Rare Roman cavalry swords found during metal detectorist rally |

Two Roman cavalry swords have been uncovered during a metal detectorists rally in the north of the Cotswolds, England. The discovery was reported to Kurt Adams, a Finds Liaison Officer…

Lula scraps Bolsonaro’s cuts to Brazilian climate target ambition

Brazil will go back to the climate targets it drew up in 2015 while it works on new and improved ones The Brazilian government has agreed to cancel former president…

Scalable multipartite entanglement achieved with ultracold atoms in optical lattice

Researchers uncover ‘circular logic’ of RNAs in Parkinson’s disease

Scherzer and colleagues laser-captured neurons from 190 frozen postmortem human brain samples, including some non-neuronal cells for comparison. Then, they used ultra-deep, total RNA sequencing to study the exact sequences…

Sickle cell disease can be deadly, and the persistent health inequities facing Black Americans worsen the problem

The pain from a heart attack is so bad that – if you can imagine – it can feel like an elephant sitting on you. Patients with sickle cell disease,…

Apple Sets the Bar for Virtual Launch Events

I’ve been disappointed in almost all the launch events I’ve seen since we mainly moved to virtual events. Most aren’t that different than in-person events where the speaker(s) get up…

Some cannibal pirate spiders trick their cousins into ‘walking the plank’

A Costa Rican pirate spider lives up to the family name: It tricks closely related orb weaver spiders into “walking the plank,” right to their doom.  The world’s many pirate…

Asian Games landmark for eSports fires Olympic dreams

South Korea and Vietnam do battle in League of Legends ahead of the Asian Games. ESports’ debut as a medal event at the Asian Games starting this week will change…

New clues to the nature of elusive dark matter

Newswise — A team of international researchers, led by experts at the University of Adelaide, has uncovered further clues in the quest for insights into the nature of dark matter.…

Early treatment of child obesity found effective

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The early treatment of obesity in children is effective in both the short and long term, researchers from Karolinska Institutet report in a study published in…