• Home
  • Featured
  • SF
    • Best of SF
    • Community Leaders
    • Homicides
  • US News
  • Politics
  • World
  • Business
  • Health
  • Tech
  • Education
  • Culture
    • Entertainment
    • Lifestyle
    • Sports

Creative Commons - Page 2

The Federal Reserve held off hiking interest rates – it may still be too early to start popping the corks

D. Brian Blank, Mississippi State University Federal Reserve officials held interest rates steady at their monthly policy meeting on Sept. 20, 2023 — only the second time they have done so since embarking on a rate-raising campaign a year and a half…

September 20, 2023
4 mins read
September 20, 2023

Depression recovery can be hard to measure − new research on deep brain stimulation shows how objective biomarkers could help make treatment more precise

Christopher Rozell, Georgia Institute of Technology and Sankaraleengam Alagapan, Georgia Institute of Technology It can be challenging to create a treatment plan for depression. This is especially true for patients who aren’t responding to conventional treatments and are undergoing experimental…

More

Resistance to antibiotics in northern Nigeria: what bacteria are prevalent, and which drugs work against them

Fred C. Tenover, University of Dayton and Nubwa Medugu, Nile University of…

Ransom or realism? A closer look at Biden’s prisoner swap deal with Iran

Klaus W. Larres, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Five American…

CDC greenlights two updated COVID-19 vaccines, but how will they fare against the latest variants? 5 questions answered

Prakash Nagarkatti, University of South Carolina and Mitzi Nagarkatti, University of South Carolina On Sept. 12, 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended the newly formulated COVID-19 vaccines for all…

September 12, 2023

What caused Morocco’s earthquake? A geologist studying the Atlas mountains explains

Jesús Galindo-Zaldivar, Universidad de Granada The epicentre of Morocco’s devastating earthquake on 8 September was in the High Atlas Mountains, about 71km south-west of Marrakesh. Moina Spooner, from The Conversation Africa, asked…

September 12, 2023

Greece’s record rainfall and flash floods are part of a trend – across the Mediterranean, the weather is becoming more dangerous

Ioanna Stamataki, University of Greenwich Recent images of the devastating flash floods caused by Storm Daniel in Greece hit close to home literally and figuratively. As a Greek who has completed a…

September 11, 2023

Ukraine’s push for NATO membership is rooted in its European past – and its future

Kateryna Shynkaruk, Texas A&M University During a recent meeting with the nation’s diplomatic corps, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave Ukraine’s ambassadors their marching orders for the rest of the year: Work to help…

September 11, 2023

China’s concerning new strategy on human rights: unite the world behind a ‘selective’ approach

Geoffrey Roberts, La Trobe University For more than three decades, China has struggled to contain criticism of its human rights record. It faced a storm of outrage over the Tiananmen Square massacre…

September 7, 2023

Ukraine war: two good reasons the world should worry about Russia’s arms purchases from North Korea

Daniel Salisbury, King’s College London US national security council official John Kirby noted on August 30 that arms transfer negotiations between North Korea and Russia are “actively advancing” as the Russian president,…

September 7, 2023

Traditional medicine provides health care to many around the globe – the WHO is trying to make it safer and more standardized

Ling Zhao, University of Tennessee and Paul D. Terry, University of Tennessee For approximately 80% of the world’s population, the first stop after catching a cold or breaking a bone isn’t the…

September 6, 2023

The US is spending billions to reduce forest fire risks – we mapped the hot spots where treatment offers the biggest payoff for people and climate

Jamie Peeler, University of Montana The U.S. government is investing over US$7 billion in the coming years to try to manage the nation’s escalating wildfire crisis. That includes a commitment to treat…

September 6, 2023

What is geospatial intelligence? A geographer explains the powerful melding of maps and data

Darren Ruddell, University of Southern California With record-breaking temperatures across the South, smoke from Canadian wildfires across the North, historic flooding in the Northeast and a powerful hurricane in the Southeast, the…

September 5, 2023

If anxiety is in my brain, why is my heart pounding? A psychiatrist explains the neuroscience and physiology of fear

Arash Javanbakht, Wayne State University Heart in your throat. Butterflies in your stomach. Bad gut feeling. These are all phrases many people use to describe fear and anxiety. You have likely felt…

September 5, 2023
Previous 1 2 3 4 … 120 Next

Recent Posts

  • The Federal Reserve held off hiking interest rates – it may still be too early to start popping the corks
  • Depression recovery can be hard to measure − new research on deep brain stimulation shows how objective biomarkers could help make treatment more precise
  • Suspects in Tuesday shooting wanted: police
  • Pedestrian in critical condition after being hit by a car in Mission District
  • San Jose woman who lost limbs was not caused by undercooked fish, illness still a mystery
Submit a News Tip

2022 Copyright. The San Francisco Times.

  • About Us
  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • Contact
  • Home
  • Featured
  • SF
    • Best of SF
    • Community Leaders
    • Homicides
  • US News
  • Politics
  • World
  • Business
  • Health
  • Tech
  • Education
  • Culture
    • Entertainment
    • Lifestyle
    • Sports