dpa picture alliance archive/Alamy The International Space Station (ISS), as well as being the most expensive object ever made, can also lay claim to being one of the most cooperative endeavours in scientific history. Since the beginning of the century,...
A humerus fragment excavated at Mata Menge in Flores, IndonesiaYousuke Kaifu Hominins living on an Indonesian island 700,000 years ago were even smaller than Homo floresiensis, the so-called hobbits that lived on the same island much more recently. Newly analysed...
It’s not all eating bits of food floating in mid-air and introducing suction toilets to fascinated Earthlings – crews on the International Space Station (ISS), which will be coming to an end soon, have serious work to do. Since the...
The scale and tragedy of the U.S. opioid epidemic have few comparisons. More than 100,000 people have died of overdoses every year since 2021. Most drug overdose deaths have a single culprit: the extremely potent synthetic opioid fentanyl.But the most...
Baby Boomers Should Stand Up for New York City’s Congestion Pricing PlanBy canceling congestion pricing for drivers in New York City, the governor of New York State will hurt many retirees, who need the mass transport investments the move promisedBy...
These Pathogens Could Spark the Next Pandemic, Scientists WarnScientists have identified more than 30 different pathogens that they fear could cause the next big pandemic in humansBy Smriti Mallapaty & Nature magazineThe monkeypox virus has been added to the WHO's...
In this episode, we continue our conversations around theatre history with Dr. Samer Al-Saber for a conversation around resistant ventriloquism and postcolonial courtesy. It is always special for me to be in conversation with Samer because he’s both my PhD...
Countries are starting to take steps to cut human sources of methane emissions, but climate change is increasing emissions of the potent greenhouse gas from wetlands Source link...
Keto diets involve getting most of your calories from fatShutterstock/George Dolgikh Eating a keto diet, which entails consuming most of your calories from fat and very few from carbohydrates, does lead to fat loss, but may also clog arteries and...
Ancient plants, seeds and insects preserved beneath Greenland’s ice sheet reveal that it once melted completely, raising concerns about sea level rise if it happens again Source link...
