FEATURED
COVID 19 Articles
What do emergency and governor rule in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa mean?
Pakistan’s federal government has imposed emergency rule and governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, removing the PTI-led provincial government from power citing security concerns and terrorism.
Iran urges Saudi Arabia to pursue diplomacy after Houthis escalate attacks
Iran has urged Saudi Arabia to pursue diplomatic solutions to its conflict with Yemen’s Houthi armed group, warning that continued military action would worsen the regional crisis.
Proportion of people in Great Britain vaping who never smoked doubles in four years
Over 1.1 million people in Great Britain who never smoked now vape, with the proportion nearly doubling since 2021, according to new government statistics that health experts view with concern.
Cervical screening: Family of woman who died after ‘misread’ test calls for public inquiry
Family of a woman who died from cervical cancer after her smear test was allegedly misread is supporting calls for a public inquiry into Northern Ireland’s cervical screening service.
Trending COVID 19 News
Burning forests, emptying rivers, €180bn in damage: Europe’s politicians face reckoning after ‘summer of truth’
Europe experienced record-breaking heat this summer causing an estimated €180 billion in damage, killing approximately 35,000 people, yet political responses remain inconsistent and inadequate.
How meteorologists recreated weather that helped decide second world war
A new film dramatizes the true story of meteorologist James Stagg, who had to forecast weather conditions for the D-day landings in 1944, a task that affected 160,000 Allied troops.
Indonesian foragers may have sucked on mind-altering nuts 25,000 years ago, research finds
Research suggests ancient Indonesian foragers may have sucked on psychoactive betel nuts as long as 25,000 years ago, potentially representing the earliest known evidence of human drug use.
UK mathematician debunks myth around Parthenon’s optical illusions
A UK mathematician challenges a 2,000-year-old belief that the Parthenon’s curves correct optical illusions, finding the illusions themselves may be mythical rather than real.
‘Very messy eaters’: scientists solve the mystery of when black holes ‘burp’
Scientists have identified when black holes emit powerful jets after consuming stars, discovering that supermassive black holes release material in two distinct phases of their feeding cycle.
Scientists solve a 50-year mystery and discover a new human blood group
Scientists have identified the genetic basis for the MAL blood group system, solving a 50-year mystery about the AnWj antigen found on human red blood cells, potentially aiding transfusion compatibility for rare patients.
Einstein’s “spooky action” just survived one of physics’ most extreme tests
Physicists at Oxford University and CERN have demonstrated quantum entanglement persisting in heavy, short-lived Z bosons created in extreme particle collisions, published in Physical Review Letters.
A 66-million-year-old tooth reveals T. rex was nearly as warm as a human
Researchers developed a method to estimate body temperature from fossilized teeth, finding that T. rex maintained approximately 97 degrees Fahrenheit, comparable to modern humans and supporting theories of warm-blooded metabolism.
Scientists opened a sealed envelope after 10 years. Gravity still didn’t make sense
After a decade of experiments, physicists opened a sealed envelope containing data about gravity’s fundamental strength, only to find their measurement disagreed with previous results.
New nanoparticles make hidden chemical differences light up
Engineers at the University of Toronto developed dye-sensitized nanoparticles that detect chemicals at extremely low concentrations and distinguish between nearly identical molecules by producing bright optical signals.
Scientists may have solved a 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls mystery
Researchers propose that the Qumran sect used a 364-day calendar during its early history but abandoned it due to astronomical problems and changing political relations with Jerusalem authorities.
Scientists discover a hidden “ID card” in cat urine
Researchers identified branched-chain fatty acids in cat urine that form unique individual profiles, potentially serving as a durable chemical signature for cat identification.