An international team of researchers has brought back to life what they believe is the most ancient virus ever resuscitated The melting permafrost may pose a danger to humanity, scientists have warned after reviving an ancient virus, which lay frozen for tens of thousands of years. Such viruses are still capable of infecting living organisms, … Read more
“Most distant starlight ever seen” might provide a clue to solving one of the greatest mysteries in astronomy, scientists said NASA’s newest telescope has enabled scientists to identify two previously unseen and “exceptionally bright” galaxies, one of which might also turn out to be the oldest ever known, the US space agency said on Thursday. … Read more
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is giving Ukrainian scientists and climate negotiators a big stage at the U.N. climate conference in Egypt. Source link
More than a dozen protesters, including scientists, were arrested Thursday at private airports in the United States, coinciding with similar actions around the world to highlight the toll of private jets on the environment, activists said. The protesters temporarily shut down the main entrance to Teterboro Airport in New Jersey, and also picketed at airports … Read more
Global warming will worsen inequalities in health around the world and increase death rates faster in poorer countries than in wealthier ones, according to a coalition of scientists, economists and climate experts. New research from the Climate Impact Lab concludes that low-income countries were disproportionately affected by extreme heat, as the negative health effects were exacerbated … Read more
Monkeypox is the latest case of how global health inequities persist. Vaccines went to the rich world while Africa lacks access. African scientists call for a bold plan to protect against pathogens. Source link
Rapid warming of the Arctic has led to the extreme wildfire seasons experienced in Siberia in recent years, scientists said Thursday, and such severe fires are likely to continue. The researchers said that the Siberian Arctic, with its vast expanses of forest, tundra, peatlands and permafrost, was approaching a threshold beyond which even small temperature … Read more
Scientists at Boston University claim to have created a new variant of Covid-19 with an 80% mortality rate, by combining the highly-transmissible Omicron variant of the coronavirus with the original Wuhan strain. The research, which echoes experiments thought to have created the virus in the first place, has caused outrage. In a research paper published … Read more
Spurred on by Covid-19 vaccine research, the race for a cure could be won within the next decade Cancer vaccines could be available to patients by 2030, the German couple behind the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, one of the most effective jabs against Covid-19, have claimed. Professors Ugur Sahin and Ozlem Tureci told BBC’s ‘Sunday with Laura … Read more
A photo released by the New Zealand Department of Conservation on April 5, 2018, shows beached pilot whales in Haast, a city on the west coast of New Zealand’s South Island. AP hide caption toggle caption AP A photo released by the New Zealand Department of Conservation on April 5, 2018, shows beached pilot whales … Read more