Hundreds of mysterious fast radio bursts detected in space
Hundreds of mysterious fast radio bursts have been detected in space thanks to a Canadian telescope and an international group of researchers.
The Delta variant poses a threat to our return to ‘normal’
As variants of Covid-19 have spread in the US, the public health policy and programmatic responses have been largely consistent: vaccinate as soon as possible, mask up and keep social distancing. But as vaccinations have increased, there has been a collective relaxation of the masking and distancing that were previously indispensable public health measures.
Alcohol companies earned billions from underage drinking in 2016
Underage youth consumed $17.5 billion worth, or 8.6 percent, of the alcoholic drinks sold in 2016. Products from three alcohol companies—AB Inbev, MillerCoors and Diageo—accounted for nearly half of youth consumption, according to a new study published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
Meth production surged in Asia as economy faltered due to Covid-19, report says
Asia’s drug cartels adapted quickly to the pandemic in 2020, flooding markets with synthetic narcotics worth tens of billions of dollars even as the global economy ground to a halt, according to a new United Nations report.
Someone just bid a whopping $4M for a seat on Blue Origin rocket ride
Ahead of the final auction session on Saturday, someone has just bid a whopping $4 million for a seat on Blue Origin’s first-ever space tourism flight.
Health Care Workers Deserve Fashion, Too
After masks, medical scrubs get the designer treatment. It’s the next big market no one expected.
The Boys in Their Summer Dresses
Gender fluidity enters its next phase as men increasingly step out in skirts and frocks.
Molecular changes in white blood cells can help diagnose ‘the bends’ earlier in divers
For over a century, researchers have known about “the bends”, a serious condition affecting scuba divers. However, we still know relatively little about its physiological basis. Doctors do not yet have a definitive test for the bends, instead relying on symptoms to diagnose it. A new study in Frontiers in Physiology is the first to …
Serious cyberattacks in Europe have doubled as criminals exploited the pandemic
Significant cyberattacks attacks against critical targets in Europe have doubled in the past year, according to new EU figures obtained by CNN, as the pandemic pushed lives indoors and online.