Los paleontólogos presentaron el miércoles los huesos fosilizados de una de las ballenas más extrañas de la historia. Este leviatán de 39 millones de años, llamado Perucetus, posiblemente pesó unas 200 toneladas, tanto como una ballena azul que, hasta ahora, era el animal más pesado del que se tenía registro. Si bien las ballenas azules […]
Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, was sent to jail on Friday after a federal judge in New York revoked his bail, accusing him of trying to influence witnesses who are poised to testify against him at a widely anticipated trial in less than two months. Mr. Bankman-Fried, 31, had been
With Hollywood’s labor disputes grinding on, and virtually all production stopped, anxiety began creeping into Zain Habboo’s house in Chevy Chase, Md. She and her husband had recently finished the latest season of HBO’s “The Righteous Gemstones,” but now they were worried that new episodes of favorite shows like “The Handmaid’s Tale” would be significantly
En todo tipo de cáncer hay moléculas que aceleran un crecimiento incontrolable y mortal. ¿Qué pasaría si los científicos pudieran enganchar esas moléculas con otras que hicieran que las células se autodestruyeran? ¿Qué pasaría si aquello que impulsa la supervivencia de un cáncer pudiera en su lugar activar el programa para su destrucción? Hace algunos
His framework offered a new way to think about continental drift and revolutionized the study of earthquakes, volcanoes and evolution. Source link
The Supreme Court announced on Thursday that it would pause a bankruptcy deal for Purdue Pharma that would give billions of dollars to those harmed by the opioid epidemic in exchange for shielding members of the wealthy Sackler family from additional opioid-related lawsuits. The settlement involving Purdue, the maker of the prescription painkiller OxyContin, touches
Carrie Frost is well equipped for hydration. A registered nurse and a mother of two from Colorado, she estimates that her family has accumulated “upward of 25 to 30” reusable flasks at home for keeping cold drinks: flasks large and small, of various designs and colors, with a straw and without. But last month, as
Federal regulators have suspended research on human subjects at the Columbia-affiliated New York State Psychiatric Institute, one of the country’s oldest research centers, as they investigate safety protocols across the institute after the suicide of a research participant. A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Kate Migliaccio-Grabill, confirmed on Wednesday that
The Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily blocked a bankruptcy deal for Purdue Pharma that would have shielded members of the billionaire Sackler family, which once controlled the company, from additional civil lawsuits over the opioid epidemic and that capped the Sacklers’ personal liability at $6 billion. The order is likely to delay any payments to
California regulators agreed on Thursday to the expansion of driverless taxi services in San Francisco, despite the safety concerns of local officials and community activists. In a 3-to-1 vote, the California Public Utilities Commission, which regulates self-driving cars in the state, gave Cruise and Waymo permission to offer paid rides anytime during the day throughout