Chris Vallance Senior Technology Reporter Microsoft Microsoft has unveiled a new chip called Majorana 1 that it says will enable the creation of quantum computers able to solve “meaningful, industrial-scale problems in years, not decades”. It is the latest development in quantum computing – tech which uses principles of particle physics to create a new […]
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Wednesday that his department had issued new “guidance on sex-based definitions” aimed, in part, at keeping transgender women and girls out of female sports and fulfilling President Trump’s pledge that the federal government will recognize only two sexes: male and female. “This administration is bringing back common sense […]
Anyone who wants to keep up with President Trump’s views knows to go to his Truth Social account. There, one finds his reasoning on a panoply of issues, including military strikes in Somalia, tariffs on Canada and Mexico, relations with Russia, the causes of a deadly aircraft collision, American ownership of the Gaza Strip and […]
Millie Trenholm & Riyah Collins BBC Newsbeat BBC Apprentice Alex Ritchie says losing staff like her will have a massive impact on the industry Salon owners are warning they might not be able to take on any new apprentices within two years due to financial pressures. The British Hair Consortium, which represents 50,000 hairdressing professionals, […]
Doctors and nurses who love Max’s “The Pitt” remember the moment they realized it wasn’t like other medical shows. Caitlin Dwyer, a charge nurse in Milwaukee, took note of a character’s decision — counterintuitive but medically correct — not to defibrillate a patient with a particular type of heart failure. Dr. Elizabeth Rempfer, an attending […]
During the Biden administration, Donald J. Trump would sit in his mirrored and gold-trimmed salon at Mar-a-Lago where he had once hosted China’s leader, Xi Jinping, brooding to visitors about the outcome of the trade agreement he signed with China in 2020. Mr. Trump would castigate “stupid people” in the White House for failing to […]
The viruses we know best are the ones that make us sick — the influenza viruses that send us to bed and the smallpox viruses that may send us to the grave. But healthy people are rife with viruses that don’t make us ill. Scientists estimate that tens of trillions of viruses live inside of […]
The Covid-19 vaccines were powerfully protective, preventing millions of deaths. But in a small number of people, the shots may have led to a constellation of side effects that includes fatigue, exercise intolerance, brain fog, tinnitus and dizziness, together referred to as “post-vaccination syndrome,” according to a small new study. Some people with this syndrome […]
Welcome to the Baskin-Robbins draft. And we’re dubbing it that not just because the 2025 NFL Draft features (more than) 31 flavors of elite talent for any team in any situation, but because if you took a poll of every NFL team’s board right now, you’d get 31 (OK, 32) different answers. There’s a lot […]
Drugs and medical devices for pets and other animals go through approval processes through the FDA. Staff handling parts of this work lost their jobs in the recent round of firings from the Trump administration. JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP/Getty Images One casualty of the mass firings across federal health agencies […]