Bogus research is undermining good science, slowing lifesaving research
In 2022, Byrne and colleagues, including two of us, found that suspect genetics research, despite not immediately affecting patient care, informs scientists’ work,…
Has Trump changed the retirement plans for the country’s largest coal plants?
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With Bitcoin near $100,000, even pension funds are buying cryptocurrency
“There’s no doubt that the headwinds are disappearing… I think you’ll see more of this institutional adoption,” said Alex Pollak, head of UK and…
FTC launches probe of Microsoft over bundling
John Lopatka, a former consultant to the FTC who now teaches antitrust law at Penn State, told ProPublica that the Microsoft actions detailed…
Teen creates memecoin, dumps it, earns $50,000
Equally disturbed and bewildered, Biesk and his wife formed a provisional plan: to make all public social media accounts private, stop answering the…
Elizabeth Warren calls for crackdown on Internet “monopoly” you’ve never heard of
US Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Congressman Jerry Nadler of New York have called on government bodies to investigate what they allege…
Here are 3 science-backed strategies to rein in election anxiety
In this scenario, I encourage my patients to move past that initial thought of how awful it will be and instead consider exactly…
Are Boeing’s problems beyond fixable?
“Kelly Ortberg is pivoting the company back to their roots,” he said. “All the employees of Boeing will rally around that.” But Ogren…
Why a diabetes drug fell short of anticancer hopes
But the latest research has convinced Pollak and some others that treatment of cancers should be taken off the list. More studies, but…
Neo-Nazis head to encrypted SimpleX Chat app, bail on Telegram
“SimpleX, at its core, is designed to be truly distributed with no central server. This allows for enormous scalability at low cost, and…
Illinois city plans to source its future drinking water from Lake Michigan
Enlarge / Waves roll ashore along Lake Michigan in Whiting, Indiana. Scott Olson/Getty Images This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a…
Bizarre, nine-day seismic signal caused by epic landslide in Greenland
Enlarge Jason Edwards via Getty Earthquake scientists detected an unusual signal on monitoring stations used to detect seismic activity during September 2023. We…
The Golden Age of offbeat Arctic research
Enlarge / At the US Army’s Camp Century on the Greenland ice sheet, an Army truck equipped with a railroad wheel conversion rides…
Americans misunderstand their contribution to deteriorating environment
Enlarge / Power lines are cast in silhouette as the Creek Fire creeps up on on the Shaver Springs community off of Tollhouse…