FEATURED
COVID 19 Articles
Oyster stocks have plunged in the Chesapeake. This resident wants to bring them back
A Maryland resident and university photographer are working to restore oyster populations in the Chesapeake Bay, which have declined by over 99% due to overharvesting, using conservation efforts and robotic technology.
Scientists just found a loophole that could let black holes split in two
A new theoretical study suggests black holes could potentially split into two under extreme conditions, though the physics normally prevents such fragmentation through thermodynamic restrictions.
Higher temperatures fuel gun violence. Now we know how much is from climate change.
Research estimates approximately 2,000 shootings in major U.S. cities between 2021 and 2025 are attributable to higher temperatures caused by climate change, establishing a quantifiable link between warming and gun violence.
A Kelvin wave raised sea levels on the West Coast. More are coming
A Kelvin wave moving along the West Coast is raising sea levels and increasing flood risks, with more waves expected through fall and winter during this year’s strong El Niño event.
Trending COVID 19 News
NHS mental health trust plans £25m in cuts to jobs and services
An NHS mental health trust plans £25m in budget cuts affecting hundreds of jobs and multiple services including child mental health care, talking therapies, and addiction support.
Woman has pioneering surgery for unborn baby with intestines outside its body
Doctors have successfully performed pioneering in-utero surgery on an unborn baby with gastroschisis, a birth defect where intestines grow outside the body. The procedure, performed at 26 weeks of pregnancy, represents a significant advancement in fetal surgical intervention.
Heart transplant candidates fail if they get too weak. New program tries inpatient prehab
A new inpatient rehabilitation program aims to prevent heart transplant candidates from becoming too frail while hospitalized, helping them maintain eligibility for lifesaving surgery.
Trump blasts Pirro after she refutes his claim that Reflecting Pool was damaged by vandals
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro moved to dismiss charges against a former Olympian, attributing Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool damage to contractor errors rather than vandalism, prompting President Trump to publicly criticize her assessment.
Senate leaders reach funding deal to avoid shutdown during campaign season
Senate leaders unveiled a short-term spending bill to fund federal agencies through early December, avoiding a government shutdown during the midterm election campaign season.
Kay Granger, first Republican woman from Texas to serve in the House, has died at age 83
Kay Granger, the first Republican woman from Texas elected to the U.S. House, has died at 83. She served nearly three decades and chaired the House Appropriations Committee.
El-Sayed and Stevens make final Democratic Senate primary push in Michigan churches, union halls
Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens made final campaign pushes through Michigan churches and union halls in the closing hours of a fiercely contested Democratic Senate primary.
Maryland lawmakers to consider steps toward partisan redistricting for 2028
Maryland lawmakers begin a special session to consider a constitutional amendment that could allow Democrats to redraw congressional districts to potentially gain an additional House seat by 2028.
Now, even Russia’s most elite hackers are using Clickfix to infect devices
Russia’s elite Sandworm hacking group has adopted Clickfix, a social-engineering technique that tricks users into pasting malicious scripts, to target Ukrainian organizations.
Xbox tech boss says ‘unacceptable’ outage should not have affected disc games
Xbox’s technology chief acknowledged an “unacceptable” outage Monday that prevented some players from accessing disc-based games, calling the licensing failure a system design flaw requiring correction.
Snapchat joins other platforms in the fight against ‘AI slop’
Snapchat joins YouTube, LinkedIn, and Substack in combating AI-generated content by deprioritizing wholly AI-created videos in recommendations while allowing AI-enhanced material.
Is paying artists enough to convince them to embrace AI?
AI startup Pippa launches with a business model designed to compensate artists whose work trains its text-to-video models, though the payments remain modest and underlying technology still relies on internet-scraped content.