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'These decisions were completely reckless': Funding cuts to mRNA vaccines will make America more vulnerable to pandemics

mRNA expert Jeff Coller spoke with Live Science about the future of mRNA vaccines in the United States in the aftermath of huge federal funding cuts.

LiveScience

A robot might perform your next surgery

The robot performed with the expertise of a skilled human surgeon, researchers at Johns Hopkins University said

The Independent UK

Robot performs surgery with ‘100% accuracy’

The robot performed part of a gallbladder removal on a life-like patient with the expertise of a skilled human surgeon

The Independent UK

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Robot performs realistic surgery ‘with 100% accuracy’

The robot operated with the expertise of a skilled human surgeon, according to Johns Hopkins University researchers in the US.

Evening Standard

Trump's "brutal politics" breed violence

The targeting of Democratic lawmakers is a reminder that inflammatory rhetoric can inspire violent extremism

Salon

Tired? Here’s five tips for a good night’s sleep

One in three Americans don’t get enough sleep. That can leave them at risk for negative health outcomes — so Julia Musto asked the experts for their best tips for quality snoozing

The Independent UK

Measles vaccination rates drop after COVID-19 pandemic in counties across the US

Childhood vaccination rates against measles fell in the years after the COVID-19 pandemic in nearly 80% of the more than 2,000 U.S. counties with available data

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Misinformation Casts Shadow On US-China Trade Truce

From false claims of Americans panic-buying Chinese goods to bot-driven attacks on US brands, a tide of misinformation is casting a shadow over a temporary trade truce between Washington and Beijing.

International Business Times

Hip-hop can document life in America more reliably than history books

Describing my 2017 appointment as a faculty member, the University of Virginia dubbed me the school’s “first” hip-hop professor. Even if the job title and the historic nature of the appointment might have merited it, the word was misleading.

The Conversation

What was the first alphabet in the world?

New discoveries challenge old ideas about the earliest alphabets.

LiveScience

NASA terminating $420 million in contracts not aligned with its new priorities

Space agency reportedly being pushed to focus on Mars, a priority of commercial partner SpaceX founder Elon Musk

The Independent UK

How Trump’s tariffs could tank the U.S. economy

Steve Hanke of Johns Hopkins University puts it bluntly: “You can’t win a trade war,” he says.

Fortune

MAGA superfan Jesse Watters once again laments DOGE cuts that impact him

Johns Hopkins University announced staff layoffs as a result of massive funding cuts to federal aid programs – where Watters’s sister works

The Independent UK

Johns Hopkins University Cuts Over 2,000 Jobs After Loss of $800M USAID Grants

Most of the layoffs will impact international employees, with 1,975 positions eliminated across 44 countries, along with 247 jobs in the U.S.

International Business Times

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Johns Hopkins to lose 2,000 jobs after Trump’s $800m cut in USAid funding

University says cut in funding ‘forcing us to wind down critical work’ as academics rally against job losses

Roll Call

FDA pick may differ from HHS head RFK Jr. in some key areas - Roll Call

Martin Makary, an author and surgeon at Johns Hopkins University, has appeared frequently on Fox News to talk about health issues.

Space

The next giant leap? How jumping could help astronauts train for trips to the moon and Mars

Scientists suggest adding jumping exercises to astronauts' training regimens, to minimize the health effects of long space missions, such as moon and Mars trips.

Space

Puffy white dwarfs could shed light on mysterious dark matter. Here's how.

Astronomers just took a big step toward a better understanding of white dwarfs, a discovery that could shed light on mysterious dark matter.

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The Independent UK

Billion-dollar donation from Netflix's Reed Hastings leads 2024's list of biggest gifts

Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings and former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg made the largest contributions in 2024, and financial aid, especially for medical students, got most of the money

Space

'Our understanding of the universe may be incomplete': James Webb Space Telescope data suggests we need a 'new cosmic feature' to explain it all

'Hubble was right!' The largest cosmic survey from the James Webb Space Telescope indicates scientists may need another ingredient in their cosmic recipe.

LiveScience

James Webb telescope confirms we have no idea why the universe is growing the way it is

A dense cluster of bright stars, each with six large and two small diffraction spikes, due to the telescope’s optics.

The Independent UK

AI-powered robot performs surgery with skill of human doctor

A robot trained by watching videos of surgeons has learned how to carry out procedures as skillfully as human doctors, according to findings led by Johns Hopkins University researchers.

Fortune

‘No longer the only woman in the room’: MBA gender gap closing at top business schools

Women make up 42% of MBA students, and top schools like Northwestern, Duke, and WashU reached gender parity this year.

Advnture

Labor Day leaves Colorado river polluted with painkillers and cocaine

Revellers flock to the rivers for some tubing fun, but some sneaky peeing in the water reveals what they’ve been ingesting

LiveScience

James Webb telescope spots 6 enormous 'rogue planets' tumbling through space without a star

The James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered six "rogue planets" careening through space without a star. The objects are believed to have formed directly from gas collapse, blurring the lines between planets and stars.

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