Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on September 18, 2024 in New York City. Stephanie Keith | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. … Read more
A hairpin loop from a pre-mRNA. Highlighted are the nucleobases (green) and the ribose-phosphate backbone (blue). Note that this is a single strand of RNA that folds back upon itself. Credit: Vossman/ Wikipedia A new statistical technique developed by a researcher at the Texas A&M University School of Public Health and colleagues elsewhere offers fresh … Read more
A rhino and its calf, on the Red List of Threatened Species according to IUCN (International Union Conservation Of Nature), are seen at Nairobi National Park, on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. Credit: AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku The rhino population across the world has increased slightly but so have the killings, mostly … Read more
BEIRUT — For almost a week, ophthalmologist Elias Jaradeh has worked around the clock, trying to keep up with the flood of patients whose eyes were injured when pagers and walkie-talkies exploded en masse across Lebanon. He has lost track of how many eye operations he has performed in multiple hospitals, surviving on two hours … Read more
In 2024 alone, between 50,000 and 60,000 pigs were slaughtered across Italy in efforts to contain swine fever. Pig farmer Alberto Cavagnini has slaughtered 1,600 of his hogs due to swine fever, a virus threatening the 20-billion-euro pork industry in Italy, including its world-famous prosciutto. The disease, which is fatal for pigs and disastrous for … Read more
Debris from flooding piles up at a bridge in Wajima city, which has recorded more than 540 mm of rainfall in the 72 hours to Sunday morning. Floods and landslides killed one person and left at least 11 missing in central Japan, with recovery teams at work on Sunday in a remote peninsula already devastated … Read more
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., September 19, 2024. Brendan McDermid | Reuters This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. … Read more
An elderly patient receives an intravenous drip while using a ventilator in the hallway of the emergency ward in Beijing, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Credit: AP Photo/Andy Wong, File Scientists searching for the origins of COVID-19 have zeroed in on a short list of animals that possibly helped spread it to people, an effort they … Read more
The Compact Muon Solenoid detector is located 100 meters underground on the Franco-Swiss borderer at CERN and collects data from the Large Hadron Collider. The detector has been operational since 2010 and is used by one of largest international scientific collaborations in history to study the fundamental laws of nature. Credit: Brice, Maximilien: CERN After … Read more
Credit: Moe Magners from Pexels “Honestly, I can’t wait to have grandkids and spoil them—but I don’t want to be called “Granny.’” (overheard on the No. 96 tram in Melbourne) “I love it. It’s not the word that needs to change, it’s our culture.” (Deborah, proud granny) What’s wrong with ‘granny?’ From its debut in … Read more
