A mounted Nanotyrannus skeleton named Jodi sold for $47.3 million at a Sotheby’s auction in New York, becoming the second‑most expensive dinosaur fossil ever sold.
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The California Department of Public Health is reminding residents to get flu, COVID‑19 and RSV shots as the holiday season approaches, emphasizing safety and accessibility.
Amazon's stock slid as much as 9% in after‑hours trading after the company posted Q3 earnings below expectations and warned of a potentially lower‑than‑expected Q4 revenue outlook.
ESA’s Hera mission has for the first time imaged the two bodies of the Didymos system separately, confirming their binary nature and setting the stage for detailed study of Dimorphos.
The TenK10K phase‑1 project analyzed over 5 million immune cells from 1,925 donors, revealing common‑variant eQTLs for 83% of genes and rare‑variant signals for nearly half.
Microsoft posted a profit of over $36.6 bn for the quarter ending September, while unveiling a plan to cut up to 60,000 jobs.
NASA’s Swift Observatory performed its final observation on Oct. 20 and is slated to re‑enter Earth’s atmosphere within weeks, ending a 20‑year mission that reshaped high‑energy astronomy.
More than 4,400 measles cases and three deaths this year expose declining vaccine coverage and policy challenges, warning of broader public‑health risks.
While venture firms stand to earn billions from Anthropic’s IPO, Amazon’s convertible‑note holdings and cloud contracts could translate into far larger returns.
NASA announced Competition Model 2.0, a new selection process that emphasizes scientific merit and shortens timelines for a range of space science missions.