Leo Wilson 
A general view of Brixham Harbour, in Brixham, Devon, Friday May 17, 2024. Most residents living near a scenic fishing village in southwestern England where a parasite in the water sickened more than 45 people were told Saturday, May 18, 2024, that they could safely drink the water again. South West Water said it lifted … 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 A helicopter carrying Ebrahim Raisi crashed on Sunday as it was crossing mountain terrain in heavy fog. Iran’s interior minister Ahmed Vahidi confirmed to state TV that one … Read more
The best microphone in the world might have an unexpected source: spider silk. Spiders weave webs to trap their insect snacks, but the sticky strands also help spiders hear. Unlike human eardrums and conventional microphones that detect sound pressure waves, spider silk responds to changes in the velocities of air particles as they are thrust … Read more
Smoke spreads in multiple directions due to shifting winds in Fort McMurray Forest Area, Alberta, on May 13, 2024. Residents forced to flee wildfires threatening a Canadian oil-producing hub were allowed to return home Saturday after evacuation orders were lifted. “We are so pleased to be able to welcome people home and have them return … 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 Almost 970 million Indians are voting in general elections amid sweltering heat and unpredictable weather extremes exacerbated by human-caused climate change, leading to loss of livelihood, forced migration … Read more
Researchers from Project CETI (Cetacean Translation Initiative) and collaborating institutions have developed a method to investigate sperm whale communication by determining their vocal style, finding that groups living in close proximity can develop similar styles to each other. The study, published today as a Reviewed Preprint in eLife, is described as important by the editors, … Read more
Gray whale breaching. Credit: Merrill Gosho, NOAA, Public Domain The past decade has seen an explosion of new research into some of the most fascinating sounds in the sea: the vocalizations of whales and dolphins. Scientists have uncovered how humpback whales learn songs from neighboring populations, so that these songs travel from western Australia to … Read more
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Labour is set to make it easier to change gender by allowing a single family doctor to sign off on the decision under plans to “simplify” the process. The policy would include scrapping … Read more
In an important step toward more effective gene therapies for brain diseases, researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have engineered a gene-delivery vehicle that uses a human protein to efficiently cross the blood-brain barrier and deliver a disease-relevant gene to the brain in mice expressing the human protein. Because the vehicle binds … Read more
Credit: Pixabay from Pexels Around the country, school and university students are hitting the books in preparation for exams. If you are in this position, you may find yourself trying to memorize information that you first learned a long time ago and have completely forgotten—or that you didn’t actually learn effectively in the first place. … Read more
