A Swedish study of nearly 2.8 million people over 35 years found boys under 10 were three to four times more likely to be diagnosed with autism than girls, yet by adulthood the diagnostic gap largely disappeared, suggesting many autistic girls are missed in childhood.
Meta says Instagram will begin rolling out alerts next week in the U.S., U.K., Australia and Canada to notify parents if teenagers repeatedly search for terms related to suicide or self-harm, and the company said it will collect feedback as it refines how alerts are triggered.
At the 3rd Annual 'Meet the Mayors of Georgia' event in College Park, several Black women mayors discussed their paths to office and municipal priorities such as data centers, small business support and youth engagement.
Long Island fire departments asked residents to clear snow around fire hydrants and are running social-media 'hydrant heroes' contests offering local prizes; officials said clear hydrants speed emergency response.
New episodes of Ryan Murphy’s Love Story about John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette air Thursdays on FX and stream on Hulu; the next episode is set for Feb. 26 on FX and Feb. 27 on Hulu.
Body recomposition is the process of losing body fat while gaining muscle by combining strength training, higher protein intake and calorie cycling; it often changes appearance more than scale weight. Recovery and consistent habits, including adequate sleep, are described as important for sustained results.
Tage Thompson returned from the Olympics and recorded a goal and an assist as the Buffalo Sabres beat the New Jersey Devils 2-1; the win moved Buffalo to 72 points in 58 games.
The Community Foundation of Hancock County will host an open-house volunteer fair March 7 in Greenfield where local nonprofits will staff booths and light refreshments will be available. Separate events include a March 5 panel on western Hancock County hosted by the Chamber and a trivia fundraiser supporting Greenfield Police Department's Cops-4-Kids program.
A new simulation study models planetesimals as clouds of pebble-sized particles and finds that spinning clouds can produce binary planetesimals that spiral together and gently fuse into contact binaries, or 'space snowmen.' The simulations produced contact binaries in about 4% of runs, and the results were published Feb. 19 in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Rain soaked into the Sierra Nevada snowpack and refroze, raising California’s median snow water equivalent from 70% to 75% between Monday and Wednesday, according to UC Berkeley monitoring reported by SFGATE. Statewide snowpack remains at about 61% of average peak, with regional differences reported.
