Aug 16, 2023 09:15 am UTC| Science
If you have ever taken a medicine, then you have benefited from research in animals. But ten years ago, if you looked at a scientific report involving mice or rats, it would probably have used only male animals. This...
Researchers dig deep underground in hopes of finally observing dark matter
Aug 10, 2023 08:19 am UTC| Science
Physicists like me dont fully understand what makes up about 83% of the matter of the universe something we call dark matter. But with a tank full of xenon buried nearly a mile under South Dakota, we might one day be able...
Jul 27, 2023 08:16 am UTC| Science
From the remains of nearly 100 ancient individuals, we have reconstructed two extensive prehistoric family trees from a 6,700-year-old cemetery in France, revealing fresh insights into a Stone Age community. Our new...
Jul 19, 2023 10:52 am UTC| Health Science Economy Business
Researchers reveal Eli Lillys experimental Alzheimers drug, donanemab, can potentially slow the disease progression by about four to seven months. Results from a 1,700-patient study published in the Journal of the American...
Jul 11, 2023 07:36 am UTC| Science
Avi Loeb, a physicist from Harvard University in the US, has recovered 50 tiny spherical iron fragments from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean that he claims may be material from an interstellar alien spaceship. Loeb is...
Biting flies are attracted to blue traps – we used AI to work out why
Jul 05, 2023 03:38 am UTC| Science
Flies which feast on blood such as tsetse and horse flies inflict painful bites and spread debilitating diseases among people and animals alike. So a lot of work has gone into designing the most efficient traps to...
Astronomers see ancient galaxies flickering in slow motion due to expanding space
Jul 04, 2023 07:40 am UTC| Science
According to our best understanding of physics, the fact space is expanding should influence the apparent flow of time, with the distant Universe appearing to run in slow motion. But observations of highly luminous and...