El Niño, one of the biggest contributors to last year’s record-breaking global temperatures, is nearly gone, and its opposite, La Niña, is on the way. Whether this is a relief depends partly on where you live. Above-normal temperatures are still expected across the United States in summer 2024. Additionally, if you live on the Atlantic… Read More »
A Surrey man says his Bitcoin worth more than $60,000 was stolen after a sneaky scam called “SIM swapping,” but a recent BC Supreme Court decision has led to the reluctant dismissal of his lawsuit against the phone company he says was at fault. The incident is an example of the kind of disturbing scheme… Read More »
In the eastern U.S., trillions of flying, buzzing cicadas are struggling to get out of the ground and into the trees; This is part of the largest community of insects to emerge since 1803. This historic emergence is happening from the Gulf Coast to Virginia, from Illinois to the Atlantic. It represents a loud racket… Read More »
Over the last five to six years, a new sweetener has found its way into a variety of common foods. Its name is neotame or E961. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) announced in 2007 that this substance, which is an alternative to aspartame, which is 8,000 times sweeter than sugar, is safe to use… Read More »
A hearing-impaired toddler can now hear after becoming the first patient in the world to receive a new gene therapy. Opal Sandy, an 18-month-old girl from Oxfordshire, was born with a genetic form of a condition called auditory neuropathy, which disrupts nerve impulses from the inner ear to the brain and prevents the processing of… Read More »
A British girl who became the first person in the world to take part in a groundbreaking new gene therapy trial has regained her hearing. 18-month-old Opal Sandy was born completely deaf due to auditory neuropathy, a condition caused by impaired nerve impulses from the inner ear to the brain. Opal’s hearing is almost normal… Read More »
A British girl who became the first person in the world to take part in a groundbreaking new gene therapy trial has regained her hearing. 18-month-old Opal Sandy was born completely deaf due to auditory neuropathy, a condition caused by impaired nerve impulses from the inner ear to the brain. Opal’s hearing is almost normal… Read More »
The parents of an 18-month-old girl who can hear thanks to a groundbreaking gene therapy for deafness say they are delighted with her progress. Secondary school geography teacher Jo Sandy, 33, and her husband James, 33, who works in car manufacturing, said they were “blown away” when they realized Opal could hear without needing a… Read More »
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday questioned whether Apple is creating frustrating hurdles to prevent the use of alternative payment options in its iPhone apps despite a court order aimed at creating more ways for consumers to pay. digital services. The oral argument between Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers and Apple’s app store… Read More »