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Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. “Man’s best friend” is proving to be helpful for studying a deadly heart mutation. A team at North Carolina State University identified a genetic mutation that’s a telltale sign of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in golden retrievers. Although the disease itself is rare in dogs, the discovery may soon expand experts’ understanding of the life-threatening heart disease that’s far more common in other mammals—including pet owners. What is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy? Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) affects approximately one in 500 people and is the result of genomic mutations. HCM thickens…

Students walk up the steps of the Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library on the campus of Harvard University. Elissa Nadworny/NPR hide caption toggle caption Elissa Nadworny/NPR A federal judge in Boston handed Harvard University a legal victory on Wednesday. It’s the latest in a high-profile legal fight over whether the Trump administration acted illegally when it froze more than $2.2 billion in Harvard research funding in response to allegations of campus antisemitism. In her ruling, Judge Allison D. Burroughs said the administration’s funding freeze was issued without considering any of the steps Harvard had already taken to address the issue.…

Shares of fashion retailer American Eagle Outfitter have jumped after the company said that its tie-ups with celebrities Sydney Sweeney and Travis Kelce are expected to drive strong sales between July and September.The US firm’s stocks surged 25% in late trading on Wednesday as American Eagle boss Jay Schottenstein said its second-quarter performance “exceeded expectations”, boosted by the success of its ad campaigns.American Eagle made headlines with its divisive “Great Jeans” ad for its denim line featuring Sweeney, sparking a debate over race and beauty standards.The firm also ran a clothing series with athlete Kelce, days after news broke of…

Kerry Wan/ZDNETFollow ZDNET to learn more about smartphones: Add us as a preferred source on Google.OnePlus is holding yet another Back to School sales event for its flagship phone, the OnePlus 13. Right now, if you purchase either the 256GB or the 512GB OnePlus 13, you’ll receive a free OnePlus Watch 2 (normally $300) in either Radiant Steel (gray) or Black Steel — your choice. If you don’t want the wearable, you can instead receive a Wood Grain Magnetic Half-pack Case for free.Be aware that the OnePlus Watch 2 gift has a strict 700-unit limit. Once all 700 smartwatches are gone, the…

Evelyn Thompson of Lice Is Simple, a treatment company in Nashville, Tenn., checks the head of a student at a preschool that experienced a lice outbreak over the summer that included at least 13 children. Blake Farmer/WPLN hide caption toggle caption Blake Farmer/WPLN Any evidence of lice was once reason for immediate dismissal from school, with no return until the student’s head was lice free. But “no-nit” policies have been dropped in favor of “nonexclusion” rules, prioritizing class time over any nuisance caused by the sesame seed-sized parasites. That leniency, of late, is coming back to bite some schools. Parents…

Carlo Chatrian will serve as the president of the international competition jury at the 38th Tokyo International Film Festival, organizers announced on Thursday. An Italian journalist, author and programmer, Chatrian has worked as a film critic for several magazines. He has been a programmer for the Alba Film Festival, Florence Festival dei Popoli and Visions du Réel. In 2009, he curated a program on Japanese animation, including a book, a retrospective and an exhibition. And he was the artistic director at the Locarno International Film Festival (2013-2018) and the Berlinale (2020-2024). Chatrian’s writings include works on filmmakers Frederick Wiseman, Errol…

Amanda Anisimova conjured the performance of her career on Wednesday afternoon in New York, banishing the ghosts of her Wimbledon nightmare with a sensational 6-4, 6-3 quarter-final victory against second-seeded Iga Swiatek in 1hr 36min. Less than eight weeks after she had been double-bagelled by the Polish star in the final at the All England Club, the 24-year-old American struck back with fearless ball-striking and nerveless resolve to reach her first US Open semi-final.Swiatek, a six-time major champion and the 2022 US Open winner, looked intent on reprising the script when she broke immediately to extend her personal run to…

The German physicist Herwig Schopper, who has died aged 101, was director general of Cern, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, from 1981 to 1988, overseeing the laboratory’s first Nobel prize-winning discovery and paving the way to another. It was thanks to Herwig’s tenacity that the laboratory laid the foundations – literally – for what would become the Large Hadron Collider.On his retirement in 1989, Herwig embarked on a second career, applying his experience of international science to the field of diplomacy. Working closely with Unesco, he played a key role in establishing the Sesame laboratory in Jordan: a new…

Hamas has urged the United Nations and the wider international community to intervene immediately to stop Israel’s genocide in Gaza, as the Israeli army escalated its brutal assaults on Gaza City and elsewhere in the enclave.At least 73 Palestinians, including several aid seekers, were killed in relentless Israeli bombardments across Gaza on Wednesday, among them 43 in Gaza City alone.Entire families are being killed together in their tents and shelters as the Israeli forces are targeting densely populated areas in Gaza.“My brother was killed, struck inside his room. They killed him with his wife and children; they erased them all. No…

A judge ruled on Tuesday that Google would not be forced to sell its Chrome browser or the Android operating system, saving the tech giant from the most severe penalties sought by the US government. The same judge had ruled in favor of US prosecutors nearly a year ago, finding that Google built and maintained an illegal monopoly with its namesake search engine.Groups critical of Google’s dominance in the internet search and online advertising industry are furious. They contend the judge missed an opportunity to enact meaningful change in an industry that has suffocated under the crushing weight of its…