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). Bacteria could replace fossil fuels for making valuable chemicals Engineered bacteria could pave the way "renewable chemicals to be produced that do not burden the environment," researchers say. |
Biden Delays Ban on Menthol Cigarettes The proposal had been years in the making, in an effort to curb death rates of Black smokers targeted by Big Tobacco. In an election year, the president’s weak support among Black voters may have influenced the postponement. Pope to bring his call for ethical artificial intelligence to G7 summit in June in southern Italy Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has announced that Pope Francis will attend the G7 Summit in June and will participate in the session on artificial intelligence. NASA re-establishes communication with Voyager 1 interstellar spacecraft that went silent for months |