In 1847 a Vienna doctor cut childbed-fever deaths on the doctors’ ward from about one mother in ten to roughly one in eighty by making physicians wash their hands in chlorine — and the profession turned on him for it In 1847, a Hungarian obstetrician working at Vienna General Hospital found a way to stop…
A genetic analysis of nearly 700,000 people identified 74 distinct locations in the human genome tied to anxiety, 39 of which had never been linked to the condition before A genetic analysis of nearly 700,000 people has identified 74 regions of the human genome linked to anxiety symptoms, including 39 that had never before been…
Quote of the day by Michael Faraday (AI-generated image) A young mathematician takes an older scientist’s life’s work and translates it into equations the older man cannot fully follow. Most established figures would bristle. Michael Faraday, one of the most celebrated experimental scientists in history, wrote to the young James Clerk Maxwell in 1857 admitting…
Chilling Encounter: Giant King Cobra Rescued From a School An 11-foot king cobra that became trapped inside the front bumper of a parked truck was safely rescued after a tense four-hour operation in Thailand, showing the skill and patience needed to handle one of the world’s most dangerous snakes without harming it.The incident took place…
China is building a very different kind of AI story than the one most people see in the West. Instead of focusing mainly on chatbots and artificial general intelligence, it is investing heavily in systems that help cities, factories, logistics networks and public infrastructure adapt in real time, reported Asia Times. China’s AI is about…
The largest (left) and the smallest (right) skulls of Homo naledi found in the Rising Star cave system in South Africa. All specimens of H. naledi have been shown to be female. All known skeletons of the ancient human relative Homo naledi discovered in a South African cave system appear to be female, according to…
California’s seabird crisis is a stark reminder that climate change is no longer a distant environmental issue (Canva) Thousands of seabirds washing up along California’s coastline have become a heartbreaking symbol of a marine ecosystem under extreme stress. Emaciated birds are turning up dead or starving in unusually high numbers, from brown pelicans and common…
A striking new image released by NASA offers a rare, close up look at one of the busiest star forming regions in a neighbouring galaxy. Captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, the photograph shows brilliant blue and white young stars glowing against a vivid backdrop of crimson hydrogen gas, a scene NASA has compared to…
Scientists collected samples from 11 caves in Spain and Portugal (Credits: Alberto Martínez Villa) For the first time, scientists have recovered ancient human DNA left behind on cave walls and rock art, opening a new way to study the people who created prehistoric paintings thousands of years ago.The breakthrough was described in a study published…
Artificial intelligence has created an unexpected problem. Training and running increasingly sophisticated AI models requires enormous computing power, and the data centres housing those systems are consuming electricity at an unprecedented rate. As grids struggle to keep up, technology companies and energy developers are searching for reliable power sources beyond conventional renewables. One of the…
