Six people, including a British tycoon, are missing after a tornado struck their luxury yacht off the coast of Sicily, at the tip of the Italian peninsula on August 19, according to the Italian Coast Guard. Such tornadoes in the Mediterranean will only increase in the future, as per studies. There were 22 people on …
Rebecca Dzombak Most modern scorpions would fit in the palm of your hand. But in the oceans of the Paleozoic era more than 400 million years ago, animals known popularly as sea scorpions were apex predators that could grow larger than people in size. “They were effectively functioning as sharks,” said Russell Bicknell, a paleobiologist …
The World Health Organization (WHO) on August 14, 2024, declared mpox as a “public health emergency of international concern” (PHEIC). And while agencies worldwide are tracking the spread of the pestilence, one facet of this PHEIC mirrors COVID-19, the one before it: bushmeat. While the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market was identified as the epicentre site …
The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) is an icon of conservation and a reminder of the destructive potential of humanity towards the natural world. But was this member of the pigeon family, endemic to the island of Mauritius, really daft, stupid and dumb as we have been taught to believe? The world must reimagine the dodo, say …
An unmanned submersible robot named ‘Ran’ has offered scientists a sneak peek into the mysterious and never-known world existing beneath the Antarctic ice shelves which have been melting in the wake of climate change. The robot, which has cutting-edge sonar, spent 27 days travelling underneath the Dotson Ice Shelf which covers a wide expanse of …
Malaria vaccine: Ivory Coast has become the first country to deploy a malaria shot developed by Serum Institute of India Ltd., the world’s largest vaccine maker, and the University of Oxford. The first doses of the R21 immunization were administered on Monday to children in Abidjan, the commercial capital of the West African country, the …
Fibre-based ‘curtains’ around the feet of ice shelves and drilling holes through the glacier bed were the two main technological tools discussed at recent science conferences to slow sea-level rise due to climate change. These interventions seek to deter the human-induced breakdown of ice sheets to slowdown sea-level rise. The sixth assessment report (AR6) by the …
Ramallah, July 7 (UNI) The first case of West Nile fever in the West Bank was recorded in the governorate of Jenin, the Palestinian Health Ministry said on Saturday. Doctors identified symptoms consistent with the disease, and subsequent tests confirmed the infection, the ministry stated. The disease is transmitted through mosquitoes and its symptoms are …
A partial map of Ireland with a miniature sack of potatoes iStock photo for representation The pathogen responsible for the Great Irish Potato Famine of the 19th century that killed millions of people in British-ruled Ireland and led to global Irish emigration, originated in Peru, according to a new study. Phytophthora infestans, which causes potato blight …
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