Nearly 10,000 city workers in Philadelphia have gone on strike, halting trash collection and other services
Iowa’s civil rights protections no longer include gender identity
Iowa has become the first state to remove gender identity protections from its civil rights code
I’m obsessed with brittle stars: fish often nip off bits of their arms but they regenerate
These starfish relatives have lots of remarkable features and are a keystone species. My hope is that we will recognise how vital these charismatic creatures are Brittle stars have a lot of remarkable features as a species. Many of them are bioluminescent and can flash blue light; some will have...
Trump delays plan to cut satellite data access crucial to hurricane forecasting
Scientists have warned loss of data access to Noaa and Nasa experts could set hurricane forecasting ‘back decades’ The Trump administration on Monday announced a delay of one month to a plan to cut forecasters out of an atmospheric satellite data collection program that is seen as crucial for hurricane...
Microsoft says AI system better than doctors at diagnosing complex health conditions
Firm says results of research create ‘path to medical superintelligence’ but plays down job implications Microsoft has revealed details of an artificial intelligence system that performs better than human doctors at complex health diagnoses, creating a “path to medical superintelligence”. The company’s AI unit, which is led by the British...
How Democrats in America’s most Jewish city embraced a critic of Israel
Zohran Mamdani is the expected Democratic nominee for New York City mayor.
Flint’s still-unfinished lead pipe replacement serves as cautionary tale to other cities
Flint, Michigan, is still working on replacing all of its lead pipes
McLaren driver Lando Norris wins Formula 1’s Austrian Grand Prix
McLaren driver Lando Norris wins Formula 1's Austrian Grand Prix
1 dead, 2 injured in Philadelphia explosion that damaged several homes
One person is dead and two others have been injured in an explosion that damaged several homes on Philadelphia's north side
Unsung observatory worker was UK’s first professional female astronomer, experts say
Cambridge’s Institute of Astronomy is trying to find a photo of Annie Walker, who died in 1940, to give her star billing For more than a century, astronomers assumed she had simply “computed” complex calculations for the Victorian men who had exclusive use of Cambridge Observatory telescopes. But researchers now...