Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterDec 30, 2024, 09:38 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. The initial list of major league teams that expressed interest in Japanese right-hander Roki Sasaki stretched to 20, his agent, Joel […]
Normally, antibodies are protective proteins produced by our immune systems to fight bacteria or viruses. Their strength comes from their specificity—when you get ill, B cells in your immune system undergo an exquisitely precise process of accelerated evolution, rapidly optimizing antibodies that bind precisely to whatever is making you unwell, without sticking to any of […]
Credit: Molecular Cell (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2024.10.033 Researchers at the University of Würzburg have discovered a process that breaks down mRNA molecules in the human body particularly efficiently. This could be useful, for example, in the treatment of cancer. The study is published in Molecular Cell. They are like the architects of our body: messenger ribonucleic […]
South Korea has voted to impeach President Yoon – now what? South Korea’s constitutional court has begun trial proceedings for the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was suspended for declaring martial law and plunging his country into political turmoil. MPs voted to impeach Yoon last Saturday, after his actions sparked widespread protests calling […]
NPR’s Leila Fadel speaks with Rob Kelner of the law firm Covington and Burling about the vetting process for presidential nominees. LEILA FADEL, HOST: President-elect Donald Trump has moved with lightning speed to name his choices for cabinet members and senior staff in his second term. Hundreds of those nominees will face confirmation hearings in […]
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A stay in space exerts extreme pressures on the human body. Astronauts’ bodies and brains are impacted by radiation, altered gravity, challenging working conditions, and sleep loss—all of which could compromise cognitive functioning. At the same time, they are required to perform complex tasks, and minor mistakes can have devastating consequences. […]
Cher stopped by The Tonight Show to chat about her recently-released memoir, Cher, The Memoir: Part Oneand took the opportunity to announce that she is making new music. “It was hard,” the singer told host Jimmy Fallon of writing her memoir, which chronicles her early life as Cherilyn Sarkisian and her rise to fame, including […]
Taking on the role of Bob Dylan for James Mangold’s A Complete UnknownTimothée Chalamet sang Dylan’s songs so well that people on set debated whether he was lip-syncing or not. He also used a method approach to staying immersed in his role. In Chalamet’s Rolling Stone cover story published Monday, the actor’s co-star Elle Fanning […]
An ethical minefield Since its founders started Anthropic in 2021, the company has marketed itself as one that takes an ethics- and safety-focused approach to AI development. The company differentiates itself from competitors like OpenAI by adopting what it calls responsible development practices and self-imposed ethical constraints on its models, such as its “Constitutional AI” […]
Molecular reconstruction of the human mitochondrial RNase Z complex overlayed on a cryotomographic section with mitochondria from human cells. Credit: Genis Valentin Gese. Researchers at the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet have made a major discovery in how human cells produce energy. Their study, published in The EMBO Journalreveals the detailed mechanisms […]
