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With anger stoked by Channel 4's drama Dirty Business, we look at what has happened to some of the main players Water companies have been in the public eye for the wrong reasons again recently. South West Water was in the dock pleading guilty to supplying water unfit for human consumption, while the regulator fined South East Water 22.5m for repeated supply failures that affected more than 280,000 people over three years. As the full scale of the sewage pollution scandal has been revealed to...
The race to power AI is already remaking the physical world.
Popular Mechanics - 14 hours 19 min agoThe ability to create hair follicles that implant, grow, and regenerate has been elusive until now.
A psychiatric unit in Norway has been testing its built-in lighting on conditions such as psychosis and depression At first glance, the psychiatric ward in Trondheim looks much like any other unit caring for patients in acute mental distress. But as evening falls, filters descend over the windows, and the lights shift to a soft amber glow. By removing blue wavelengths that interfere with the body's internal clock, doctors here are testing an unusual idea: that the design of the ward itself could...
Evidence suggests reactivations of the varicella-zoster virus may accelerate aging and raise dementia risk. Now scientists want to know if vaccines and antivirals could help protect the brain.
New research shows structure is one of Earth's rare impact craters after massive asteroid struck region millions of years ago...
These big-footed marsupials have evolved an amazing lifecycle that is fully geared for the species' survival The post Joey to Adult: The Complete Kangaroo Life Cycle appeared first on How It Works .
A casual suggestion in a French office just rewrote a chapter of math history. Researcher Victor Gysembergh of France's CNRS says he has identified a long-missing page from the famed Archimedes Palimpsest, hiding in a fine arts museum in the central French city of Blois, reports AFP . The parchment, reused...
Marcela Silva at the site of her former Pacific Palisades home.
Last Word On Nothing - 18 hours 19 min agoSince I'm still a newbie around here, I jumped at the opportunity to get to know one of my fellow LWONers a little better by interviewing Eric Wagner about his latest book Seabirds as Sentinels: Auklets, Puffins, and the View from Destruction Island. I took my cue from Jennifer Holland's great recent interview with Neil […] The post Auklets and islands appeared first on The Last Word On Nothing .
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A view from the Blue Ghost lander as it orbited the moon at an altitude of about 62 miles on Feb. 24, 2025.
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Nature - 1 day 2 hours agoThe government's plans to poach 100 US researchers might make good economic sense. But what about the existing community?...
In addition to watching out for missile and drone attacks, mariners in conflict zones need to be on guard for GPS spoofing and other cyberattacks. The stakes are high and mariners are ill-prepared.
Research released Thursday revealed that 11% of Americans are skipping meals in order to afford health care.
After H5N1 bird flu was detected in elephant seals gathered at Ano Nuevo State Park, other marine mammals have also succumbed, including a sea otter and sea lion. So far, only animals in San Mateo County have been affected.
The Trump administration has systematically moved to slash federal support for electric vehicles.
NASA cleared its moon rocket on Thursday for an April launch with four astronauts after completing the latest round of repairs. The 322-foot rocket is scheduled to roll out of the hangar and back to the pad next week at Florida's Kennedy Space Center, the AP reports, leading to a...
Retraction Watch - 1 day 8 hours agoIn the summer of 2022, a researcher in Indonesia submitted a case report to Annals of Medicine and Surgery, one of several open-access journals founded and edited by Riaz Agha, a plastic surgeon and publisher in London. The manuscript, Agha responded, needed various changes to be considered for publication. Among them: It should cite Agha's … Continue reading Controversial editorial practices boost plastic surgeon's publishing empire...
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Researchers around the world are attempting to create a safer and more effective treatment in hopes of saving hundreds of thousands of lives...
The annual Ig Nobels, a satirical award for scientific achievement, are shifting for the first time from the United States to Europe due to concerns about attendees getting visas, organizers say. Organized by the Annals of Improbable Research , a digital magazine that highlights research that makes people laugh and then...
GeekSpin - 2 days 2 min agoThe next time you pick up a prescription, its secret to success might not have been discovered in a lab on Earth, but on a station orbiting 250 miles above it. While it sounds like science fiction, the unique weightlessness of space allows scientists to grow medicines with a level of precision impossible to achieve […] Read the original article here: Why your next prescription might be made in space...
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