A major success in a new field of cancer treatment this week, as Moderna and Merck announced a personalized mRNA cancer vaccine reduced the risk of recurrence and spread of melanoma in a late-stage trial. The vaccine was tested with Merck’s widely used immunotherapy drug Keytruda: Thousands of patients who Read more…
Children’s lungs grew bigger and stronger after the most polluting vehicles were restricted from entering London, a study has found. Examinations of London schoolchildren before and after the introduction of the city’s ultra-low emission zone found a restoration of lung capacity that had been stunted by exposure to pollution… “Traffic Read more…
47% of recent graduates say AI has already impacted hiring in their field, according to an April survey from ZipRecruiter. “But is AI really the problem, or is it more complicated?” asks NPR. “Here’s what economists have to say.” According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the unemployment Read more…
The reason that every major university maintains a department of mathematics is that it’s cheaper than institutionalizing all those people.
A rapidly developing El Nino is already reaching record-setting levels for this time of year and is expected to intensify further over the coming months. It is off the charts. Usual measures of El Nino have blown past prior record levels in the period with good data, even though maximum Read more…
Millions of people finish short video after short video every day; a new brain-scan study shows that the very act of finishing a clip they like temporarily quiets the brain regions that normally help them stay focused and weigh longer-term goals. When people watch a short video they enjoy enough Read more…
RAMageddon could soon push car prices higher as modern vehicles rely on ever more RAM and powerful centralized computers to run everything from infotainment to driver-assistance systems. The shortage could add a few percentage points to vehicle prices, which might not sound like much, but could potentially translate to around Read more…