Rescuers in Chile are continuing to search for four miners trapped in a mine that collapsed after an earthquake two days ago, after the body of one was found. The state-owned Codelco company said that human remains have been found at its El Teniente copper mine, about 70km (43 miles) south-east of the capital Santiago.…
Cell with mitochondria – Painting by Dr. Odra Noel, CC BY-NC 4.0 (Article by Jackie Rocheleau originally published by Knowable Magazine) Infusion of the tiny, sausage-shaped structures helps to rejuvenate tissues deprived of blood. Researchers hope the technique can treat a variety of damaged organs. James McCully was in the lab extracting tiny structures called…
A 76-year-old man has appeared in court facing child cruelty charges after children fell ill at a summer camp in Leicestershire. Jon Ruben was arrested as part of Leicestershire Police investigation after eight children and one adult at the camp at Stathern Lodge, Stathern, were taken to hospital on Monday. All have since been discharged.…
82 years ago today, in combat with the Japanese during the Solomon Islands Campaign in World War II, Patrol torpedo boat PT-109 was rammed by the Japanese Destroyer Amagiri. It’s commanding officer, a certain Lieutenant John F. Kennedy, undertook almost single-handedly to rescued his crew of 12 men, saving all but two in the process, while being…
Getty Images Donald Trump did not say where the two submarines were being deployed US President Donald Trump says he has ordered two nuclear submarines to “be positioned in the appropriate regions” in response to “highly provocative” comments by former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Trump said he acted “just in case these foolish and inflammatory…
Maria Kovalets via Unsplash Last year, an Australian R&D team proposed a revolutionary new way to create and transport renewable hydrogen energy. The partnership from Curtin University and Velox Energy Materials devised a circular hydrogen industry consisting of hydrogen generation, the capacity to turn it into a powdered storage form, and the infrastructure to refill…
Dan Hunt BBC News, Leicester NEMM Eight children from the camp at Stathern Lodge were taken to hospital Police have been given more time to question a man arrested on suspicion of administering poison at a children’s summer camp in Leicestershire. Eight children from Stathern Lodge, Canal Lane, and an adult were taken to hospital…
60 years ago today, Frank Herbert’s epic science-fiction novel Dune was published. Set in the distant future amidst a feudal interstellar society in which various noble houses control planetary fiefdoms, it tells the story of young Paul Atreides, whose family accepts the stewardship of the planet Arrakis. While the planet is an inhospitable and sparsely populated…
The Lionesses’ journey to their historic victory in the UEFA Women’s Euro 2025. Source link
Photo courtesy the Complex of Landscape Parks of the Wielkopolska Voivodeship. A pair of ancient tombs have been found in Poland that point to a distinctive Stone Age culture famous for earthen mounds. Discovered through remote sensing technology during routine fieldwork in the Dezydery Chłapowski Landscape Park, they seem similar to a famous group of…
