Douglas fir wood can be turned into a water filter Janet Horton / Alamy Stock Photo Slices of wood can act as water filters that remove bacteria and microplastics with more than 99 per cent efficiency, potentially offering a cheap way to protect people from water-borne illnesses. Previous research has investigated more complex methods to…
U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Secretary of Education Linda McMahon attend a Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission event, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 22, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters A key, revamped government panel of vaccine advisors appointed by…
Adobe Inc. excels in providing a comprehensive suite of creative tools that empower artists, designers, and developers across various digital disciplines. Their product landscape is the backbone of countless creative projects worldwide, ranging from web design and photo editing to vector graphics and video production. Adobe’s internal developers use a vast array of wiki pages,…
“Track and field has failed to reach its potential for years,” says Michael Johnson, an American sprinter with four Olympic gold medals. A ranking of the 100 best-paid athletes in the world by Sportico, a trade publication, does not feature a single athletics star. Indeed, the journal estimates that the highest-profile track athlete, America’s Noah…
Editor’s note: Ruth Porat recently spoke at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s Annual Meeting in Chicago. Below is an edited transcription of her remarks. We are living in an extraordinary time for technology, with AI and its application across so many areas being the latest — and by far — the greatest development. Today,…
The question on everybody’s lips is are these attendances just because fans do not really care about this revamped Club World Cup – or could this apathy continue into the actual World Cup in 2026? BBC Sport spoke to two American journalists to get their thoughts. Doug Roberson of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution thinks there were…
Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, White House A chainsaw, two hats and Lil X: Musk’s eventful time at Doge Elon Musk’s time in the Trump administration is coming to an end after a tempestuous 129 days in which the world’s richest man took an axe to government spending – stirring ample controversy along the way….
[Stock photograph] This photo taken on May 31, 2019, shows watchtowers on a high-security facility … More near what is believed to be a re-education camp where mostly Muslim ethnic minorities were detained, on the outskirts of Hotan, in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region. (Photo credit: GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images On…
By Bloomberg Published June 18, 2025 Lululemon Athletica Inc., the Canadian athleisure brand known for its premium yoga wear and lifestyle apparel, is eliminating approximately 150 corporate positions as part of a wider organizational restructuring to enhance agility and long-term growth. A Lululemon Athletica store in Las Vegas, Nevada. – Photo: Bridget Bennett, Bloomberg According…
This Hubble Space Telescope image is cluttered with myriad galaxies NASA, ESA, B. Sunnquist, J. Mack, J. Lotz (STScI), HFF Team The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Each month, we hand over the keyboard to a physicist or mathematician to tell you about fascinating ideas from their corner of the…
