Leo Wilson 
Editor’s Note: The video above is from a story published on April 7, 2023. AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) — With three months until a total solar eclipse passes over Texas on April 8, many people are making final preparations. Between 931,000 and 3,725,000 are expected to travel to see the eclipse within the United States, according … Read more
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Thousands of protesters took to the streets of London on Saturday to march against the ongoing attacks in Gaza. More than 1,700 police officers are on duty for the march that goes through … Read more
An atlas revealing the activity of individual placental cells during childbirth offers insight on what happens at the maternal-fetal interface during term labor, according to a study supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The atlas provides a single-cell analysis of the human placenta and its surrounding membranes and is the first to use … Read more
The remains of a Type Ia supernova – a kind of exploding star used to measure distances in the universe. Credit: NASA / CXC / U.Texas, CC BY What is the universe made of? This question has driven astronomers for hundreds of years. For the past quarter of a century, scientists have believed “normal” stuff … Read more
Record heat, record emissions, record fossil fuel consumption. One month out from Cop28, the world is further than ever from reaching its collective climate goals. At the root of all these problems, according to recent research, is the human “behavioural crisis”, a term coined by an interdisciplinary team of scientists. “We’ve socially engineered ourselves the … Read more
As Bloomberg reported in May, New York, California, Sweden, and the Netherlands are developing legislation similar to Chile’s extended producer responsibility law that went into effect this year, mandating that the fashion industry fund recycling programs via tariffs calibrated to the quantity of garments produced. In order to help New York City uphold its existing … Read more
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Lai Ching-te, the presidential candidate for Taiwan’s ruling party, has won in a crucial election that will chart the trajectory of the island‘s democracy and relationship with China … Read more
Increases in symptoms of depression are associated with a subsequent increase in bodyweight when measured one month later, new research from the University of Cambridge has found. The study, published today in PLOS ONE, found that the increase was only seen among people with overweight or obesity, but found no link between generally having greater … Read more
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Migration is an increasingly dominating topic in politics and is discussed with increasing vehemence among the German population. Those in favor of migration say that the lack of skilled workers and shortage of staff will become worse without immigration. Those who oppose migration fear that an increasing number of immigrants will … Read more
My heart is hammering, my head is humming with tension and there’s a real possibility I may vomit. No, I haven’t been set up on a blind date with Piers Morgan. Instead, I’m about to approach a stranger in a packed King’s Cross station and ask to borrow £100. I choose a middle-aged man with … Read more
