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US NIH's $50 million autism initiative grounded in science
Date: September 25, 2025
By Ahmed Aboulenein and Robin Respaut WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. National Institutes of Health granted $50 million this week to fund 13 autism research projects that scientists and advocates say...
Ancient skull from China may shake up timeline of human evolution
Date: September 25, 2025
By Will Dunham (Reuters) -In 1990, an ancient human skull was unearthed in China's Hubei Province that was so badly deformed during fossilization that it was hard to gauge its significance. A new...
Instagram’s teen safety features are flawed, researchers say
Date: September 25, 2025
By Jeff Horwitz (Reuters) -Numerous safety features that Meta has said it has implemented to protect young users on Instagram over the years do not work well or, in some cases, don't exist, according...
Austria hails 'brain gain' in luring 25 academics away from US after cuts
Date: September 25, 2025
VIENNA (Reuters) -Austria has lured what it calls 25 "top researchers" away from U.S. institutions including Harvard, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Princeton with grants set up in...
Nature loss could cut mining, power earnings by a quarter, Barclays finds
Date: September 25, 2025
By Virginia Furness LONDON (Reuters) -Company earnings could fall by as much as 25% over five years due to nature degradation, Barclays said, as rising input costs and operational disruptions driven...
Europe had over 62,700 heat-related deaths in 2024, report finds
Date: September 22, 2025
By Alison Withers COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -More than 62,700 people died in Europe from heat-related causes in 2024, according to research published in Nature Medicine on Monday, with women and the...