Diabetes and obesity drugs fuel Eli Lilly profit in the final quarter of 2024
Sales of Lilly’s top-selling product, the diabetes treatment Mounjaro, jumped 60% to $3.53 billion in the final quarter of ...
Trump’s offshore wind energy freeze: What states lose if the executive order remains in place
One of Donald Trump’s first acts as president in January 2025 was to order a freeze on both leasing federal areas for new offshore wind projects and issuing federal permits for projects that are in ...
US dodged a bird flu pandemic in 1957 thanks to eggs and dumb luck – with a new strain spreading fast, will Americans get lucky again?
Vaccination rates were, however, only “moderate” – not because Americans saw vaccination as problematic, but because they did not see influenza as a threat. Nearly 40 years had dulled memories of the ...
What Los Angeles-area schools can learn from other districts devastated by natural disasters
One educational consequence after natural disasters is loss of learning time and continuity. After previous natural disasters, some school districts stressed the importance of returning to in-person ...
How populist leaders like Trump use ‘common sense’ as an ideological weapon to undermine facts
Because it comes from regular people and not institutions that some people deem to be “corrupt,” champions of common sense suggest it leads to a purer form of truth. Yet it is precisely because it ...
The Eagles and Chiefs have already made Philadelphia and Kansas City economic winners
That’s right – whether the Philadelphia Eagles or the Kansas City Chiefs win the big game on Feb. 9, both cities have scored an economic victory. Research shows that making the playoffs alone is ...
5 Super Bowl commercials that deserve places in the advertising hall of shame
Instead, a true advertising face-plant is an ad that’s both tone-deaf and completely forgettable – so dull, off-putting or confusing that when a brand completely switches up its strategy, you almost ...
AI datasets have human values blind spots − new research
To ensure AI systems do not use harmful content when responding to users, researchers introduced a method called reinforcement learning from human feedback. Researchers use highly curated datasets of ...
Rwanda-backed rebels tell residents of a captured eastern Congolese city they are safe
Goma, which the rebels captured last week with the support of troops from neighboring Rwanda, has been “liberated and ...
Boy Scouts see a small membership uptick after rebrand to Scouting America
IRVING, Texas (AP) — A historic rebrand of the Boy Scouts of America has been followed by a small uptick in young people joining what will now be called Scouting America, a welcoming sign as the ...
What is 'ordo amoris?' Vice President JD Vance invokes this medieval Catholic concept
Vice President JD Vance recently cited medieval Catholic theology in justifying the immigration crackdown under President ...
Second employee dies after shooting at Ohio cosmetics warehouse and the suspect will be in court
NEW ALBANY, Ohio (AP) — A second employee has died following a shooting at an Ohio warehouse and four others remain ...