Sci-Tech

August 7, 2024 5:44 PM

Study reveals seaweed antioxidants may help prevent Parkinson’s disease

A groundbreaking study has revealed the that seaweed antioxidants can help prevent Parkinson's disease. The research, conducted by Osaka Metropolitan University's Graduate School of Human Life and Ecology and led by led by Associate Professor Akiko Kojima-Yuasa, focused on the physiological effects ...

August 7, 2024 4:15 PM

Tiny arm bone unlocks mystery of Indonesia’s extinct ‘Hobbit’ people

When researchers excavated fossilized fragments of a rod-shaped bone 3-1/2 inches (88 mm) long at a site called Mata Menge on Indonesia's Flores island, the pieces initially were bagged and marked "crocodile bone fragment?" It was only later that they realized what they actually were. These fragmen...

August 7, 2024 2:22 PM

Google monopoly ruling could help Apple defense in antitrust case

Apple could be the winner after Alphabet's Google lost its fight with the U.S. antitrust enforcers earlier this week, with a ruling that supports the iPhone maker's defense in its own antitrust court battle with U.S. prosecutors, legal experts said. A federal judge mostly sided with state and feder...

August 6, 2024 4:47 PM

Fossil study finds how sea level changes shaped early life on Earth

A groundbreaking study from the University of Edinburgh has unveiled a new timeline of early animal fossils, suggesting a significant relationship between sea level fluctuations, marine oxygen variations, and the emergence of the earliest ancestors of present-day animals. The research, focusing on ...

August 5, 2024 2:38 PM

Meteorite impacts identified as driver of moon’s tenuous atmosphere

The NASA astronauts who became the first people to land on the moon's surface in the 1960s and 1970s also discovered a previously unknown lunar characteristic - it has an atmosphere, though quite tenuous. Soil samples they retrieved are now revealing the main physical process driving this atmosphere...

August 2, 2024 11:17 AM

Apple pins hopes on AI for iPhone upgrades as China sales falter

Apple said its third-quarter iPhone sales were better than expected and forecast more gains on Thursday as it bets on artificial intelligence to attract buyers, even as its overall China business disappointed. Shares of the company rose nearly 1% in extended trading, outperforming other tech stocks...

August 1, 2024 5:23 PM

Lilly says weight loss drug cut heart failure risk by 38% in trial

Trial results show Eli Lilly's weight loss drug Zepbound reduces the risk of hospitalization, death and other outcomes for obese adults with a common type of heart failure, the company said on Thursday as it continues to build a case for the medication's wider health benefits. The drug, also known ...