Canadian Jeremy Hansen named on NASA’s Artemis II mission around the moon
With the Artemis missions, NASA aims to investigate more of the lunar surface with the plan to build a sustainable presence on the moon.
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Drug overdose deaths ‘quadrupled’ among older US adults over last two decades, study warns
‘Quadrupling of fatal overdoses among older adults should be considered in evolving policies’
Could a Photosynthesis ‘Hack’ Lead to New Ways of Generating Renewable Energy?
“Researchers have ‘hacked’ the earliest stages of photosynthesis,” according to a new announcement from the University of Cambridge.
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Scientists have studied photosynthesis in plants for centuries, but an international team believes the…
How a UK missing persons charity solves cold cases using expert volunteers
Locate International, founded by a retired detective, has one ultimate goal: to investigate every cold case in the UKDespite international appeals for help, the identity of the young woman killed on a motorway in the early hours of 18 February 1975 rem…
Typhoid outbreak on refugee ship in Netherlands traced to raw sewage
Report finds that 72 cases of the disease on the vessel, which was housing asylum seekers, were caused by a wastewater leakA major outbreak of typhoid among asylum seekers living on a ship in the Netherlands has been traced to raw sewage which was allo…
UK develops genetic early warning system for future pandemics
Project aims to roll out cheap, easy-to-use technology across the globe to spot emergence of any new health threatsBritish researchers are developing a groundbreaking technology to monitor genetic changes in respiratory viruses as they circulate round …
Revealed: maker of Wegovy ‘skinny jab’ is funding NHS weight-loss services
Critics fear conflict of interest as Novo Nordisk helps medics ‘reduce unnecessary barriers’ to treatment for obesityThe pharmaceutical company that makes Wegovy slimming jabs is funding the expansion of weight-loss services across England as it seeks …
Stressed Plants Emit Sounds That Can Be Detected More Than a Meter Away
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Phys.Org: What does a stressed plant sound like? A bit like bubble-wrap being popped. Researchers in Israel report in the journal Cell on March 30 that tomato and tobacco plants that are stressed — from dehydra…
Horses came to American West by early 1600s, study finds
A new analysis of horse bones gathered from museums across the Great Plains and northern Rockies has revealed that horses were present in the grasslands by the early 1600s.
A 2nd giant ‘hole’ appears on the sun, could trigger more amazing aurora
Researchers say the coronal hole could send solar winds at speeds of up to 2.9 million kilometres per hour toward Earth by the end of the week.