A New Question For Earth Day 2026, Who Pays For America’s Growth?

As another Earth Day comes around, the questions in many places are about the costs of energy and burdens on household, not just environmental pledges

Why Do Humans Get Hiccups? Hint: It’s An Evolutionary Reflex From Our Fishy Past

The hiccups you’ve been cursing since lunch are older than you could ever possibly imagine — a ghost signal from ancestors who never set foot on land.

Can Vaccine Development Weather Political Storms?

The people who research, make and invest in vaccines are nervous. Some companies have started pulling back on their vaccine work.

Preparing For The Next Pandemic: Countries With The Biggest Risks

Award winning study develops country-level spatial network susceptible-infected model based on global travel network data and relative risk measures of potential origins.

A Virus From Farmed Seafood Is Causing A New Eye Disease In People

A shrimp virus called CMNV has jumped into humans, causing a new eye disease linked to handling and eating raw seafood. The virus is already global.

Elevance Health Profits Eclipse $1.7 Billion Despite Elevated Costs

Elevance Health reported $1.7 billion in first quarter net income as cost issues continued to drag on earnings of the nation’s second-largest health insurer.

The First Wide Foldable Is Here: How Huawei Outpaced Apple And Samsung

Huawei just launched the Pura X Max, and it’s the first super-wide folding phone with just one fold. Samsung and Apple are likely to follow suit.

Northern Australia Leaving Endangered Sawfish Exposed

The Northern Territory plans to phase out barramundi gillnets by next year, but a rollback on camera monitoring means 80 percent of fishing will go unrecorded during the transition. For endangered sawfish and other threatened species, that blind spot c…

The UK Just Passed A Generational Smoking Ban. Could America Be Next?

The UK just banned cigarette sales to anyone born after 2008. A doctor explains what the landmark Tobacco and Vapes Bill does — and whether the US could ever follow suit.

Apple Picks Hardware Executive As CEO In The Age Of AI

In the age of AI, Apple chooses hardware head as the CEO, sticking to its roots. It remains to be seen how Apple will drive AI in its products.