Tue 23 April 2024: Google Maps Australia has unveiled new eco-friendly features in honor of Earth Day to motivate drivers to choose more environmentally responsible modes of transportation, The Guardian reported. The tech giant will encourage tourists to either take public transport or walk to their destinations. Australians who still intend to travel will be […]
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Mon 22 April 2024: The well-known messaging app WhatsApp has introduced a new and helpful feature that allows users to establish events and invite members of community groups to online meetings via voice or video conversations. The feature also allows users to target alerts to those who accept their invitations. The most recent “event” function, […]
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Mon 22 April 2024: The first comprehensive atlas of aging muscles in humans has improved our understanding of how muscle changes with age and attempts to combat its effects at the cellular and molecular levels. Researchers constructed a muscle map of the human body and identified specialty nuclei that help mend deteriorating nerve connections with […]
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Mon 22 April 2024: Even with an early and drastic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, climate change is expected to cause a 19% economic loss for the world economy by 2050, according to a new study published on Wednesday. The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) analysis, which was published in the scientific journal […]
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Sun 21 April 2024: Britain is set to impose tough measures to stub out smoking, which has emerged as one of the biggest causes of cancer deaths in the country. Parliament approved the government’s “historic” plans to create a “smoke-free” generation on Tuesday in a bid to reduce the number of people dying from smoking-related […]
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Sun 21 April 2024: Tunde Onakoya, a Nigerian chess champion broke the world record for the longest chess marathon by going unbeaten for more than 58 hours in Times Square, New York City, to raise funds for needy children. Onakoya, 29, began his marathon session on Wednesday, intending to earn $1 million for children’s education […]
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The skeleton of a Protemnodon viator, which was double the size of the red kangaroo.(Supplied: Flinders University ) Sun 21 April 2024: Researchers announced that they have discovered three new kangaroo species that lived in Australia between 5 million and 40,000 years ago, according to Anadolu Agency. The research team, from Flinders University in Australia, […]
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Sun 21 April 2024: For the first time this century, half of the world’s 75 most vulnerable countries are experiencing an increasing income gap with the wealthiest economies, according to a World Bank research released on Monday, Anadolu reports. According to the paper The Great Reversal: Prospects, Risks, and Policies in International Development Association nations, […]
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Sat 20 April 2024: Of the more than 300 Iranian projectiles launched Israel’s way last week, the vast majority were shot down by Israel and its allies. Israel’s response on Friday against military targets in Isfahan also had more to do with spectacle than substance. Whatever comes next, Iran’s attack – and the way it […]
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Sat 20 April 2024: “I drink borax!” proclaims the smiling TikToker. Holding up a box of the laundry additive, she rhymes off a list of its supposed health benefits: “Balances testosterone and estrogen. It’s a powerhouse anti-inflammatory…. It’s amazing for arthritis, osteoporosis…. And obviously it’s great for your gut health.” Videos like these prompted health authorities […]
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