A human metabolic map of pharmacological perturbations reveals drug modes of action
Nature Biotechnology, Published online: 28 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41587-024-02524-5Mapping the metabolic effects of drugs helps define their mode of action…Study says climate change made conditions that fed California wildfires more likely, more intense
A quick scientific study finds that human-caused climate change increased the likelihood and intensity of the hot, dry and windy conditions that fanned the flames of the recent devastating Southern California wildfires. Tuesday’s report calculates that global warming boosts the frequency of high fire weather conditions in this month’s fires by 35% and its intensity…
Catherine O’Hara Is Somehow Bringing Comedy To The Last Of Us Season 2
An apocalyptic virus turning humans to monsters isn’t normally the foundation for much humor, but it seems Catherine O’Hara is going to try and find some. In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, the Schitt’s Creek star gave more details on her mysterious role in the second season of HBO’s The Last of Us…
How to Fly NASA’s Orion Spacecraft
On NASA’s Artemis II test flight, the first crewed mission under the agency’s Artemis campaign, astronauts will take the controls of the Orion spacecraft and periodically fly it manually during the flight around the Moon and back. The mission provides the first opportunity to ensure the spacecraft operates as designed with humans aboard…
Climate change made LA fires far more likely, study shows
Human-caused climate change made the Los Angeles-area fires more likely and more destructive, according to a study out Tuesday. Why it matters: The study — from an international group of 32 climate researchers — shows how climate change fits into the myriad factors that made the multiple blazes one of California’s most destructive and expensive…
How Drones Can Train Bears to Stay Away from Humans
Drones could be a wildlife manager’s “magic tools” to reduce bear-human conflict…
Publisher’s Platform: With the OIG ousted, what happens to investigation of FSIS’s handling of Boar’s Head?
— OPINION — Federal Offices of Inspector’s General (OIGs) provide the vital role of: On Friday night the Trump Administration put the oversight of the government’s largest agencies in limbo, as the Senate-confirmed OIG watchdogs at the departments of Defense, State, Transportation, Labor, Health and Human Services…
5 Takeaways on Trump’s order on transgender military service
President Trump on Monday signed an executive order effectively barring transgender people from serving openly in the military, renewing a policy he first began implementing in 2017 during his first term. The order, which does not immediately ban transgender troops, is an extension of recent efforts to unravel transgender rights and diversity initiatives instituted by…
DeepSeek triggered a wild, baseless rally for some Chinese stocks
Hype around DeepSeek sent the stock price of several Chinese companies soaring, but proof of their ties to DeepSeek is non-existent. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only…