California moves to close overdose protection loophole that deters students from seeking emergency help
State lawmakers pass a bill that shields college students from disciplinary action if they call 911 during an overdose emergency. …
Category: Science
Forest Service reverses decades-long ban, allows wildfire firefighters to use N95 masks
After asserting for years that firefighters cannot do their jobs while wearing protective masks, the U.S. Forest Service will now provide the breathing protection. …
Kennedy commission child health report ignores gun violence, the leading cause of child death
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said violence could be fault of antidepressants, social media and video games, but not guns. …
OpenAI installs parental controls following California teen’s death
A San Francisco family sued after finding months of alarming conversation between their son, who died by suicide, and ChatGPT. …
Megan McArthur, first woman to pilot SpaceX Dragon, retires from NASA after more than two decades
UCLA and UC San Diego grad Megan McArthur retires at 54 after two decades with NASA. The space and ocean scientist’s work puts her in an elite group of explorers. …
David Baltimore, Nobel Prize-winning scientist and former Caltech president, dies at 87
Baltimore played a role in virtually every important national debate over the use and potential misuse of the science of genetic engineering. …