Videos on TikTok are contributing to a resurgence in “chroming,” the dangerous practice of inhaling toxic fumes from household items like markers or nail polish. The study analyzed over 100…
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South Africa has a good childhood vaccination system—what’s stopping it from being great?
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The two public health interventions that have had the greatest impact on the world’s health are clean water and vaccines. Professors Susan Goldstein and Haroon Saloojee…
Radiant-convective heating terminal show potential for improved indoor thermal environment for intermittent heating
(a) Schematic; (b) actual terminal; (c) side view. Credit: Hongli Sun et al. A recent study published in Engineering, “Indoor Thermal Environment Improvement Based on Switchable Radiation/Convection-Combined Intermittent Heating: Comparison…
How the cost of living crisis and games industry turmoil could hurt Sony’s PlayStation 5 Pro release
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In late November 2020, I was one of those people standing in line—or rather, refreshing my browser—hoping to snag a PlayStation 5 during a restock. The…
Did dark matter help black holes grow to monster sizes in the infant cosmos?
New research suggests that dark matter decay could have helped black holes grow to monstrous supermassive sizes relatively early in the infant universe. If true, this could help explain some…
Europe en route for moon with new simulator, says astronaut Pesquet
Pesquet is a national icon in France for his missions to the International Space Station (ISS). Europe has embarked on the mission to put humans back on the moon with…
UK govt buys semiconductor facility key to defense
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The UK government announced on Friday that it had acquired a key semiconductor factory after fears its imminent closure would hamper a crucial supply chain to…
Boeing strike grinds on as latest talks fail to reach agreement
Boeing workers in the Seattle-area walked off the job on September 13 after overwhelmingly voting down a contract offer. The union for striking Boeing workers said Friday that talks with…
Abortion rights worldwide: a snapshot
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Despite being liberalized in scores of countries over recent decades, women’s access to abortion remains a precarious right globally with numerous countries restricting the procedure or…
