DECEMBER 9, 2024
A new study from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and Institut Curie reveals how stem cells sense and respond to their environment, with implications for inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal cancer.
Stem cells constantly adapt to their environment to maintain organ and tissue health, informed by chemical signals and physical forces. When they do not function as intended, stem cells can result...
DECEMBER 9, 2024
The UK, the US, Israel and the EU signed the first international treaty on artificial intelligence (AI) in September. Under the legally binding agreement, national states must implement safeguards against any threats posed by AI to human rights, democracy and the rule of law.
While this is a welcome step towards establishing international standards for AI governance, there...
DECEMBER 2, 2024
Microbial cells were detected in fractures in the 2-billion-year-old rock sample, stained green, and analyzed. - Image credit: Y. Suzuki, S. J. Webb, M. Kouduka et al. 2024/ Microbial Ecology
A 2-billion-year-old rock has been unearthed in South Africa – and if its advanced age wasn’t enough to knock your socks off, it’s also home to pockets of...
NOVEMBER 30, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump is pushing back against any effort to undermine the US dollar. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
Trump on Saturday floated "100% tariffs" on the BRICS group of emerging markets.
Trump is pushing back on efforts to dethrone the US dollar as the primary global reserve currency.
Trump's remarks come as the BRIC nations seek to flex...
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Farmworkers take a break from picking leafy greens in San Jacinto. ((Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times))
A paradox has settled across California’s velvet green fields and orchards. California farmers, who are some of the most ardent supporters of Donald Trump, would seem to be on a collision course with one of the president-elect’s most important campaign...
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
A law banning cars from turning right at all red lights across D.C. was set to start with the new year. But city transportation officials, who never supported the blanket ban, have pumped the brakes because the D.C. Council failed to earmark money to alert drivers to the change.
As it stands, the city will only enforce a...
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team, commonly known as CERT-In, operates under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India. It frequently alerts users across the country about various vulnerabilities in products from manufacturers such as Apple and Google. The organization is now back with warnings regarding new vulnerabilities found in Apple products, including iPhone...
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
FILE PHOTO: A view of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., July 1, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt/File Photo
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Members of the over 2 million-strong U.S. civilian federal workforce are looking to an unlikely source to protect it from Donald Trump and Elon Musk's promise to slash government employees and cut costs: the incoming Republican-controlled Congress.
Federal employee...
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
Vivek Ramaswamy
Federal contractors should expect “massive cuts” in what they can charge once President-elect Donald Trump’s government efficiency drive is underway, according to entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who will co-lead the initiative with billionaire Elon Musk.
“There is massive waste, fraud and abuse right now,” Ramaswamy said on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures. “Federal contractors are really exploiting the...
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard attends a campaign rally of Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., November 4, 2024. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/File Photo
WASHINGTON, D.C. - President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of Tulsi Gabbard as U.S. intelligence chief has sent shockwaves through the national security establishment, adding...
