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 Russian president Vladimir Putin has gifted a Russian-made limousine to his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong-un, the latest signal of deepening relations between two countries that are otherwise … Read more
Retrotransposons found in the genomes of the white-throated sparrow and the zebra finch are shown to safely shepherd transgenes into the human genome, providing a gene therapy approach complementary to CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing. Credit: Briana Van Treeck, UC Berkeley The recent approval of a CRISPR-Cas9 therapy for sickle cell disease demonstrates that gene editing tools … Read more
In space, Victor Glover orbited the Earth every 90 minutes, witnessing 16 sunrises and sunsets in a single day. In America, Victor Glover got behind the wheel of his car and knew that, as a Black man, he might be pulled over by police. âYou still have to drive home from work and be worried … Read more
Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Ian Machado Garry has revealed he cries before every fight, likening the experience to ‘taking all the armour off’. The divisive Irish welterweight, 26, outpointed … Read more
Credit: Chemosphere (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140957 Researchers have discovered not only microplastics but also a higher abundance of cellulose-based fibers in the intestine samples of four apex shark species caught off the coast of South East Queensland (SEQ). The finding sheds light on the potential food-chain transfer or direct ingestion of foreign materials by these marine … Read more
Robin Windsor and Lisa Riley on Strictly Come Dancing 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 Tributes are flooding in for Robin Windsor, the former Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer, who has died at the … Read more
Man-made gems are reshaping the $89 billion global diamond jewellery market. The glittering diamonds sparkle the same but there are key differences: mined natural gems are more than a billion years old, while laboratory-made rocks are new and cost less than half the price. Man-made gems are reshaping the $89 billion global diamond jewelry market, … Read more
Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email The law that banned the manufacture, sale and transportation of alcohol in the US came into force in 1920, but instead of stopping people drinking, it merely sent them underground. For 13 long years, it was … Read more
Loren Babcock with a collection of Orton Museum’s fossil fishes, including several from John Newberry. Credit: The Ohio State University Until recently, Orthacanthus gracilis could have been considered the “John Smith” of prehistoric shark names, given how common it was. Three different species of sharks from the late Paleozoic Era—about 310 million years ago—were mistakenly … Read more
Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Astronomers believe they might have found the brightest object in existence. The blazing object appears to be a quasar. It is powered by a blackhole that is growing so fast it eats the equivalent of … Read more
