FDA will drop two-study requirement for new drug approvals, aiming to speed access

FDA will drop two-study requirement for new drug approvals, aiming to speed access

The Food and Drug Administration plans to drop its longtime standard of requiring two rigorous studies to win approval for new drugs, the latest change from Trump administration officials vowing to speed up the availability of certain medical products. Going forward, the FDA’s “default position” will be to require one study for new drugs and…

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Watch: NASA astronaut shares viral 60x speed time-lapse capturing Earth’s lightning, oceans, sunsets, and moon |

Watch: NASA astronaut shares viral 60x speed time-lapse capturing Earth’s lightning, oceans, sunsets, and moon |

Seeing the Earth from space never gets old. NASA astronaut Zena Cardman recently shared a breathtaking time-lapse video that seems to capture the planet in all its glory. Filmed during SpaceX’s CRS-33 mission, the clip compresses hours of orbital movement into a few magical seconds. Lightning storms flicker, sunsets blaze, stars twinkle, and the Moon…

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238 bird species spotted in Thiruvananthapuram district during Great Backyard Bird Count and Campus Bird Count

238 bird species spotted in Thiruvananthapuram district during Great Backyard Bird Count and Campus Bird Count

Malabar Trogon | Photo Credit: Special arrangement A total of 238 bird species were documented across Thiruvananthapuram district during the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC), an annual four-day global citizen science initiative held from February 13 to 16. Endemic species such as Grey-fronted Green-Pigeon, Malabar Imperial-Pigeon, Malabar Grey Hornbill, Malabar Flameback, Malabar Parakeet, Malabar Woodshrike,…

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America’s Peace Corps enter global AI competition with new ‘Tech Corps’

America’s Peace Corps enter global AI competition with new ‘Tech Corps’

Global betwork concept using maps from NASA. Fotograzia | Moment | Getty Images As competition with China intensifies, Washington is turning to a cornerstone of American soft power and diplomacy to expand its global influence in artificial intelligence: the Peace Corps.  The White House on Friday announced the “Tech Corps” initiative within the Peace Corps aimed…

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How proteins are being tweaked to be quantum sensors inside the body

How proteins are being tweaked to be quantum sensors inside the body

For decades, fluorescent proteins have been among the most powerful tools in biology. They glow when illuminated, allowing scientists to see where molecules are inside cells and how they move. From tracking cancer cells to mapping neural circuits, these luminous markers transformed the life sciences, work recognised with a Nobel Prize in 2008. Now, two…

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Why has NGT cleared the Nicobar project? | Explained

Why has NGT cleared the Nicobar project? | Explained

The project is an integrated infrastructure development plan proposed by the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Integrated Development Corporation Limited (ANIIDCO). | Photo Credit: Getty Images/istockphoto The story so far: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) recently concluded a high-stakes legal battle over the ‘Holistic Development of Great Nicobar Island’, and ruled that all environment safeguards are…

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5 things to know before the stock market opens Thursday

5 things to know before the stock market opens Thursday

This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Thursday. My spin class soundtrack of mainly Kesha’s music last night was more evidence that the 2016 aesthetic is back. Stock futures are lower this morning. The three major indexes are coming off a winning session. Here are five key things…

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Waymo sixth-generation hardware costs less for driverless expansion

Waymo sixth-generation hardware costs less for driverless expansion

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! If you live in cities like San Francisco, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Austin or Atlanta, you may have already seen or even taken a ride in a driverless Waymo operating without a human behind the wheel. In newer markets like Miami, service is rolling out, while other cities,…

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Did Sir Isaac Newton’s 300-year-old letter predict the Earth would end in 2060? Here’s the truth |

Did Sir Isaac Newton’s 300-year-old letter predict the Earth would end in 2060? Here’s the truth |

Sir Isaac Newton (Image source: Wikipedia) Sir Isaac Newton is widely remembered as one of history’s greatest scientists, best known for his laws of motion and work on gravity. However, less commonly discussed is the fact that Newton spent decades studying theology, biblical texts, and historical chronology. A large part of his writing was not…

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Question Corner | Why does wildfire smoke swirl only one way in the air?

Question Corner | Why does wildfire smoke swirl only one way in the air?

Wildfire smoke in the northeast Pacific Ocean, September 2020. | Photo Credit: NASA A: Sometimes wildfire smoke in the stratosphere collects into a compact bubble of smoke that spins in a coherent vortex, clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counter-clockwise in the southern hemisphere. Two new studies, published in Weather and Climate Dynamics and presented…

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