The number of women choosing to freeze their eggs has increased sharply, according to figures from the UK’s Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA). The number deciding to embark on the process abroad also appears to be rising. Madeleine Finlay speaks to the Guardian journalist Lucy Hough, who recently travelled...
Scientists warn US will lose a generation of talent because of Trump cuts
Political interference and chaotic cuts to staff, programs and grants at the National Science Foundation are producing ‘devastating consequences’ A generation of scientific talent is at the brink of being lost to overseas competitors by the Trump administration’s dismantling of the National Science Foundation (NSF), with unprecedented political interference at...
EPA to launch program that lets people adopt its lab animals amid Trump cuts
Document detailing the new program says zebrafish and rats from a North Carolina lab will be up for adoption The US Environmental Protection Agency is launching a new program to adopt some of its 20,000 lab animals in the wake of Trump administration plans to dramatically cut the regulator’s research...
FDA vaccine official restricted COVID vaccine approvals against agency advice
A top official at the Food and Drug Administration recently overruled government scientists on the availability of two COVID-19 vaccines
Skydiving plane goes off NJ runway, crashes into woods, sending 15 to hospital
A skydiving plane carrying 15 people has crashed near an airport in southern New Jersey after reporting engine trouble
Search for a woman who got off a cruise ship in Alaska to hike and didn’t return
Authorities say a woman visiting Alaska’s capital city on a cruise ship did not return from a hike she said she was taking
Massachusetts advocates fear Trump’s bill will unravel health safety net in Obamacare’s model state
In the state that served as the model for Obamacare, advocates and health care workers fear the Trump administration is trying to dismantle the program piece-by-piece
Man charged with killing former Minnesota House speaker is due back in court after delay
The man accused of killing former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, and wounding a state senator and his wife, is due back in court after a week's delay
How a GOP rift over tech regulation doomed a ban on state AI laws in Trump’s tax bill
A stark disagreement over regulating AI in Republicans’ tax cut and spending bill is the latest tension among conservatives about whether to let states continue to put guardrails on emerging technologies or minimize such interference
Winning numbers drawn in Wednesday’s Powerball
The winning numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the "Powerball" game were: 07-19-21-54-63, Powerball: 21