Imagine you’re getting out of the shower one morning and you notice a mole on your thigh that you’ve never seen before. It’s reddish brown, bumpy and surprisingly large. Is…
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UK’s budget juggling trick with rainforest loan for bus-fare cap needs transparency
Euan Ritchie is a senior research associate in the Europe programme at the Center for Global Development. Andy Burnham, the UK’s latest prime minister, has suggested reducing the amount the…
How climate change could impact food safety
Climate change isn’t just fueling stronger storms and longer droughts — it’s also making the food on your plate riskier, as Popular Mechanics’ Darren Orf reports. A new review from researchers at…
How Severe Illness During Pregnancy Alters Fetal Brain Development
Summary: Researchers have discovered that maternal immune activation during pregnancy alters the epigenome of fetal brain cells, disrupting deep-layer neurons and increasing the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders like autism. Key…
Palace moat yields rare cavalry armour during real-life treasure hunt
What began as an unusual adventure for the young cast of an upcoming Polish film unexpectedly became a real-life encounter with history, when treasure hunters uncovered a rare fragment of…
Astronomers discover mysterious 10-sided cloud structure at Saturn’s south pole
A mysterious giant 10-sided pattern of clouds has recently formed around Saturn’s south pole, a new study finds. This newfound “decagon” joins the bizarre colossal hexagon seen for decades at…
Loss and damage fund urged to hold emergency meeting on Nepal
After last week’s catastrophic flash flooding caused hundreds of deaths and an estimated $5 billion of destruction in Nepal, some board members of the UN’s new loss and damage fund…
Decades after 9/11, toxic dust and PTSD may be accelerating brain aging among first responders
Hundreds of first responders have told me they remember exactly how they felt during the World Trade Center attacks, even 25 years on. They tell me that they remember not…
From Belém to Antalya – gains, gaps and challenges for a new Just Transition Mechanism
Could a new mechanism to help countries transition to a cleaner, safer and fairer world be one of the main deliverables from the COP31 climate summit in Türkiye this November?…
