The city is planning a big makeover to bring life back to a quieter stretch of downtown that many locals feel has been ignored. One shop owner on Sacramento Street, who runs a boutique that opened eight years ago, said traffic and new customers have always been tough because she is “a bit alone”
The third game of the NBA Finals was watched by more people than ever before. ABC and ESPN together drew an average of 23. 8 million viewers, and the peak number reached 26. 3 million at 11:15 p. m. ET. The series started strong in San Antonio, where Games 1 and 2 each had over 16 million view
The study looks at how breathing tiny dust particles in the air harms older adults around the world. It focuses on people who are 65 or older and tracks health problems that last a long time, like heart disease or cancer. The researchers started in 1990 and went up to the year 2021, then made guesse
The goal of turning carbon dioxide into useful fuels is to make energy more sustainable. One popular route uses electricity to reduce CO2 into methane while keeping the solution neutral. But making this process efficient at high power is tough because the usual steps need many proton‑electron moves,
The G7 leaders will meet next week in Evian‑les‑Bains, a lakeside town in France, for talks that many expect will focus on the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. The French host, President Macron, has arranged a schedule that keeps President Trump on his side of the agenda. France wants the sum
The U. S. and Iran have exchanged air attacks for a second consecutive day, breaking the fragile truce that had been in place since April. A U. S. Apache helicopter was shot down near the Strait of Hormuz earlier this week, sparking a chain reaction of strikes on both sides. President Trump wa
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has chosen ten researchers for the 2026 Kavli Prizes, which honor work in astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience. Five of the winners are Americans, a notable share that highlights the country’s influence in cutting‑edge research. Each group will rece
The city’s latest waterfront projects claim to protect Lower Manhattan from future floods, but many question whether the science truly supports such drastic changes. Experts now say that earlier predictions of dramatic sea‑level rises were exaggerated, and recent studies show no clear acceleratio
The study looks at children who need a life‑saving machine called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO. Doctors often worry that these kids can catch infections while staying in the hospital. They wanted to know which blood test gives the quickest hint that an infection has started. T
The long‑standing habit of using spreadsheets for budgeting and forecasting is finally being challenged. A major cloud software company has introduced a new AI feature that promises to replace the messy cycle of pulling data into Excel, sharing copies, and losing track of the original source. The so
