In a renewed wave of discontent, junior doctors in England are gearing up for strikes later this month and early next year after discussions with the government collapsed. The British Medical Association (BMA) has announced plans for its members to stage walkouts both before Christmas and in early January, spanning several days each. The impending … Read more
Fred Krupp, President, Environmental Defense Fund: John, I’ve been at this for a long time. And in my 30 plus years of doing this work, I don’t think we’ve ever had as good a day for the climate as we had today. First, we had the U.S. EPA announcing the strongest methane rules for the … Read more
CALIFORNIA: Newborn newborns can hear beats in music, according to new research.The study, conducted by a team of scientists from the University of Amsterdam and Hungary’s HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences (TTK), showed that the ability to recognise a beat is not simply due to newborns’ statistical learning ability, but that beat perception is … Read more
Quirks and Quarks54:01Cat facts — the latest science on our feline companions Cats have lived alongside humans for millennia, but there’s still much we don’t know about our companions. How do cats purr? Why do they look so annoyed all the time? And when and where did cats begin sharing homes with humans? Part of … Read more
Researchers have developed a bubble microrobot capable of being guided around the tiny complex blood vessels of the brain using ultrasound. Successfully tested in mice, the ‘microvehicle’ holds potential as a means of precisely delivering drugs to treat diseases like brain cancer and stroke. Our brains contain over 404 miles (650 km) of blood vessels. … Read more
This week Seth and Jared discuss a lot of news about rockets currently in development: Starship Flight 2, Vulcan, New Glenn, and Ariane 6. Also, we breakdown what exactly Starship V2 could be. Subscribe: The Space Explored Podcast is hosted by Editor-in-Chief Seth Kurkowski and YouTuber Jared Sanders, who discuss the last week’s biggest stories … Read more
NEW YORK — Flu is picking up steam while RSV lung infections that can hit kids and older people hard may be peaking, U.S. health officials said Friday. COVID-19, though, continues to cause the most hospitalizations and deaths among respiratory illnesses — about 15,000 hospitalizations and about 1,000 deaths every week, said Dr. Mandy Cohen, … Read more
The Defence AI Centre (DAIC), in collaboration with the business community’s Chief Disruptor, orchestrated a groundbreaking event aimed at fostering collaboration between the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) and various sectors of industry and academia. Dubbed the DAIC Connect, the event proved to be a pivotal platform for igniting partnerships and advancing the understanding of … Read more
John Yang: Officials also announced a major new initiative aimed at getting methane emission to near zero by 2030. In Atlanta, a protester is in critical condition tonight after setting themselves on fire outside the Israeli consulate. A security guard who tried to intervene was also burned. Police said they found a Palestinian flag of … Read more
NEW DELHI: In what could be a major breakthrough in the field of medical science, Chinese scientists have created the first injection that can reverse autism symptoms through genetic base editing within the brain, reported the South China Morning Post.The Shanghai-based researchers have found positive results from the test conducted on mice.The researchers reportedly developed … Read more
