Trump ends MAHA activist and wellness influencer Casey Means’s bid for surgeon general
On Thursday the president announced he is nominating Nicole Saphier, a radiologist and Fox News contributor, as the nation’s top doctor
Scientists used AI to rewrite part of life’s alphabet
An engineered E. coli strain survived after one amino acid was designed out of many of its ribosomal proteins—an early test of whether life’s chemistry can be simplified
A major humpback whale rescue effort is attempting to do something extraordinary
Rescuers had called off the effort to save “Timmy,” a humpback whale that had stranded in the Baltic Sea last month. But now a last-ditch attempt to move the creature by barge is underway
Astronomers puzzle over early origins of mysterious ‘red monster’ galaxy
Researchers are perplexed by a galaxy that seems too large and too dusty for its place in cosmic history, less than a half-billion years after the big bang
Human genome decoder J. Craig Venter dies at age 79
Scientist and medical technology entrepreneur J. Craig Venter published the first bacterial genome ever decoded in 1995. The result heralded a new age of discovery for genetics
Should schools limit kids’ screen time? The science is murky
Los Angeles public schools are limiting computer use in classrooms over health concerns. But experts say that approach is missing the problem
What’s faster than light? Darkness
A recent experiment revealed that individual dark points on a light wave can move faster than the wave itself
What we learned from South Carolina’s measles outbreak
The recent measles outbreak in South Carolina sickened nearly 1,000 people before public health officials got it under control. Vaccination can effectively prevent further spread
A giant hailstorm just killed an emu at a Missouri zoo
A hailstorm of these proportions is “unusual” but not unheard of in Missouri at this time of year, one expert says
What happened after the fall of Rome? Ancient genomes offer new clues
A genomic analysis of people buried on the border of the ancient Roman Empire show how distinct groups combined after the empire’s fall
DOJ indicts former Fauci adviser David Morens on charges related to the COVID pandemic
Former National Institutes of Health official David Morens is accused of evading record requests related to the COVID pandemic’s origins and gain-of-function research
What you eat for lunch could influence your immune system just hours later
Our food choices could play an important, short-term role in how our bodies respond to infections, new research suggests