“Silicon Valley currently leads the world in terms of high-tech growth and innovation,” Jeremy Hunt told business leaders last week. “But there’s no reason why it’s so dominant.” But he didn’t. These words belong to David Cameron in his speech at the Old Street junction in November 2010. What Hunt actually said last week was… Read More »
The avian influenza virus spreading among American dairy cows can likely be traced to a single spillover event. Scientists believe the virus jumped from wild birds to cattle in Texas late last year. By this spring, the virus known as H5N1 had traveled hundreds of miles or more, appearing on farms in Idaho, North Carolina… Read More »
Professor Barry Kemp, who died the day after his 84th birthday, was a distinguished Egyptologist who led excavations at the site of Middle Egypt known as Amarna, a city founded around 1344 BC by the mysterious pharaoh Akhenaten. The City of Akhenaten and Nefertiti – Amarna and its people (2012). Around 1353 BC IV. A… Read More »
Young American Alexis “Lexi” Bogan sounded enthusiastic before undergoing life-saving and life-changing surgery. He loved singing songs by Taylor Swift and Zach Bryan in the car. He was always laughing; even when picking up misbehaving preschoolers or discussing politics with friends. She was a soprano in the choir at school. Then overnight that voice disappeared.… Read More »
According to recent research, a simple smell test can accurately predict dementia symptoms five years before they appear. A study of nearly 3,000 older people found that those who could not identify at least four of five common odors were more than twice as likely to have the disease. The worse their sense of smell,… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more. Blue Origin’s tourism rocket is preparing to launch passengers to the edge of space for the first time in nearly two years, ending a hiatus caused by a failed uncrewed test flight. The New Shepard… Read More »
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — As Anita Akpeere prepared fried rice in her kitchen in Ghana’s capital, notifications of restaurant orders triggered apps on her phone. “I don’t think I could work without a phone in my line of work,” she said when requests came in for her signature dish, a traditional fermented dumpling. Jenny Aker,… Read More »
They thought they were untouchable… but little did they know that law enforcement around the world was watching their every move. In April 2020, European law enforcement agencies led by Dutch and French forces managed to hack the encrypted messaging service network EncroChat. The attack, one of the largest ever carried out by authorities, saw… Read More »
Grace Sun, a 16-year-old from Kentucky, won $75,000 for her research on biomedical devices. It took home first prize at ISEF, the “grandfather of all science fairs.” His work on organic electronic devices aims to make medical implants safer and more effective. Grace Sun can’t drive yet. Unlike many 16-year-olds, getting his driver’s license was… Read More »
Allegation: In the video shot in 1938, a female “time traveler” talks on her mobile phone. Evaluation: Rating: Wrongly written Since at least 2013, a video has been circulating online purporting to show a female “time traveler” from 1938 talking on a cell phone. “The 1938 movie The Time Traveler captured him talking on a… Read More »