The protozoan Leishmania infantum, which causes visceral leishmaniasis, can affect the spleen, liver, lymph nodes and bone marrow. Credit: Francis W. Chandler/CDC/Wikimedia Commons In recent years, physicians and scientists in…
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London’s Low Emission Zones improve air quality, health, and people’s well-being, says new analysis
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The introduction of London’s Low Emission Zone (LEZ) in 2008 and subsequent Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) from 2019 has significantly improved air quality, benefiting Londoners’ physical…
3,400-year-old pyramid found in Kazakhstan |
Archaeologists have uncovered a pyramid belonging to the Scythian-Saka period in the Karaganda region of Kazakhstan. The pyramid is located on a hill overlooking the Taldy River in the Shet…
DoorDash orders surge 24% in the third quarter, helping the company narrow its losses
The DoorDash app is shown on a smartphone on Feb. 27, 2020, in New York. DoorDash reports earnings on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. Credit: AP Photo, File DoorDash on Wednesday…
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft swoops past first of 10 asteroids on long journey to Jupiter
This image from a video animation provided by NASA depicts the Lucy spacecraft approaching an asteroid. On Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, Lucy encountered the first of 10 asteroids on its…
Study suggests that nature played a role in the origins of the Great Sphinx |
The Great Sphinx of Giza is a limestone statue of a reclining sphinx, a mythical creature characterised by the combination of a human head and a lion’s body. The Great…
Machine Learning Deciphers News Language to Predict Country’s Peace Level
Summary: Researchers devised a machine learning model that gauges a country’s peace level by analyzing word frequency in its news media. By studying over 723,000 articles from 18 countries, the…
UK, US, China sign AI safety pledge at UK summit
Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak convened the first ever global summit on AI safety. Countries including the UK, United States and China on Wednesday agreed the “need for international action”…
Mosaic chromosomal alterations study provides valuable insights into drivers of cancer risk
Genomic distribution of autosomal mCAs. a, mCA calls across autosomal chromosomes. b, Histogram of mCA calls across the genome for each genetic ancestry group. The X axis is shown in…
Astronomers now know how far the Earth is from 200 galaxies
CREDIT: NASA, ESA, CSA, STSCI On July 11, 2022, the very first image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was released to the general public. It’s called Webb’s…
