MIAMI – Gov. Ron DeSantis and President Donald Trump have wounded their political destinies together in Florida, a state that amounts to a mandatory victory if the president hopes to serve another term in the White House. But as the nation rushes into a contentious general election contest, Florida has …
Read More »In the depths of space, Hubble sees a cosmic bat flap its wings
In a giant cloud of gas and dust 1,400 light-years away, twin shadows extend through space from a star, like the vast wings of a colossal cosmic bat. Now astronomers have surprised the hit of these shadows, and are not sure what is causing it. The winged shadow, photographed using …
Read More »The great wonders beyond the great reef
What is in the Great Barrier Reef of Australia, in the Coral Sea? The region was mostly unexplored and unexplored until a recent expedition searched its dark waters, discovering an abundance of life, bizarre geological features, and spectacular deep corals. The deepest incursions reached more than a mile. The expedition …
Read More »Zogenix Gets Approval of New Drug to Treat Rare Type of Childhood Epilepsy
A Zogenix’s new drug that treats a rare and severe type of epilepsy was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday, a decision that clears the way for the company to compete against a recently approved drug derived from marijuana. The drug Zogenix, called Fintepla, is a liquid …
Read More »NASA now has alien robot explorers who only call home when they’ve hit the jackpot.
Space probes must gain artificial intelligence and autonomy while conducting an alien search … [+] life in the solar system. Getty Space probes send too much data. In fact, scientific instruments that study the geochemistry of planetary bodies, and search for extraterrestrial life, generate increasing amounts of data. It is …
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