Managing meandering waterways in a changing world Just as water moves through a river, rivers themselves move across the landscape. They carve valleys and canyons, create floodplains and deltas, and transport sediment from the uplands to the ocean. Study finds genetic basis for link between depression, heart disease A group of genes could be common to both depression and heart disease, a finding that researchers said could explain why having one of them increases risk of developing the other. The "puzzling" link between the diseases has been known to exist since the 1990s, they said. Studies have found that people with depression run a greater risk of cardiovascular disease, with early and effective treatmen… NASA astronauts arrive at Kennedy Space Center ahead of Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams arrived at the Cape in T-38 jets, the first such arrival since the space shuttle era. The mission is aiming to launch on Monday, May 6, at 10:34 p.m. EDT (0234 UTC). Kids who wait for big rewards are more likely to do well in school Kids who are better able to delay gratification are more likely to do well in school and have fewer behavioral problems, research finds. |
Scottish leader says he won't resign amid fallout of decision to end power-sharing agreement Scotland's First Minister, Humza Yousaf, is facing intense political pressure after breaking a power-sharing agreement. Yousaf replaced Nicola Sturgeon in March 2023. NASA re-establishes communication with Voyager 1 interstellar spacecraft that went silent for months |