More than 40 monkeys on the loose in US town after escaping lab | Wildlife News
Police describe escapees, who are not carrying disease, as ‘harmless and a little skittish’, posing ‘almost no danger to public’.More than 40 monkeys escaped from…
Australian PM Anthony Albanese wants ban on social media for under 16s | Social Media News
Legislation to prevent children accessing social media will be introduced by Australia’s parliament later this year and will take effect 12 months after ratification.Australian Prime…
What is the science behind the Christopher Columbus origins discovery? | Science and Technology News
A documentary aired on Spain’s national television this month has made headlines around the world for its revolutionary claim that Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic…
US unveils new strategy to lead global AI race | Science and Technology News
White House memo says US should stay at the forefront of AI development while safeguarding rights and privacy. United States President Joe Biden has rolled out…
Inside the battle to contain diseases in rainforests and cities | Coronavirus pandemic
Can we prevent zoonotic diseases from spreading to humans and protect our cities from major future outbreaks?Seventy-five percent of infectious diseases in humans come from…
‘Historic’: Egypt declared malaria free by the World Health Organization | Health News
Forty-four countries have been declared malaria free, but there were still 249 million cases in 2022.Egypt has been certified as malaria free, with the World…
Should we all stop eating salmon? Why it’s suddenly become endangered | Food News
Atlantic salmon populations in England and Wales have plummeted to unprecedented lows, according to the Atlantic Salmon Stock Assessment for 2024, a report published this…
AI helping US Treasury bust fraudsters, saving billions | Crime News
The technology helped recover $1.3bn in tax fraud in the 2024 fiscal year, says the Treasury.The United States Treasury Department is turning more to artificial…
Air taxi growth demands efficient vertiports and traffic control systems | Aviation News
The air-taxi market is predicted to grow exponentially by the end of the decade, but experts have warned that its future depends on a well-planned…
Why SpaceX rocket catch is such a big deal | Science and Technology
NewsFeedAfter SpaceX’s world-first success in catching a rocket booster as it returned to earth, we heard from aerospace Engineer Scott Walter about why it was…
What is the deadly Marburg virus and where has it spread? | Health News
Rwanda is fighting its first outbreak of the “highly virulent” Marburg virus which was first reported in late September. As of Thursday, 11 people were reported…
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…