Science and Technology
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Massive lithium production planned at the Great Salt Lake, using new technique
“A startup in Utah has developed a more sustainable way to collect lithium. Using proprietary ceramic beads, Lilac Solutions can…
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Spike In Childhood Peanut Allergies Was Caused By So-Called ‘Expert’ Advice, Study Confirms
By Mark Tanos Decades of faulty medical guidance telling parents to keep peanuts away from babies likely fueled the childhood…
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Vaccine protects against meningitis that has killed hundreds of thousands of people
“A new vaccine is being rolled out across Africa’s ‘meningitis belt,’ where dry winds and dust fuel regular and deadly…
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New Hampshire comes up with potential solution to energy shortages fueled by artificial intelligence
“New Hampshire has passed a law exempting electricity providers who don’t connect to the grid from public-utility regulation, cutting red…
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Health-tracking collars keep cows healthier, reduce need for labor in period of labor shortages
Health-tracking collars for cows are proving to be a valuable innovation. “The devices monitor each animal’s activity and rumination—a measure…
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Glowing soybeans communicate stress
“A biotechnology company called InnerPlant has developed soybeans that glow when stressed, allowing farmers to intervene early and avoid crop losses. Recently, their…
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Possible evidence of life on Mars
“We have the strongest evidence yet that life once existed on Mars. NASA’s Perseverance Rover drilled into Mars’s Jezero crater…
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Long a death sentence, this grave heart condition is now treatable
“Cardiac amyloidosis, a common and deadly cause of heart failure, is now treatable thanks to recent drug breakthroughs,” reports The Doomslayer. The New York…
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Trump issues executive order to ease commercial spaceflight
“President Trump has signed an order to make it easier for private companies to launch rockets in the US. It…
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Giant stick bug discovered
“Scientists have discovered a giant new species of stick bug in Australia thanks to a post on iNaturalist, a popular…
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Milk to be produced from lab-grown cells
“Canadian food tech startup Opalia has secured what it claims is the world’s first commercial supply agreement for cell-based dairy,…
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Brain implant turns people’s internal thoughts into spoken words, giving voice to people who can’t speak
“Scientists at Stanford have built a brain implant that can translate a person’s internal thoughts into spoken words in real…
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Artificial intelligence creates new antibiotics that killed drug-resistant gonorrhea and MRSA
“MIT researchers used generative AI to create two entirely new antibiotics that killed drug-resistant gonorrhea and MRSA in infected mice,”…
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World’s largest infected mosquito factory opens
“Brazil has opened the world’s largest Wolbachia-infected mosquito factory after field trials saw the insects slash” the rate of diseases…
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World’s first grid-connected iron-air battery will make energy more plentiful
“Ore Energy, a Dutch battery manufacturer, has become the first to connect an iron‑air battery to the grid. Their prototype uses a…
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Lithium supplements may help with Alzheimer’s disease
“New research links lithium deficiency to Alzheimer’s. After finding that dementia patients often have low lithium levels, a group of…
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Scientists make rhino horns radioactive to thwart traffickers in South Africa
“To help crack down on poaching, scientists in South Africa are injecting rhino horns with low-level radioactive isotopes that are…
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Cancer Diagnoses Skyrocketed In Recent Years And Officials Are Just Figuring Out Why Now
By Josh Grega Local-stage colorectal cancer diagnoses increased dramatically from 2019 to 2022 in adults between the ages of 45…
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Gene therapy restores a man’s sight, giving him his life back
“Doctors in Italy have restored a man’s sight using an innovative gene therapy. The treatment involved injecting a viral vector…
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Startup begins work on fusion power plant to supply energy to Microsoft
“Helion Energy has broken ground on the site of a planned fusion power plant, part of an optimistic initiative to…
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Robot performs complicated surgery to remove gallbladder, without human help
“A Johns Hopkins–designed robot has learned to autonomously perform gallbladder removal surgery, completing a series of trials on pig tissue…
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Conservationists are releasing mosquitoes into Hawaii to fight malaria
“Conservationists are releasing Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes in Hawaii to control the spread of avian malaria, which has devastated local bird populations,”…
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Scientists plan to bring back giant bird that went extinct
“Colossal Biosciences, the biotech company aiming to bring back extinct species, has set its sights on the Moa: a giant flightless bird…
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Scientists develop a rabies vaccine for vampire bats that spreads through grooming
“Scientists have developed a rabies vaccine for vampire bats that spreads naturally through grooming. The vaccine is delivered via a gel applied…
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World’s only mycetoma research center destroyed, setting back the fight against disease
Tens of thousands of people have starved to death during Sudan’s civil war. And thousands of civilians have died of…
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How Trump’s Megabill Could Stall American Space Exploration
By Wallace White President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) included provisions for billions more dollars towards a…
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Toad venom may help cure depression, radically improving treatment
“A psychedelic compound found in the venom of the Colorado River toad is showing promise as a faster, simpler treatment for depression,” reports The…
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Today will be the shortest day of your life
Today will be the shortest day in over 90 years as the Earth’s rotation unexpectedly speeds up. Astronomers “found that…
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Scientists discover way to cut cow dung methane emissions a lot
“Cattle farmers often dispose of cow dung by allowing it to decompose in large open-air ponds, a process that generates…
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Egyptians used to be afflicted by hepatitis at high rates. But now they are largely free of the disease.
The rate of Hepatitis B in Egypt has dropped by 15 percent over the last decade, thanks to high vaccination…
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3-mile deep geothermal well dug in Utah, reaching area of intense heat
“Fervo Energy, a geothermal energy startup, has drilled what it calls its ‘hottest and deepest well to-date‘ in southwest Utah.…
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U.S. cutting off support for global vaccine alliance
“The United States won’t contribute anymore to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, until the global health organization has ‘re-earned the public…
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Amazon planning to produce up to 10,000 robotaxis per year in California plant
Amazon’s Zoox is building a factory in the San Francisco Bay Area designed to produce up to 10,000 robotaxis per…
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Walmart to expand drone deliveries to 100 more stores in three states
“Walmart will soon offer drone delivery from 100 stores across Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, Orlando, and Tampa, in addition to its…
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Technology being developed to help the world easily access enough clean water
“Several companies are exploring the possibility of desalinating water on the ocean floor. At those depths, the water is often…
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Lab-grown salmon cleared for sale in the United States
Lab-grown salmon has been cleared for sale in the United States. “Wildtype’s ‘cultured’ salmon is made in a lab from…
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