Category : science

Pfizer/Merck KGaA End Bavencio Ovarian Cancer Phase III Study

Pfizer (PFE) and Merck KGaA terminate a late-stage study on Bavencio. This is the second ovarian cancer study failure in less than two months.

Doctors First Diagnosed This 29-Year-Old With IBS — Later, She Died of Cancer

"Please push to be checked if needed, don't let this happen to you," she wrote days before her death.

What's Wrong If You Have Red, Shiny Nose?

All this talk about whether or not Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer is problematic has obscured a very important question—i.e., what was actually wrong with Rudolph’s nose? Like, medically? Did no one ever think of taking him to a doctor, to see if the...

Hunt for survivors as Indonesian tsunami death toll climbs to 373

Dozens of filled body bags were hauled away from buildings flattened by Indonesia's volcano-triggered tsunami Monday, as the death toll climbed to 373 and search teams pushed on with the grim hunt for corpses. Rescue teams used their bare hands, dig...

Taiwan Just Dumped the F-35 for the F-16V. Here's Why.

Taipei wants to go in a different direction.

Is Boeing's 'New' F-15X Fighter Really Joining the U.S. Air Force?

If purchased, the F-15X aircraft will reportedly end up in the hands of several Air National Guard units as a replacement for the service’s current F-15C aircraft. But at the moment, it appears any acquisition of the advanced F-15 variant will prove...

2019 may be the warmest year on record as a result of an El Niño event exacerbated by global warming

Climate scientists warn that 2019 may be the warmest year on record due to a possible El Niño event exacerbated by global warming.

4 Signs You Might Be Allergic to Sugar

It's rare, but some people don't react well to certain sugars.

Eight Charts That Tell Technology’s Story for 2018

Similar to 2017, a common thread in several of these themes is disillusionment about technology or the companies behind it. 8) Hopes and Fears for Driverless Cars: In the eight years since Google’s driverless car project first hit the news, much pro...

Fifty years after 'Earthrise': The famous photograph bolstered the environmental movement

Earthrise instilled urgency for those already on the front lines battling pollution and making the case that our health and planet were in danger.

5 things to know about DNA tests before you send your spit

This Christmas, plenty of people will find DNA tests under the tree. They're easy to use — just send 23andMe, Ancestry, or one of their competitors your spit, and in exchange you're promised a detailed breakdown of your heritage. For a lit...

5 Radical Ideas To Slow Climate Change and Tackle Our Waste Crisis

A slew of terrifying headlines have defined 2018. We have 12 years to

Lebanon's Berri says some parties do not want government formed: newspaper

Lebanon's parliament speaker said there are parties that do not want a new government, a newspaper reported on Monday, highlighting the obstacles that have derailed its formation after an agreement had seemed close. More than seven months since its...

NASA spacecraft hurtles toward historic New Year's flyby

A NASA spacecraft is hurtling toward a historic New Year's Day flyby of the most distant planetary object ever studied, a frozen relic of the early solar system called Ultima Thule. Four billion miles (6.4 billion kilometers) away, the unmanned spac...

'Everything's gone': Indonesian villagers recount tsunami horror

Asep Sunaria heard a loud "whoosh" just seconds before a wall of water threw him off his motorbike, swallowing his house and the village he called home until Saturday night. As rescuers hunted for survivors of the volcano-triggered tsunami that kill...

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