A Recovery Program Keeps Watch on Addicted Health Workers — but not Doctors
California doctors struggling with addiction often don’t want anyone to find out, especially the state board that has the power to revoke their...
Scientists Are Rethinking Quantum Chips — It May Spark a Supercomputer Revolution
Imagine a computer that could crack encryption codes, revolutionize healthcare, and solve computational puzzles impossible for today’s most powerful machines. This isn’t science...
President Carter and the Mideast: Long-ago success and lasting wounds
Of all the legacies of Jimmy Carter, his engagement with the Middle East might have been the most complex and consequential — and...
Groundbreaking New Jet Engine Generates Thrust Directly from Electricity
The global reliance on fossil fuels, particularly in transportation, has severe consequences for the environment and public health. Fossil fuels are a latest...
New Year’s Terror Attacks and Explosions Rock the U.S.
On New Year’s Day 2025, multiple violent incidents sent shockwaves through the United States society, particularly in New Orleans and Las Vegas, where...
Fresh Water and Key Conditions for Life Appeared on Earth
We need two ingredients for life to start on a planet: dry land and (fresh) water. Strictly, the water doesn’t have to be...
Scientists Want to Upload the Brain so We Can Live Forever
Humans have yearned for immortality for as long as we‘ve understood our fragile permanence. But while dodging the Grim Reaper was once relegated...
Study Identifies Five Different Ways of Aging Thanks to Data from 50,000 Brain Scans
Lord Kelvin, one of history’s foremost physicists, said that “when you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers,...
Drunk Animals Far More Common Than Previously Thought, Scientists Say
Drinking alcohol may be far less of a human characteristic than previously thought, according to a new scientific paper arguing that ethanol consumption...
French EPR Nuclear Reactor Put into Operation
The first nuclear reactor in France in 25 years, EDF’s Flamanville EPR nuclear reactor, has been connected to the French national grid and...
