ASTRA has autonomously assembled part of a circular radio antenna in low Earth orbit, marking the first time a robot has built a structure in space without astronaut help, even as mission challenges threaten completion before December.
A loophole created after the 2018 Farm Bill unleashed unregulated manufactured THC products, while a delayed federal deadline leaves candy styled drugs available despite poisonings, addiction concerns and a reported surge in accidental exposures among young children.
Brain computer interfaces can already decode intended and imagined speech, helping people communicate in striking new ways. Yet reverse inference, unconstrained thought and privacy concerns leave genuine mind reading far beyond the technology’s current reach.
The American Cancer Society now recommends clearer PSA screening schedules, with earlier annual testing for Black men and certain men with a family history, following stronger evidence that screening can reduce prostate cancer deaths.
After its original type specimens vanished, Araneus angulatus, the first officially named animal, has a new physical reference. Scientists selected an adult male collected near the historic Swedish locality and published the designation in Taxonomy.
Surveys of remote Bikar and Bokak found rich coral reefs, breeding seabirds, nesting turtles and diverse fish communities, helping inform a 48,000 square kilometer protected area as climate change, pollution and overexploitation threaten their intact condition.
As experts weigh whether the US has lost its measles elimination status, CDC Director Dr. Erica Schwartz says the agency will maintain its response, emphasizing state cooperation and the MMR vaccine amid surging cases and reported deaths.
The AV27 hybrid invaded humanized mouse livers about 15 times more efficiently than the standard NF54 strain while maintaining strong parasite yields, offering researchers a possible foundation for a more effective single dose malaria vaccine.