Bishop Proved Cancer Lives Inside Us All
J. Michael Bishop, who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize for discovering that cancer genes originate from our own normal cells, died March 20 at 90.
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Ozempic Goes Generic in India at Fourteen Dollars a Month
Novo Nordisk's semaglutide patent expired March 20 and Indian drugmakers launched generics at $14 a month — the same drug costs $1,000 in the US.
A Seven-Ton Asteroid Exploded Over Ohio and Now Everyone Wants a Piece of Mars
A rare daytime fireball over Lake Erie dropped achondrite fragments — possibly from Mars — across Medina County, triggering a meteorite gold rush NASA never saw coming.
Heisuke Hironaka, Who Smoothed Infinity, Dies at 94
Fields Medal winner Heisuke Hironaka, who solved the resolution of singularities in algebraic geometry, died March 18 at 94.
Artemis II Rolls to the Pad With the Moon in April's Crosshairs
NASA rolled the 322-foot Artemis II rocket to Launch Pad 39B on March 20, targeting an April 1 launch for the first crewed mission beyond Earth orbit since 1972.
OpenAI Plans to Double Its Workforce to 8,000 by Year's End
OpenAI is hiring 12 people a day in an arms race with Anthropic that both companies hope ends at an IPO, not a finish line.
The Pentagon Told Anthropic They Were 'Nearly Aligned' — Then Cut Them Off Anyway
New court filings show the Pentagon's own official emailed Anthropic that they were 'very close' on disputed issues one day after formally designating the company a security threat.
Twin Probes Chase Mars's Lost Atmosphere
NASA's ESCAPADE twin spacecraft are fully operational and heading for Mars, where they'll make the first coordinated two-point measurements of how solar wind strips a planet's air.
India's Tech Industry Hits $315 Billion as AI Moves From Experiment to Factory Floor
India's tech sector will reach $315 billion in FY26 revenue with AI services alone generating $10-12 billion annually — the shift from experimentation to industrialization.
DOJ Appeals Google Search Antitrust Ruling as Apple-Gemini Deal Becomes New Flashpoint
The DOJ and 35 state attorneys general appealed the September 2025 ruling that let Google keep Chrome, with a potential Apple-Google Gemini AI deal adding new antitrust fuel.