Test detects memory problems linked to Alzheimer’s long before typical diagnosis, raising possibility of earlier drug intervention A three-minute brainwave test can detect memory problems linked to Alzheimer’s disease long before people are typically diagnosed, raising hopes that the approach could help identify those most likely to benefit from new...
Science research gets more engagement on Bluesky than X, study finds
Bluesky posts referencing scholarly articles ‘find substantially higher levels of interaction’ than on Elon Musk’s platform Bluesky’s growing status as the social media platform of choice for the world’s scientists has been boosted by analysis suggesting research receives more engagement and original scrutiny than on Elon Musk’s rival platform, X....
Saving the world’s fattest parrot: can New Zealand vaccinate its rare species before bird flu gets to them?
In the last continent to remain untouched by the virus, hopes are being pinned on immunisation as migration season approaches It is easy to imagine how it could happen. A petrel, flying east from the Indian Ocean at the end of the Austral winter, makes landfall at New Zealand’s southern...
A Chinese student was questioned for hours in the US, then sent back even as Trump policies shift
A Chinese philosophy student was deported from the United States after landing in Houston to study at the University of Houston
Rudy Giuliani injured in New Hampshire car crash, his spokesperson says
A spokesperson for Rudy Giuliani says the former New York City mayor is recovering from a fractured vertebra and other injuries following a weekend car crash in New Hampshire
Winning numbers drawn in Saturday’s Powerball
The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the "Powerball" game were: 03-18-22-27-33, Powerball: 17
Gilgo Beach murders: A key test in use of advanced DNA techniques in criminal trials
The case against Long Island’s suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer has emerged as a potentially precedent-setting battleground in the use of advanced DNA techniques in criminal cases
What the end of Federal Reserve independence could mean
President Donald Trump’s attempt to fire a member of the Federal Reserve’s governing board has raised alarms among economists and legal experts who see it as the biggest threat to the central bank’s independence in decades
Government shutdown looms as Congress returns after monthlong August recess
As Congress returns to Washington this fall after a monthlong August recess, they will have to find a way to work with Democrats or around them as a government shutdown looms
Democrats see crime as a major problem. Their party is struggling to address it
A new AP-NORC poll finds that while most Democrats disapprove of how Trump is handling the issue, a large majority, 68%, see crime as a “major problem” in large cities