‘Peculiar’ black hole discovered in Milky Way, scientists say
Astronomers have identified a black hole within the Milky Way with a mass 33 times greater than that of the sun.The newly-discovered black hole ranks as the second-largest known in…
Back in the ’90s, This Eclipse Webcast Put the Cosmos on Demand
Follow our live updates on the total solar eclipse.On Feb. 26, 1998, hundreds of people gathered to watch a total solar eclipse.The crowd gasped as the moon gobbled up the…
Winners of the Goldman Environmental Prize Use Courts to Contest Oil Projects
New coal mines continue to open each year, and oil and gas companies are still exploring new parts of the world. But increasingly, people — especially Indigenous communities — are…
Once a destination for abortion, Florida will soon have the most restrictive ban
Florida had been a destination for people in the Deep South to get abortions, but on May first a six-week abortion ban goes into effect there, making the region the…
My insomnia hell: sleeplessness is a curse – but I think I finally have the answer | Sleep
I am standing in my bedroom in my boxers and a T-shirt, while a man I have just met fiddles with my legs. His name is Parthasarathi, and he’s here…
Physical Fitness Can Improve Mental Health in Children and Adolescents, Study Suggests
The StudyThe new study, conducted by researchers in Taiwan, compared data from two large data sets: the Taiwan National Student Fitness Tests, which measures student fitness performance in schools, and…
Is Immunotherapy for Cancer Safe in Pregnancy?
TOPLINE:Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are now widely used immunotherapies for many cancers, but their use in pregnancy is discouraged because of the lack of safety data. This first-of-its-kind study of…
FDA Brings Lab Tests Under Its Oversight
The FDA issued its final rule to regulate laboratory-developed tests (LDTs), the agency said Monday. LDTs are in vitro diagnostic products (IVDs) designed, manufactured, and used within a single clinical…
What Plastic Surgeons Say You Should Expect
With all the changes in cosmetic surgery trends — from lip injections to implants and filler removal — we asked plastic surgeons about the process of dissolving fillers and whether…
What Florida’s New 6-Week Abortion Ban Means for the South, and Traveling Patients
Monica Kelly was thrilled to learn she was expecting her second child. The Tennessee mother was around 13 weeks pregnant when, according to a lawsuit filed against the state of…