Federal district court upholds U.S. Naval Academy 's race-conscious admissions policies.

The group Students for Fair Admissions sued after Supreme Court's decision to reject affirmative action in higher education.

Judge: Naval Academy "established a compelling national security interest in a diverse officer corps".

U.S. Navy Seaman 2nd Class John C. Auld , 23 , was from Newcastle , England , when he died during the attack on Dec. 7, 1941 .

Four hundred and twenty-nine crew members of the USS Oklahoma died, including Auld .

It took three years for Navy personnel to recover the crew's remains.

Major findings on inner workings of a brittle star's ability to reversibly control the pliability of its tissues will help researchers solve the puzzle of mutable collagenous tissue (MCT) MCT modulator genes are the specific molecular instructions determining emergent tissue modifications.

This advanced research to pinpoint relevant molecular processes in an echinoderm could eventually open new doors for regenerative therapies.

Unlike humans or mice, brittle stars present unique barriers to research because they are considered "non-model organisms" The research team has outlined significant pathways for future exploration using ISH and RNAi to identify and zero in on the genes that control MCT .

Jacob Machado is hopeful genetic targeting will be the catalyst for a prototype to drive future transformative human biomedical applications.

As animals get older they behave differently depending on their life experiences.

They gain richer knowledge of their environment, and often pass it on to younger members of their group.

Eliminating the largest and most experienced animals can have consequences for group culture and social structures, researchers warn.

Older animals carry vital cultural knowledge and maintain social structures.

Kopf and his co-authors are calling for longevity conservation’ which would mean targeted policies to protect old individuals.

Authors state: “Old animals play a vital role in the maintenance of biodiversity and ecosystem services and therefore require dedicated policy directives, political motivation and careful management”.

The Elders is a London -based organization that promotes human rights and the protection of the environment.

Founded by Nelson Mandela in 2007 , it consists of global leaders, peace advocates and human rights activists.

Notable current members include former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Juan Manuel Santos , former president of Colombia .

Ballad Health , a 20 -hospital system in northeastern Tennessee and southwestern Virginia , is the only option for hospital care in a large swath of Appalachia .

Some local residents have become wary, afraid, or unwilling to seek care at Ballad hospitals.

Ballad formed six years ago when lawmakers in both states, in an effort to prevent hospital closures, waived federal antitrust laws.

Ballad Health was created in the nation’s biggest hospital merger, based on what called a Certificate of Certificate of Public Advantage , or COPA .

Ballad is now the only option for hospital for most of the 1.1 million people in a 29 -county region.

Despite concerns, Tennessee and Virginia officials have each year determined that the benefits of the monopoly outweigh negative impacts.

In 2020 , Bristol Regional Medical Center CEO resigned after it was discovered he made the initial incision in a heart surgery despite not being a doctor.

In 2022 , 14 cardiologists signed a letter warning of “severe limitations” in the Bristol Regional cardiac catheterization lab.

In 2023 , Ballad Health was ranked last among 200 large health care organizations in an analysis of nurse satisfaction.

Hubble, Spitzer , Compton , and Chandra space telescopes have revealed some amazing things about the universe.

With the success of these observatories and the James Webb Space Telescope , NASA is contemplating future missions that would reveal even more of the "unseen universe" This includes the UltraViolet Explorer (UVEX), a space telescope NASA plans to launch in 2030 as its next Astrophysics Medium-Class Explorer mission.

Mission to Analyze the UltraViolet universE (MAUVE) is a wide-field spectrometer and imager.

MAUVE seeks to study the atmospheric escape of sub-Neptunes, which is hypothesized to be due to either photoevaporation or core-powered mass loss.

This will help us understand the habitability of extrasolar systems' environments, as well as the formation and evolution of exoplanets and their atmospheres.

India 's consumer prices inflation surged to a 14-month high of 6.21% in October , significantly higher than the RBI 's target of 4% and also above its tolerance ceiling of 6% . The Reserve Bank of India has held the interest rate steady since February last year , however, a sharper-than-anticipated slowdown in India 's economic growth has made the central bank's task tougher.

Particulate pollution is the air pollutant with the biggest impact on human health.

It increases the risk of respiratory and heart conditions, and increasing hospital admissions.

But wood burning stoves are now the UK 's biggest source of the most dangerous type of air pollution called PM2.5.

The Institute of Fiscal Studies report found the use of wood burning is rising.

American Cameron Young holds a two -shot lead at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas .

Young shot a bogey-free eight under par in Albany on Thursday to lead compatriot Justin Thomas .

Scottie Scheffler , the defending champion, is three shots behind Young on five under.

Host Tiger Woods was forced to miss the tournament due to an injury.