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Archaeologists discover Ancient Egyptian tombs and mummification workshops |

In a press conference by the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Ahmed Issa, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, has announced the discovery of mummification workshops and decorated tombs at Saqqara…

Gene Therapy Reverses Age-Related Hearing Loss

Summary: Researchers successfully demonstrated the efficacy of adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors in reversing genetic hearing loss in aged animal models. The scientists developed a mature mouse model with a mutation…

Delays at UK airports after e-gate failure

Credit: CC0 Public Domain UK airports were chaotic on Saturday after glitches in the passport e-gate system held up people arriving in the country for hours. It comes at a…

US study finds 1 in 10 get long COVID after omicron, starts identifying key symptoms

This undated, colorized electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, indicated in yellow, emerging from the surface…

Researchers find new exoplanet, potentially covered in volcanoes

An international team of astronomers, including a key researcher from McMaster, has discovered a unique Earth-sized exoplanet that may be carpeted with volcanoes. LP 791-18 d, illustrated here, is an…

Chronic pain can be objectively measured using brain signals—new research

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Using a brain implant that can record neural signals over many months, my research team and I have discovered objective biomarkers of chronic pain severity in…

EU official says Twitter abandons bloc’s voluntary pact against disinformation

The Twitter logo is seen on the awning of the building that houses the Twitter office in New York, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. Twitter has dropped out of a voluntary…

Social vulnerability tied to higher assault-related firearm death rates for youth

States with restrictive gun laws have lower rates of assault-related firearm deaths among youths, but youths from socially vulnerable communities are disproportionately impacted across the spectrum of state gun laws,…

Meet the scientist (sort of) spending a year on Mars

A portion of Mars Dune Alpha is seen at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Living on Mars wasn’t exactly a childhood dream for Canadian biologist Kelly Haston, though…