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Climate Change Will Intensify El Niño Events, Scientists Warn

Scientists are raising concerns that climate change will significantly intensify El Niño events in the coming decades. According to research, global warming doesn't just amplify the existing impacts of El Niño—such as floods, droughts, and ecosystem disruption—but could also make the events themselves much stronger and

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Flesh-Eating Screwworm Detected in South Texas for First Time

Overview The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced a potential detection of the New World screwworm in South Texas, near the US-Mexico border. If confirmed, this would represent the first breach of the pest into the continental United States since its eradication in the 1960s. Background The New

NASA Ends Recovery Effort for MAVEN Mars Orbiter

Overview NASA has officially ended its effort to recover the MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) Mars orbiter. The spacecraft, which has been studying the Martian atmosphere since its arrival in 2014, will no longer be the target of recovery operations. Background MAVEN was launched to study Mars' upper

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Study Finds Robotaxis Don't Reduce Traffic Congestion as Expected

A new study challenges the assumption that autonomous vehicles will ease urban traffic congestion. Data indicates that Waymo's robotaxis are operating without passengers for approximately half of their total miles driven. The findings come as ride-hailing and robotaxi services have expanded in major cities. Researchers examining vehicle miles

AI and Multi-Omics: A New Frontier in Precision Drug Discovery

The Convergence of AI and Multi-Omics Precision medicine aims to tailor treatments to individual patients, and two powerful technologies are now being combined to make this goal more achievable: multi-omics and artificial intelligence. Multi-omics refers to the integrated analysis of different biological data layers—including genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and transcriptomics.

NASA Study Reveals How Jupiter May Have Helped Deliver Life's Building Blocks to Early Earth

NASA-supported scientists have published new research revealing how the early Earth may have acquired some of the elements necessary for life to emerge. The study, published in Science Advances, also identifies a previously unrecognized role for Jupiter in how these crucial building blocks were distributed throughout our young solar system.

Sentinel-6 Satellite Detects Warm Kelvin Wave Off South America

Overview NASA's Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite has captured imagery of a warm Kelvin wave forming off the coast of South America. The satellite, an international mission operated in partnership with ESA and other agencies, detected higher, warmer water moving from the western Pacific Ocean to just off the