In a groundbreaking fertility trial, a man whose testicular tissue was frozen before he underwent chemotherapy as a child to be re-transplanted 16 years later has been able to produce sperm. It is the first time a transplant of cryopreserved prepubertal testicular tissue has been demonstrated to restore sperm production in an adult patient. The…
Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners, and of course, May the 4th be with you. For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. You’re listening to our weekly science news roundup. Let’s start with some health news. If you or your partner has ever been pregnant, you may have heard of preeclampsia. It is a life-threatening…
Hollywood really is a larger-than-life version of corporate America, especially in the C-suite. Across all U.S. industries, median CEO pay hit $29.4 million in 2025, data firm Equilar finds. But for top entertainment execs, that’s on the low end, per The Hollywood Reporter’s annual look at the highest-paid media chiefs. Many of the moguls on…
Since Mayor Brandon Scott first took office in 2020, he’s made it his mission to fix Baltimore’s vacant housing crisis and make room for usable housing supply. On this episode of the Odd Lots podcast, Mayor Scott tells Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway about the historic effects of gun violence and why Baltimore natives aren’t…
Three people who were on board a Netherlands-based cruise ship in the Atlantic have died during a suspected outbreak of the hantavirus, authorities say. The virus is a rare infection transmitted to humans by rodents. On Monday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said the risk posed by the hantavirus to the wider public remained low…
The Orlando Magic have fired head coach Jamahl Mosley, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania. Mosley’s tenure in Orlando finishes after five seasons, including three consecutive playoff runs from 2023 to 2026. But Orlando was eliminated in the first round for the third straight season, falling to the Detroit Pistons 116-94 in Game 7 of their…
The driver of a delivery truck emerged with only minor injuries after his tractor trailer was struck by a passenger jet landing in New Jersey’s busy Newark airport on Sunday afternoon, officials said. New Jersey state police said a landing tire and the underside of a United Airlines plane arriving from Venice, Italy, hit the…
“It: Welcome to Derry” costume designer Luis Sequeira had previously created the wet, bloody look for “Carrie,” so he already understood what it would take to recreate it for Stephen King’s killer demon clown. Or at least he thought he did. Having worked on the film “It: Chapter Two,” he was already familiar with the…
Manchester United’s 3-2 victory over Liverpool on Sunday confirmed that they are headed back to the UEFA Champions League (UCL) after a two-year absence. With Arsenal and Manchester City also already guaranteed to be playing in European football’s elite club competition next season, that leaves at least two more spots still to be filled. Recommended…
Refrigerators today run on the same basic technology as they did more than 100 years ago. You’d think we could have come up with something better by now. And we have, but nothing has been able to dethrone cheap, reliable vapor compression — the process that’s keeping your milk cold today. One startup hopes to…
