Salk Institute scientist and serious biotech entrepreneur Ron Evans yesterday unveiled new mouse work that could point to a long-sought holy grail for treating diabetes. The study, published in Nature, involved a new approach to islet transplantation, a therapy for diabetes in which dysfunctional cells for producing insulin on the …

A box dedicated to Tom Petty’s 1994 album Wildflowers has finally got a release date. Wildflowers & Everything Else will arrive on October 16th. The Super Deluxe Edition of the set has 70 tracks, spread over five CDs, with nine tracks never released, plus 34 alternate versions. In addition to …

A Brooklyn mother and her six children were boarded a Newark-bound JetBlue plane in Orlando after their 2-year-old daughter would not wear a mask, according to reports. Chaya Bruck, of Midwood, told WNBC that when she boarded the flight with the children on Wednesday, her youngest child, Dina, refused to …

Economists were optimistic that the US job market would be on a stable trajectory after recovery. But last week’s claims exaggerated forecasts, after last week’s report was the first under 1 million since March, the Department of Labor reported Thursday. Excluding seasonal adjustments, 891,510 people submitted regular claims for benefits …

Incredible Immersion NASA wants to look again at some distant galaxies. When the James Webb Space Telescope launches, the space agency plans to use it to capture 3D images of three quasars at a distance and the host galaxies swirling around them. The new images, NASA hopes, will finally help …