Credit: Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels Some 23% of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 between 2021 and 2023 developed long COVID, and in more than half of them the symptoms persisted for…
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Mikveh ritual bath discovered at Ostia Antica
Archaeologists excavating at Ostia Antica have discovered a Jewish ritual bath known as a mikveh. Ostia Antica was an ancient harbour town situated at the mouth of the Tiber River.…
Weighing in on a Mars water debate: Analysis challenges previous findings
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain More than 3 billion years ago, Mars intermittently had liquid water on its surface. After the planet lost much of its atmosphere, however, surface water could…
Measles cases in Europe and Central Asia doubled last year to the highest reported level since 1997
A vial of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is on display at the Lubbock Health Department Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, in Lubbock, Texas. Credit: AP Photo/Mary Conlon, File There…
Wasting too much time on social media apps? Tips and tricks to curb smartphone use
Women look at a phone while sitting on the pedestal of statue on International Women’s Day in downtown Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, March 8, 2025. Credit: AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda If you’ve…
Age of “climate whiplash” puts residents of Africa’s cities in danger
Climate change is intensifying rainfall in Southern Africa, where rapid urbanisation and poor drainage made recent flooding in Botswana and South Africa deadly, a group of scientists said, while a…
Errors in attention adaptively impact spatial working memory, study finds
Attention error and spatial working memory experimental paradigm. Credit: Nature Human Behaviour (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41562-025-02109-5 Humans are known to rapidly adapt their mental processes and behavior based on feedback they…
A total lunar eclipse comes to North America tonight — Here’s everything you need to know about the ‘Blood Worm Moon’
The moon will turn red tonight for skywatchers across the U.S., but to see this total lunar eclipse unfold, you need to be in the right place at the right…
