Zack Wheeler’s road back from the medical condition and subsequent surgery that ended his 2025 season winds through his hometown of Atlanta on Saturday night. Just a few miles from where he pitched as a Little Leaguer, Wheeler will face the Atlanta Braves in his first big-league start since August 15 when he was shut down with thoracic outlet syndrome, which resulted in his having a rib surgically removed to alleviate the condition a month later. Wheeler has completed his recovery from the surgery and made five minor-league starts. Results are secondary when a veteran pitcher of Wheeler’s status – he twice has finished second in the National Cy Young race – pitches on minor-league rehab. Good health is the focus, and despite giving up 13 runs in 20 innings, Wheeler on Wednesday said, “Honestly, I’ve felt great.” But the velocity on Wheeler’s fastball, which averaged over 96 mph last year and regularly climbed a couple of ticks higher at peak performance, was noticeably down in

Nearly 100 million years ago, snakes weren’t the sleek, limbless creatures we know today—they still had hind legs and even a cheekbone that has almost vanished in modern species. A remarkably preserved fossil of Najash rionegrina from Argentina has reshaped how scientists think about snake origins, suggesting early snakes were large, wide-mouthed predators rather than tiny burrowers.

Environmental ‘champions’ were honoured, the world hit a big energy milestone, and science beat a type of blindness, plus more The post What went right this week: the good news that matters appeared first on Positive News.

And it’s all thanks to little bits of pollen stored in the wood beams. The post 2,200-year-old Roman shipwreck unlocks mysteries of how ships were built and repaired appeared first on Popular Science.

Porsche announced today that the Cayenne Coupe Electric would join the ICE and hybrid Coupe varieties. With it some truly amazing specs for an SUV in Coupe clothing throws out up to 850 kW (1139 hp) 1106 ft.-lbs. torque with a 2.4 second 0-60mph and top speed of 162 mph. But it is also quite the stunner as well… more…

On today’s charged up episode of Quick Charge, we’ve got FranklinWH co-founder and CEO Gary Lam here to talk us through some of the benefits of a home battery system, and what it takes to make the most of one – with, or even without a home solar panel system. more…

A group of Microsoft suppliers just helped push a small solar farm over the finish line in North Carolina – and it shows how corporate buyers can band together and boost projects that might otherwise stall. more…

A fresh mystery is unfolding inside Egypt’s pyramids. Researchers have discovered two hidden air-filled voids lurking behind the smooth eastern face of the Menkaure pyramid—an area long suspected to conceal something unusual. Using advanced, non-invasive techniques like radar and ultrasound, the team pinpointed these cavities with surprising precision, lending strong support to the idea that a secret entrance may exist.

A combination blood stem cell and pancreatic islet cell transplant from an immunologically mismatched donor completely prevented or cured type 1 diabetes in mice in a study by Stanford Medicine researchers. Type 1 diabetes arises when the immune system mistakenly destroys insulin-producing islet cells in the pancreas. None of the animals developed graft-versus-host disease—in which the immune system arising from the donated blood stem cells attacks healthy tissue in the recipient—and the destruction of islet cells by the native host immune system was halted. After the transplants, the animals did not require the use of the immune-suppressive drugs or insulin for the duration of the six-month experiment.

The kraken-like apex predators were smart, too. The post 65-foot-long octopuses ruled ancient oceans appeared first on Popular Science.

Creating and manufacturing a novel vaccine capable of combatting bird flu.