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Getty Images Researchers say they have found the first new treatment for asthma attacks in 50 years. The injection dampens part of the immune system that can go into overdrive in flare-ups of both asthma and a lung condition called … Read more

By David Rudlin In the mid-1830s, Samuel Brooks did something remarkable: he left Mosley Street. It was a place he had lived for many years, nestled in Manchester’s urban core just four blocks from the newly-built Royal Exchange. Among his … Read more

6 min read Allison Marsh, a professor at the University of South Carolina, is currently a Fellow at the Linda Hall Library for Science, Technology, and Engineering. Max-o-matic At 8:30 p.m. on 16 May 1916, John J. Carty banged his … Read more

My first Thunderbolt 5 experience has been a massive bust | PCWorld Skip to content Image: Mark Hachman / IDG Thunderbolt 5. The cutting edge of I/O. All of it — monitors, a Thunderbolt 5 dock, and even a Thunderbolt … Read more

A cell division resembling that of an animal embryo has been observed in a prehistoric unicellular organism, suggesting that embryonic development might have existed prior to the evolution of animals. A cell of the ichthyosporean C. perkinsii showing distinct signs … Read more

For well more than two decades, Intel has been the undisputed leader in the market for datacenter CPUs. Intel’s Xeon processors powered the vast majority of servers, whereas AMD’s processors commanded a single-digit market share just some seven or eight … Read more

I want to find the first American graphic novel—I say American simply because I know very little about comics of other countries; so put down your Tintins and your ACK hardbacks, and let’s see where this leads us. Wait: What’s … Read more

Deep beneath the streets of Paris, the dead are having their last word. They are recounting 1,000 years of death in the city: how many are ­buried in the labyrinth of tunnels that make up Les Catacombes, what killed them and … Read more

Using data from an instrument designed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, the nonprofit Carbon Mapper has released the first methane and carbon dioxide detections from the Tanager-1 satellite. The detections highlight methane plumes in Pakistan and Texas, … Read more