WHO approves first mpox test for faster diagnoses | Health News
The ‘real time PCR test’ will enable the detection of the virus by swabbing human skin lesions.The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved the use…
Was Bruce Willis right? Could a nuclear blast save us from killer asteroid? | Space News
It’s been almost 25 years since Bruce Willis, playing the fictional character Harry Stamper in the blockbuster movie, Armageddon, saved Earth from an asteroid careering…
South America witnesses a ‘ring of fire’, the final solar eclipse of 2024 | Science and Technology News
Stargazers in Chile and Argentina turned their eyes to the horizon on Wednesday to catch the final solar eclipse of 2024: a “ring of fire”…
Hurricane Helene makes landfall in Florida, moves to Georgia: What we know | Weather News
EXPLAINERHurricane Helene has been downgraded to a category one storm but authorities warn rainfall and winds are still a danger.Hurricane Helene struck Florida’s Big Bend…
The secret of ‘Blue Zones’ where people reach 100? Fake data, says academic | Science and Technology News
For a quarter-century, researchers and the general public have sought to understand why people in so-called “Blue Zones” live to 100 at far greater rates…
Earth to get a mini-moon for two months, but what is it? | Space News
From late September until late November this year, a “mini-moon”, called 2024 PT5 by the astrologers who spotted it approaching will be orbiting the planet.…
Could AI save Nigerians from devastating floods? | Floods News
In the small village of Ogba-Ojibo in central Nigeria, sitting at the confluence of two of the nation’s largest rivers – the Niger and Benue…
SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn makes history with first private spacewalk | Science and Technology News
A pioneering duo of astronauts has made history by becoming the first private civilians to perform a spacewalk, hailed by NASA as “a giant leap…
Mpox crisis: Why do African countries struggle to make or buy vaccines? | Health News
After months of delay due to logistics, the first sets of mpox vaccines have finally begun arriving in Democratic Republic of the Congo, donated by…
SpaceX Polaris Dawn spacewalk: Is the US breaking a 50-year-old space law? | Space
It’s a mission like no other. On Thursday morning, the SpaceX-operated Polaris Dawn will attempt something that’s never been done before: private civilians embarking on…
Boeing’s Starliner returns to Earth – leaving crew behind | Space News
Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will remain at the International Space Station until February 2025.Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft has landed in New Mexico, wrapping up…
Ban on Elon Musk’s X platform upheld by Brazil Supreme Court | Technology News
Judges vote to uphold the ban, which comes amid a standoff over misinformation and hate speech allegations.All five judges on a Supreme Court panel have…
Depressed fish? How Prozac in lakes and rivers may harm aquatic life | Wildlife News
Traces of the anti-depressant, fluoxetine – often better known by its commercial name, Prozac – have been detected by an Australian-Italian joint study of lakes…
Brazil judge blocks Starlink accounts as X suspension deadline looms | Business and Economy News
At issue is whether de Moraes can order the social network to block certain accounts, a request that Musk denounces as censorship.Brazilian Supreme Court judge…
What’s the big mystery behind the Shroud of Turin? | History News
For centuries, debate has raged over whether the Shroud of Turin is in fact the original burial shroud of Jesus Christ after his crucifixion about 2,000…
Why are many of the largest US companies worried about AI? | Technology News
Survey finds a fivefold increase in concerns over artificial intelligence (AI) among top 500 companies.More than half of the top 500 companies in the United…
China wrestles with ‘quantity over quality’ in generative AI patents | Technology
China has emerged as the world’s top producer of generative AI patents, but it is struggling to turn many of its ideas into action thanks…
WHO calls emergency meeting to discuss jump in mpox cases from DRC | Health News
Nearly 27,000 cases of mpox have been found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with about 1,100 deaths.The World Health Organization (WHO) has called an…
Great Barrier Reef endangered by hottest oceans in 400 years, study finds | Climate Crisis News
Researchers say the world is losing ‘one of our icons’ as human activity fuels temperature increases.Ocean temperatures in the Great Barrier Reef have hit their…
New study reveals more on early ‘Hobbit’ humans in Indonesia’s Flores | Science and Technology News
Study shows ancestors of Homo floresiensis were even shorter and lived 700,000 years ago.Twenty years ago scientists discovered fossils of an early human species that…