Long COVID Patients Have 18% Fewer Dopamine Nerve Endings, Brain Scans Reveal : ScienceAlert

Long COVID Patients Have 18% Fewer Dopamine Nerve Endings, Brain Scans Reveal : ScienceAlert

COVID-19 can cause brain injuries that are still visible on scans years later in people with neurological symptoms related to long COVID.Existing research shows that cognitive dysfunction in long COVID is associated with blood-brain barrier disruption, an enlarged hippocampus, elevated brain injury markers, and reduced brain volume on MRI scans. Now, researchers in Canada have shown … Read more

Typhoon Dolphin makes landfall in China as its strongest storm this year | China

Typhoon Dolphin makes landfall in China as its strongest storm this year | China

Typhoon Dolphin, the most powerful tropical cyclone to hit China this year, has made landfall on the country’s east coast, bringing torrential rain and strong ⁠winds and triggering warnings ​of flooding and landslides.The storm has already swept through Japan’s southern Okinawa prefecture, injuring six people and cutting power to more than 50,000 buildings.Dolphin made landfall … Read more

Vandalized fiber lines cause Verizon cellular and internet service outage for thousands of Southern California customers

Vandalized fiber lines cause Verizon cellular and internet service outage for thousands of Southern California customers

LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Verizon says phone service for thousands of customers is affected after vandals cut multiple fiber lines.The wireless carrier said the vandalism is causing a service interruption for some mobile phone and internet customers across Southern California.Verizon has not yet specified exactly where the cables were cut or how many customers are … Read more

Apple Explores Shaking Up Its Smartwatch for a New Era – Bloomberg.com

Apple Explores Shaking Up Its Smartwatch for a New Era - Bloomberg.com

Apple Explores Shaking Up Its Smartwatch for a New Era Bloomberg.comCeramic Apple Watch may return as soon as September AppleInsiderCeramic Case Could Return With Apple Watch Series 12 MacRumorsApple considers round screens and more radical designs for future Apple Watch revamp 9to5mac.comApple might be next with a screenless fitness band gadgetsandwearables.com

Becky Hammon defends Aces stars sitting out during back-to-back game

Becky Hammon defends Aces stars sitting out during back-to-back game

The WNBA Finally Has Stars. Why Is It Fighting Them? | The Riley Gaines Show Caitlin Clark and Sophie Cunningham are giving the WNBA exactly what every league says it wants: attention, rivalry, ratings, personality, memes, and real fan emotion. So why does the league keep looking uncomfortable with the very energy that is making … Read more

Mercury is the Solar System’s smallest planet, but its metallic core fills about 85 per cent of its radius, leaving a rocky shell so thin that cooling has crumpled the surface into cliffs hundreds of kilometres long

Mercury is the Solar System’s smallest planet, but its metallic core fills about 85 per cent of its radius, leaving a rocky shell so thin that cooling has crumpled the surface into cliffs hundreds of kilometres long

Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System, but most of the distance from its centre to its surface passes through metal. NASA puts the radius of Mercury’s metallic core at about 2,074 kilometres, compared with a planetary radius of 2,440 kilometres. That is roughly 85 per cent of the planet’s radius. The percentage … Read more

Human “biology was never intended to handle” ultraprocessed foods, former FDA head David Kessler warns

Human "biology was never intended to handle" ultraprocessed foods, former FDA head David Kessler warns

This is an updated version of a story first published on Feb. 15, 2026. The original video can be viewed here. Today, an increasing number of Americans across the political spectrum – from Make America Healthy Again activists to everyday shoppers – are voicing concern about the health impact of ultraprocessed foods – those boxed and wrapped … Read more