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'Forever chemicals' have infiltrated food packaging on a wide scale

Tue, 03/19/2024 - 8:00am
Nearly 70 "forever chemicals", also known as PFAS, are commonly found in materials that come into contact with food, some of which have been linked to negative health outcomes
Categories: Astronomy

‘Running of the bulls’ festival crowds move like charged particles

Tue, 03/19/2024 - 6:00am
Researchers have studied the movements of thousands of people waiting for the opening of the San Fermín festival and found they behave like electrons circling in a magnetic field
Categories: Astronomy

Nvidia's Blackwell AI 'superchip' is the most powerful yet

Tue, 03/19/2024 - 5:59am
A computer chip featuring over 400 billion transistors can train artificial intelligence models faster and using less energy, says Nvidia - but it is yet to reveal the price tag
Categories: Astronomy

Cannabis vaping liquids contain lead and other toxic metals

Tue, 03/19/2024 - 5:00am
The heating elements in vapes can release toxic metals. Now an analysis of cannabis vaping liquids shows metals like lead are present at dangerous levels – even before the vape is used
Categories: Astronomy

Intermittent fasting linked to a higher risk of heart disease death

Mon, 03/18/2024 - 4:00pm
Only eating within an 8-hour window is associated with a significantly higher risk of heart disease-related death compared with eating over 12 to 16 hours
Categories: Astronomy

Blood-clotting drug derived from pigs can now be made synthetically

Mon, 03/18/2024 - 3:00pm
A common anti-clotting drug called heparin is made from pig intestines, which risks contaminations and infections. A safer, synthetic version has now been developed but its production needs scaling up
Categories: Astronomy

Mammoth carcass was scavenged by ancient humans and sabre-toothed cats

Mon, 03/18/2024 - 12:00pm
A southern mammoth skeleton found in Spain bears cut marks from stone tools and bite marks from carnivore teeth, suggesting that both hominins and felids feasted on its meat
Categories: Astronomy

Nobel-winning biologist on the most promising ways to stop ageing

Mon, 03/18/2024 - 12:00pm
Efforts to extend our lifespan continue and many look promising, but success will have unintended consequences, says Nobel prizewinner Venki Ramakrishnan
Categories: Astronomy

Titan’s sand dunes may be made of smashed up small moons

Mon, 03/18/2024 - 7:00am
The sand dunes that splay across the surface of Saturn’s moon Titan may be made of the ground-up remains of ancient irregular moons, rather than atmospheric particles
Categories: Astronomy

Mathematicians plan computer proof of Fermat's last theorem

Mon, 03/18/2024 - 6:00am
Fermat's last theorem puzzled mathematicians for centuries until it was finally proven in 1993. Now, researchers want to create a version of the proof that can be formally checked by a computer for any errors in logic
Categories: Astronomy

Gold flecks make super-transparent glass fully opaque from one side

Fri, 03/15/2024 - 2:00pm
A glare-free window that is opaque from the outside but still offers a clear view from inside could be made with a coating using billions of tiny bits of gold
Categories: Astronomy

Miniature furniture 3D printed using ink made from recycled wood

Fri, 03/15/2024 - 2:00pm
Waste wood can be reconstituted into a form that can be 3D printed and used to produce furniture or other objects
Categories: Astronomy

Perfectly straight ridges may cover the poles of Saturn’s moon Titan

Fri, 03/15/2024 - 11:00am
Saturn’s moon Titan may have hundreds of strange ridges called yardangs that could teach us how the icy moon’s geology and conditions vary across its surface
Categories: Astronomy

Single mathematical model governs primate brain shape across species

Fri, 03/15/2024 - 10:00am
An analysis of primate brains shows that the pattern of folds on the surface follows the same mathematical pattern across species
Categories: Astronomy

Mental health conditions may accelerate ageing by damaging RNA

Fri, 03/15/2024 - 9:00am
People with mental health conditions have greater amounts of damaged RNA than those without one, which might explain the link between the conditions and age-related diseases such as cancer
Categories: Astronomy

‘Sound laser’ is the most powerful ever made

Fri, 03/15/2024 - 7:00am
A new device uses a reflective cavity, a tiny bead and an electrode to create a laser beam of sound particles ten times more powerful and much narrower than other “phonon lasers”
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What do home faecal test kits really reveal about our gut microbiome?

Thu, 03/14/2024 - 2:00pm
Many firms sell direct-to-consumer faecal testing kits, but an investigation has revealed that scientists don't yet know what makes for a healthy gut microbiome
Categories: Astronomy

Should everyone start eating snakes to save the planet?

Thu, 03/14/2024 - 12:00pm
Pythons convert food into meat more efficiently than other livestock, and they can be fed on waste meat, but this doesn't mean snake meat is inherently more sustainable
Categories: Astronomy

Chimp mothers play with their youngsters even when times are tough

Thu, 03/14/2024 - 11:00am
Ten years’ worth of observations of a wild chimpanzee community show that most adults stop playing when food is short, but not mothers and their young
Categories: Astronomy

Starship launch: Third flight reaches space but is lost on re-entry

Thu, 03/14/2024 - 10:55am
The world’s most powerful rocket, Starship, launched from Texas and reached an altitude of more than 230 kilometres, travelling further and faster than it has done before. But it seems to have been destroyed on re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere
Categories: Astronomy