Reprinted with permission from World at Large, an independent news outlet covering war, travel, science, conservation, and health and fitness. In a fascinating star system 370 light-years from Earth, scientists studying with the James Webb Space Telescope have found water vapor hanging about at exactly the same distance from the system star…
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The glory days for some of the most debilitating pathogenic diseases may be numbered thanks to a new class of immunizations that change the gut microbiome of ticks and mosquitoes. Rather than targeting the pathogen that causes a disease, the vaccine targets the microbes that the pathogen requires to survive, and…
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In the northern Pacific Ocean, a powerful ocean ‘gyre’ pulls together several ocean currents into a single region—the site of the infamous Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP). However, longer before there was plastic waste in these waters, and in spite of it, the Northern Pacific ocean gyre is teeming with specially-adapted…
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Taking a nasal swab—similar to what we all did a hundred times during COVID—to check for three types of bacteria in youngsters believed to have a sinus infection can indicate whether antibiotics are likely to be effective or not, say American scientists. Sinusitis, which is an inflammation or swelling of the…
Read moreIn the hands of a capable Ice Age hunter, this simple stick could be used to nail small mammals, or even assist in taking deer and horses. It is supposed that the four-foot-long projectile could be hurled at beasts grazing up to 30 meters away, and with a point at either…
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Crowned Miss England, Jessica Gagen is on a mission to become an astronaut, and has just graduated from university with a bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering. The 27-year-old became the first ever redhead winner of the prestigious beauty pageant last year in October and, after juggling competitions on the catwalk alongside…
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The discoveries yielded at a new excavation site at the Roman city of Pompeii have everyone talking—about the undeniably familiar shape in a beautifully preserved fresco. Yes indeed, the item sitting on a silver platter in the depiction looks an awful lot like one of the other things the city of Naples is famous for: […]
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