The SS United States began a controlled sinking off Florida’s Gulf Coast to become the world’s largest artificial reef. The former ocean liner set a transatlantic speed record in 1952 that still stands.
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Pelacarsen cut lipoprotein(a) levels by 78% but did not reduce cardiovascular events in a major trial. Researchers say the result leaves open whether other treatments could help.
Guinea-Bissau has halted a US-funded hepatitis B vaccine trial involving 14,000 newborns after objections to delaying the birth dose for half of them. A researcher said the project lacked government approval.
Investigators found debris up to 3.8 miles from the site of a Florida Learjet crash that killed all nine aboard, an indication the aircraft was breaking apart before impact. The NTSB is examining the weather and the jet’s damaged tail.
A Nanotyrannus skeleton named Jodi sold for $47.3 million at Sotheby’s, the second-highest auction price for a dinosaur fossil. The unidentified buyer’s plans are unknown, raising questions about future public and scientific access.
France has reported the first known human Shamonda virus infection in a severely immunocompromised patient who died in October. Authorities say there is no identified risk to the general public while they investigate how the patient became infected.
Japan’s MMX spacecraft has launched on a mission to collect soil from Mars’s moon Phobos and return it to Earth in 2031. Scientists hope the sample will reveal how Mars’s two moons formed.
Researchers searching near Nikumaroro say an object thought to be Amelia Earhart’s plane was likely a collection of trees. Severe weather sharply limited the expedition’s time at the site.