Astronauts From Turkey, Italy, and Sweden Return to Earth, Ending Private...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Astronauts from Turkey, Italy, and Sweden returned to Earth on Friday, ending a private three-week mission to the International Space Station. The trio were accompanied by a...
View ArticleLeonardo DiCaprio Puts Swift Parrot Conservation Into Global Spotlight
Top wildlife conservationists praised Leonardo DiCaprio’s recent support to halt logging and protect the critically endangered swift parrot in Tasmania, Australia, calling his backing crucial for...
View Article3 Blood Sugar Imbalances That Affect Your Ability to Manage Leaky Gut and...
It’s almost impossible to manage autoimmunity or improve a chronic health condition if your blood sugar is chronically dysregulated. In my more than 20 years of working with chronically ill patients...
View ArticleA Vicious Bacteria May Be Hitchhiking on Your Shoes
Many of us may be unwittingly transporting a bacterium that causes a nasty “superbug” infection. Clostridium difficile (C. diff) was once considered a health care-associated infection, because it was...
View ArticleDrought-Prone California Is Still Watching Rainwater Wash out to Sea
A year after California Gov. Gavin Newsom made promises to store more water during the rainy season, some are questioning if enough has been done. With recent record rainfall pouring down across...
View ArticleSun Safety Advice in Australia Updated to Consider ‘Diversity’
Medical researchers have unveiled new sun safety advice designed to cater for Australia’s diverse population and different skin types. A new paper, published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal...
View ArticleThe Brain in Love: New Study Discovers Why Love May Bowl Us Over
We all know how good it feels to be in love, and findings from a new study may be able to tell us why. Neuroscientists from CU Boulder found that the brain produces more dopamine—the hormone that makes...
View ArticleLaunch of Private US Moon Lander Postponed by Technical Glitch in Florida
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida—The planned launch of a robotic moon lander built by Houston-based aerospace company Intuitive Machines was called off less than two hours before Wednesday’s liftoff time and...
View ArticleThe Curse of Ultra-Pasteurization
Health Viewpoints In the summer of 1983, an outbreak of listeriosis occurred in Massachusetts. Forty-nine people became sick and 14 of those—29 percent—died. Listeria is the bad actor among pathogens....
View ArticleNZ’s Supreme Court Allows Groundbreaking Climate Change Case to Go Ahead
A Māori elder and climate change spokesperson for the Iwi Chairs Forum—a group of New Zealand tribal leaders—has won the right to sue some of New Zealand’s largest corporate greenhouse gas emitters....
View ArticleQueensland Introduces Bill to Set 75 Percent Emissions Reduction Target Into Law
Queensland Premier Steven Miles has introduced legislation into the state’s Parliament to cut climate change emissions by 75 percent. The bill sets out emissions reduction targets in Queensland and...
View ArticleExcessive Phosphorus in Food and Medicine: A Growing Concern
Phosphorus, a non-metallic chemical element with the atomic number 15 on the periodic table, draws little attention. Most of us do not think twice about what phosphorus does in and around us—that is,...
View ArticleIN-DEPTH: Climate Agenda Will Spark Another Round of Food Price Hikes,...
As inflation remains stubbornly high, farmers throughout the Western world are warning that cost increases from the net zero movement will drive food prices still higher, while simultaneously putting...
View ArticlePrivate US Moon Lander Launched Half Century After Last Apollo Lunar Mission
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida—A moon lander built by Houston-based aerospace company Intuitive Machines was launched from Florida early on Thursday on a mission to conduct the first U.S. lunar touchdown in...
View ArticleSpending Hundreds of Millions to Make a 0.1 Percent Different to the Great...
Commentary Australia’s federal government has thrown the barramundi fishing industry to the sharks as part of the blackmail payout to UNESCO to stop the organisation listing the Great Barrier Reef as...
View ArticleStudy Finds: Moderate Impacts in Daily Physical Activities Preserve Bone...
Engaging in a year-long exercise program can help older adults (aged 70 to 85) maintain or even slightly improve the structural properties of their femoral neck despite a decrease in bone mineral...
View ArticleTeals MP Endorses ‘Carbon Pricing’ Amid Economists’ Call for Carbon Tax Levy
Teals Federal MP Allegra Spender has thrown her support behind “carbon pricing” for Australia after leading economists proposed a fossil fuel tax. Ross Garnaut and Rod Sims, who founded the Superpower...
View ArticleNY’s Chief Fire Marshall Urges Congress to Address Fire Risk of Lithium-Ion...
New York City’s chief fire marshall urged House lawmakers to pass legislation mandating safety standards for lithium-ion batteries. “To grasp the urgency of this problem, it’s important to understand...
View ArticleJapan’s New Flagship H3 Rocket Reaches Orbit in Key Test After Failed Debut...
TOKYO—Japan’s flagship H3 rocket reached orbit and released two small observation satellites in a key second test following a failed debut launch last year, buoying hope for the country in the global...
View ArticleNASA’s Final Tally Shows Spacecraft Returned Double the Amount of Asteroid...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—NASA finally has counted up all the asteroid samples returned by a spacecraft last fall—and it’s double the rubble return goal. Officials reported Thursday that the Osiris-Rex...
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