Breaking

A recent genetic study suggests that some parents may be more likely to have daughters than sons due to subtle differences in their DNA. Researchers have identified a gene variant, rs144724107, that increases the...

Scientists have created a new device called Bioelectronic Localized Antimicrobial Stimulation Therapy (BLAST) that aims to prevent skin infections by using electricity to zap harmful bacteria. This device is a patch that is applied...

Childhood trauma can have long-lasting effects on humans, and it turns out that wild animals can also experience adversity that impacts their behavior and survival rates. Researchers are interested in understanding how early life...

We live in a time where apples are more diverse and delicious than ever before. Thanks to science, innovation, and dedicated researchers, we now have a plethora of options to choose from when it...

In the early 1960s, chemist Dora Richardson synthesized a chemical compound that became one of the most important drugs to treat breast cancer: tamoxifen. Although her name is on the original patent, until recently,...

Social wasps like hornets have been found to have a high tolerance for alcohol, being able to thrive on an 80 percent ethanol sugar solution as their only food source. This is a unique...

The impact of Hurricane Helene on abortion services in the Southern states has been significant, especially in North Carolina. The only abortion provider west of Charlotte in Asheville has been closed for a month...

Tickets for Space Tourism Now Available in ChinaTickets for a once-in-a-lifetime experience to travel to outer space are now up for grabs for two adventurous individuals in China. Deep Blue Aerospace, a Chinese space...

Lightning strikes on Earth could lead to the release of dangerous "killer electrons" into space, a recent study from the University of Colorado Boulder has found. This discovery highlights the connection between space weather...

A new atlas of embryos has been created using timelapse videos of zebrafish embryos developing under a microscope. The atlas, called Zebrahub, provides a detailed look at the movements and growth of cells during...

Lyudmila Trut, the geneticist who dedicated her life to studying the process of domestication by selectively breeding friendly foxes, passed away peacefully in her sleep just before her 91st birthday. Her groundbreaking work on...

Human echolocation is a fascinating skill that allows some individuals to navigate their surroundings using sound, even if they are blind. Recent research has shown that expert echolocators use parts of their brain's visual...

In his recent book, The Heat and the Fury: On the Frontlines of Climate Violence, political correspondent Peter Schwartzstein provides a detailed account of how climate change is causing conflicts worldwide. Each chapter presents...

Limiting global warming to 1.5C seems like an almost impossible task based on current trends, the UN's environment body warns. The Emissions Gap Report for this year reveals that greenhouse gas emissions in 2023...

The Endurance, the ship famously lost during Sir Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated 1914 Antarctic expedition, has been the subject of detailed 3D scans and underwater photographs by the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust. These images offer...

The Data Use and Access Bill is not as boring as it sounds. The government claims that it could have a significant impact on various sectors, including the economy, healthcare, law enforcement, and infrastructure....

Boeing's Intelsat 33e satellite, a major communications satellite, has experienced a mysterious breakdown in orbit, resulting in the dispersion of at least 20 fragments of space debris throughout Earth's atmosphere and impacting users worldwide....

A Japanese scientist named Hiroto Nagai, who is also an associate professor at Rissho University in Tokyo, has used climate data from the Arctic and Antarctic to create a 6-minute chamber music composition for...

An E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounders has affected nearly 50 people in 10 states, resulting in one death. Health officials suspect that either the onions or beef in the Quarter Pounders...

Hidden in the towering mountains of Central Asia, along the historic Silk Road, archaeologists have made a groundbreaking discovery of two lost medieval cities that thrived over a thousand years ago. The first city,...

An extraordinary discovery has been made by a team of physicists who observed the largest black hole jets ever seen in a galaxy 7.5 billion light-years away. These massive jets, named Porphyrion after a...

The European Space Agency's Euclid space telescope has unveiled the first section of what will be the largest 3D map of the universe ever created. This section is filled with 14 million galaxies and...

Earth is a lot older than we are. Humans have only been around for a small fraction of Earth's history, which dates back about 4.54 billion years. Our planet formed not long after the...

Scientists have recently developed the smallest quantum computer in the world, which is about the size of a desktop PC and operates at room temperature. Unlike traditional quantum computers that require superconducting qubits and...

A massive fireball meteor was seen streaking across the sky above Lake Erie just after sundown on Monday (October 21st), as shown in videos. Witnesses from 10 different states, ranging from Michigan to North...

Breast cancer diagnoses have been increasing, especially in younger women under the age of 50. This rise in early-onset breast cancer is concerning because it often leads to more aggressive forms of the disease,...

A groundbreaking Alzheimer's drug called donanemab has been denied widespread use in the NHS in England. The UK's medicines regulator approved the drug, but the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) stated...

Satellite Images: Lakes Form in Sahara Desert After Heavy RainfallLakes have been spotted in the Sahara Desert following heavy rainfall brought by a cyclone that hit northern Africa. The satellite images captured the temporary...

Great auks were large flightless birds that lived in the North Atlantic for thousands of years before humans hunted them to extinction. The last breeding pair was killed in 1844, and the species was...

The invention of the wheel around 6,000 years ago transformed various aspects of human life, from transportation to pottery making. Despite its significance, the exact origins of the wheel have remained a mystery to...