I have a patient named “Alex.” He is 15. He feels alone, down almost every day. He tells me he’s having trouble with schoolwork. He worries about his future. He struggles to make friends and keep the ones he has. He says it’s hard to get out of bed, to shower and brush his teeth….
Artist’s reconstruction of dinosaur Joaquinraptor casali Andrew McAfee, Carnegie Museum of Natural History A dinosaur that may have been one of the fiercest of the Cretaceous period has been excavated in South America – with an extinct crocodile’s leg in its jaws. The remains of the dinosaur, named Joaquinraptor casali – a species of megaraptor…
September 23, 2025 3 min read The Promise of RSV Prevention RSV is the leading cause of infant hospitalizations in the U.S. But that could soon change as research advances lead to new preventative drugs for everyone By Emily Bazar edited by Jeanna Bryner According to Ethel Branch, her son Patro still struggles with the…
The US government raised concerns about painkillers used during pregnancy SolStock/Getty Images On Monday, the US government announced two initiatives related to autism. It will update labelling on the common painkiller paracetamol, also called acetaminophen, warning use during pregnancy may increase the risk of autism and ADHD in children. It will also approve a drug…
The magnetic field swirling around an enormous black hole, located about 55 million light-years from Earth, has unexpectedly switched directions. This dramatic reversal challenges theories of black hole physics and provides scientists with new clues about the dynamic nature of these shadowy giants. The supermassive black hole, nestled in the heart of the M87 galaxy,…
September 23, 2025 2 min read The Moon Is Rusting—Thanks to ‘Wind’ Blown from Earth Lunar minerals can rust when bombarded with high-energy oxygen particles, experiments show By Alexandra Witze & Nature magazine A stream of charged particles that blows from Earth (foreground) to the Moon could account for the rust compounds found in lunar…
The human brain has trillions of connections Sherbrooke Connectivity Imaging Lab/Connect Images/Alamy If we can fully map the structure of our brains, will we be able to understand how they work? That is the goal of researchers attempting to build a wiring diagram, or connectome, of our neural pathways – but now it seems uncovering…
Just six months ago, the Trump administration promised to find the cause of autism. On September 22, top U.S. health officials announced both a cause and a treatment — though neither is on solid scientific footing, and no data were presented to back up the claims. In an hour-long news briefing filled with inaccuracies, President…
This article is part of “Innovations In: RSV,” an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from MSD, Sanofi and AstraZeneca. Scientists have made monumental strides in their quest to protect vulnerable babies from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV): in just the past few years, monoclonal antibody injections for infants and a maternal…
An experimental computer chip called Ice River can reuse the energy put into it, researchers say. A regular computer chip cannot reuse energy. All the electrical energy it draws to perform computations immediately becomes useless heat. Your phone or laptop will “use energy once and then throw it away,” says Michael Frank, a scientist at…
