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Microsoft founder Bill Gates reflects upon a 50-year-old computer code that reshaped technology

Even as he grows older, Microsoft founder Bill Gates still fondly remembers the catalytic computer code he wrote 50 years ago that opened up a new frontier in technology

Microsoft founder Bill Gates reflects upon a 50-year-old computer code that reshaped technology
Environment|Science|US

This is what forecasters mean when they talk about a 100-year flood

Weather forecasts sometimes warn of storms that can unleash rains so unusual that they are described as 100-year or even 500-year floods

This is what forecasters mean when they talk about a 100-year flood
Health|Political|Science|US

Doctor with wish list for more vaccine scrutiny named assistant to new FDA chief, sources say

Tracy Beth Hoeg, a sports medicine physician and epidemiologist who opposed key U.S. health policies during the COVID-19 pandemic and questioned the use of some childhood

Doctor with wish list for more vaccine scrutiny named assistant to new FDA chief, sources say
Health|Political|Science|US

Scientists sue NIH, saying politics cut their research funding

A group of scientists and health groups sued the National Institutes of Health on Wednesday, arguing that an “ideological purge” of research funding is illegal and threatens medical cures

Scientists sue NIH, saying politics cut their research funding
Health|Political|Science|US

Researchers, ACLU sue over Trump's 'ideological purge' of NIH grants

Scientific researchers on Wednesday sued to secure reinstatement of National Institutes of Health grants that funded research on topics like LGBTQ health, COVID-19

Researchers, ACLU sue over Trump's 'ideological purge' of NIH grants
Health|Science

Shingles is awful, but here's another reason to get vaccinated: It may fight dementia

A vaccination to prevent horribly painful shingles may offer an extra benefit: New research suggests it might lower the risk of dementia, too

Shingles is awful, but here's another reason to get vaccinated: It may fight dementia
Health|Science|US

Two infants die of whooping cough in Louisiana as cases climb nationally

Two infants die of whooping cough in Louisiana as cases climb nationally

Two infants die of whooping cough in Louisiana as cases climb nationally
Health|Political|Science|US

FDA delays full approval of Novavax Covid-19 vaccine even though it was on track for clearance

FDA delays full approval of Novavax Covid-19 vaccine even though it was on track for clearance

FDA delays full approval of Novavax Covid-19 vaccine even though it was on track for clearance
Business|Health|Science|US

US FDA misses deadline for decision on Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has missed its deadline for making a decision on traditional approval for Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine, the company told Reuters on Wednesday.

US FDA misses deadline for decision on Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine
Business|Science|Technology|US

Amazon targets April 9 launch of first Kuiper internet satellites

Amazon.com said on Wednesday it plans to launch the first 27 satellites for its Project Kuiper internet network next week, pinning down a long-awaited start to

Amazon targets April 9 launch of first Kuiper internet satellites
Business|Science|Technology

Google Gemini executive Sissie Hsiao to step down

Alphabet's Google is replacing Sissie Hsiao, who led the development of the artificial intelligence chatbot Bard, now known as Gemini, the company told staff in its AI division on

Google Gemini executive Sissie Hsiao to step down
Europe|Science

Footprints show giant carnivorous dinosaurs and their plant-eating prey drank from same Scottish watering hole

Footprints show giant carnivorous dinosaurs and their plant-eating prey drank from same Scottish watering hole

Footprints show giant carnivorous dinosaurs and their plant-eating prey drank from same Scottish watering hole
Science|Sports|Technology

Phil Mattingly breaks down the science behind 'torpedo' bats

It’s not just a Yankees thing, CNN Chief Domestic Correspondent (and former division one college baseball player) Phil Mattingly explains. There’s science behind the buzzy “torpedo" bat.

Phil Mattingly breaks down the science behind 'torpedo' bats
Europe|Science|World

A mass grave for fighters in a Roman Empire-era battle is revealed in Vienna

Construction crews in Vienna last year made an unprecedented discovery

A mass grave for fighters in a Roman Empire-era battle is revealed in Vienna
Asia|Food|Science|Technology

Scientists sent beans into orbit and made ‘space miso.’ Here’s how it tasted

Scientists sent beans into orbit and made ‘space miso.’ Here’s how it tasted

Scientists sent beans into orbit and made ‘space miso.’ Here’s how it tasted
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Watches and Wonders 2025: 11 striking designs from the world’s largest watch fair

Watches and Wonders 2025: 11 striking designs from the world’s largest watch fair

Watches and Wonders 2025: 11 striking designs from the world’s largest watch fair
Business|Science|Technology

New AI benchmarks test speed of running AI applications

By Max A.

New AI benchmarks test speed of running AI applications
Environment|Science|US

Wild weather expected Wednesday gets a rare 'high-risk' designation — the most severe category

Weather forecasters are using a relatively rare “high-risk” designation to warn that a major tornado outbreak appears likely Wednesday

Wild weather expected Wednesday gets a rare 'high-risk' designation — the most severe category
Health|Science

Why autism isn’t diagnosed in girls and women

Why autism isn’t diagnosed in girls and women

Why autism isn’t diagnosed in girls and women
Asia|Business|Economy|Science|World

Kazakhstan says it has discovered 20 million ton rare earth metals deposit

Kazakh geologists have discovered a rare earth metal deposit with estimated resources of more than 20 million metric tons at a depth of up to 300 metres, the country's

Kazakhstan says it has discovered 20 million ton rare earth metals deposit
Lifestyle|Science|Travel

Feeling FOMO for something that’s not even fun? It’s not the event you’re missing, it’s the bonding

Across a series of studies, researchers dug into what really triggered FOMO – and what worked to fend it off.

Feeling FOMO for something that’s not even fun? It’s not the event you’re missing, it’s the bonding
Business|Health|Science|Technology

23andMe is potentially selling more than just genetic data – the personal survey info it collected is just as much a privacy problem

If you were a 23andMe customer, your genetic and personal information could be used in civil or criminal cases, targeted advertising, medical discrimination and so much more.

23andMe is potentially selling more than just genetic data – the personal survey info it collected is just as much a privacy problem
Science|Technology

‘Another mind-blowing change’: New data suggests mysterious dark energy is evolving

‘Another mind-blowing change’: New data suggests mysterious dark energy is evolving

‘Another mind-blowing change’: New data suggests mysterious dark energy is evolving
Business|Education|Science|Technology

The ‘father of the internet’ and hundreds of tech experts worry we’ll rely on AI too much

The ‘father of the internet’ and hundreds of tech experts worry we’ll rely on AI too much

The ‘father of the internet’ and hundreds of tech experts worry we’ll rely on AI too much

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