A 20i survey finds Texas web designers report more pay satisfaction than peers on the coasts, even with lower average salaries. Cost of living and career stage appear to matter more than raw dollars.

GE HealthCare has closed its $2.3B purchase of Intelerad, adding cloud PACS and AI orchestration to its imaging lineup and expanding into outpatient networks. The deal boosts GE’s recurring‑revenue strategy.

An international drilling mission found low‑salinity water trapped beneath the Atlantic off New England. Early estimates say the supply could be huge — but tapping it would be complex.

UC’s top investor warned regents that AI could upend career prospects for nearly 300,000 students and put parts of the university’s $214 billion portfolio at risk.

UIC medical students celebrated Match Day on Friday even as state data and policymakers warn Illinois will need thousands more doctors. New licensing rules aim to help, but training capacity and retention remain constraints.

Merlin Labs went public this week via a SPAC merger, listing on Nasdaq under MRLN and closing at $9.03. The Boston startup arrives with fresh capital and a $105M defense contract to accelerate hiring and certification.

New national data show five‑year lung‑cancer survival has climbed to about 30 percent. Triangle doctors point to immunotherapy, testing and screening as key drivers.

San Diego researchers warn federal grant cuts and delivery delays are already squeezing labs and slowing clinical trials, threatening local cancer breakthroughs.

Cursor is prepping Composer 2, a code-only model for long coding tasks, while fundraising chatter could push the SF startup’s valuation toward $50B.

Scripps Research chemists reworked fentanyl's core to keep pain relief while cutting respiratory danger in mice, offering a possible blueprint for safer opioids.

Meta will lay off roughly 331 Washington employees on March 20, concentrated in Redmond, Bellevue and Seattle as Reality Labs is pared back.

Lab scans of Bennu samples at Johnson Space Center reveal crack networks that explain why telescopes misread the asteroid’s heat signature and reshape remote sensing assumptions.

Jeff Bezos is reportedly pitching a $100 billion fund to acquire manufacturing firms and apply AI-driven automation linked to his Project Prometheus venture.