as a source of truth, but that’s no longer an assumption we can make.” [...]

2025-08-11

The Black Market for Fake Science Is Growing Faster Than Legitimate Research, Study Warns

A small but growing number of academics are improperly taking credit for articles, citations, and authorships, allowing them to appear prestigious without having conducted their own research. [...]

2025-08-11

AI summaries can downplay medical issues for female patients, UK research finds

The latest example of bias permeating artificial intelligence comes from the medical field. A new study surveyed real case notes from 617 adult social care workers in the UK and found that when large [...]

2025-08-11

RFK Jr. posted fishing pics as CDC reeled from shooting linked to vaccine disinfo

Anti-vaccine activist RFK Jr. has vilified COVID-19 vaccines and the CDC. [...]

2025-08-11

An AI Model for the Brain Is Coming to the ICU

The Cleveland Clinic and startup Piramidal are developing an AI model trained on brain wave data to monitor intensive care patients. [...]