Science & Tech

Tirzepatide shows broader heart-and-kidney edge over dulaglutide in diabetes trial analysis

A post hoc look at the 13,000-patient SURPASS-CVOT trial finds fewer combined heart and kidney events with tirzepatide than dulaglutide.

#diabetes, #cardiology, #glp1, #kidneydisease, #clinicaltrials

CERN’s LHCb Spots New ‘Heavy Proton,’ Settling a 20-Year Particle Dispute

Upgraded LHCb confirms the doubly charmed baryon Ξcc⁺ at 3,620 MeV, matching theory and undercutting a disputed 2002 SELEX claim.

#cern, #lhc, #particlephysics, #quarks, #qcd

Nature study warns 2°C warming could still bring extreme drought, fires and floods

A new Nature study finds that even at 2°C warming, worst-case climate models show 4°C-level risks for crops, forests and cities.

#climatechange, #globalwarming, #extremeweather, #drought, #wildfires

Hasbro Cyber Incident Forces System Shutdowns, Risks Weeks of Shipping Delays

Hasbro says it contained unauthorized network access but took systems offline, warning of shipment delays as it navigates new SEC cyber disclosure rules.

#cybersecurity, #hasbro, #sec, #supplychain, #databreach

NASA’s Artemis II Prepares to Send Astronauts Around the Moon for the First Time Since 1972

Artemis II aims to launch four astronauts on a 10-day lunar flyby, testing SLS and Orion amid cost, safety and geopolitical pressure.

#nasa, #artemis, #moon, #spaceflight, #orion

Measles surges back in the Carolinas, prompting CDC to deploy ‘disease detectives’

Nearly 1,000 cases centered near Spartanburg, S.C., have spread into North Carolina, prompting CDC surge support as schools tighten exclusions.

#measles, #vaccines, #cdc, #southcarolina, #northcarolina

In Suburban Georgia, a New Museum Exhibit Puts Apple’s 50-Year History Under Glass

Roswell’s Mimms Museum opens a 20,000-square-foot permanent Apple exhibit with 2,000+ artifacts, from rare Apple-1s to iPhones.

#apple, #museums, #technologyhistory, #georgia

Geomagnetic Storm Sparks Rare Aurora Sightings Far From the Poles

A CME-driven G3 geomagnetic storm on March 20–21 sent vivid auroras as far south as Wyoming and central Europe, with limited impacts reported.

#aurora, #spaceweather, #solarcycle25, #geomagneticstorm

SpaceX’s Transporter-16 lifts 119 payloads into orbit, underscoring a crowded and consequential new space era

A predawn Falcon 9 rideshare from Vandenberg deployed 119 spacecraft, from student CubeSats to Pentagon-linked experiments and a hypersonic capsule.

#spacex, #falcon9, #smallsats, #rideshare, #spaceflight

Stanford Researchers Turn Protein Fragments Into DNA for Sequencer-Based Proteomics

A Stanford team reports “reverse translation,” encoding peptides into barcoded DNA readable on standard sequencers—promising single-molecule proteomics beyond mass spec.

#proteomics, #dnasequencing, #stanford, #biotechnology, #singlecell

Jury Finds Instagram and YouTube Addictive for Minors, Awards $6 Million in Landmark Design-Defect Case

A Los Angeles jury found Meta and Google negligently designed Instagram and YouTube to hook minors, awarding $6 million to a woman harmed as a teen.

#socialmedia, #metaplatforms, #google, #youthmentalhealth, #section230

Inside the Canterbury nightclub linked to Britain’s meningitis B outbreak

A meningitis B cluster tied to nights out at a Canterbury club killed two and hospitalized dozens—raising questions about detection, communication and vaccine policy.

#meningitis, #publichealth, #vaccines, #uk, #outbreak

Global ‘evolution gardens’ show plants can adapt to warming—until heat pushes them past a tipping point

In a five-year global experiment, Arabidopsis evolved fast in many climates—but populations in the hottest sites collapsed, revealing limits to adaptation.

#climatechange, #evolution, #plantscience, #biodiversity

WHO races to finalize pathogen-sharing annex meant to prevent ‘vaccine apartheid’ in the next pandemic

Negotiators in Geneva have six days to lock in rules for sharing dangerous pathogens—and guarantees that poorer countries get vaccines and treatments in return.

#who, #pandemic, #vaccines, #globalhealth, #treaty

Newly Found Sungrazing Comet Could Flare Brighter Than Venus—or Disintegrate at the Sun

Comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) reaches a perilous April 4 sun-skimming perihelion. Astronomers say it could blaze briefly—or vanish in a breakup.

#comet, #astronomy, #sun, #space, #nasa