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A hunt for ghostly particles found strange signals coming from Antarctic ice. Scientists are still trying to explain them

Scientists are trying to solve a decade-long mystery by determining the identity of anomalous signals detected from below ice in Antarctica.

21/06/2025 CNN

DNA technology in line for £650m investment in bid to fight serious illness

The Government is set to pour £650 million into DNA technology in an effort to treat serious illnesses before they become a problem. In comments first reported in the Daily Telegraph, Health Secretary Wes Streeting said new technology in areas such…

20/06/2025 The Independent

Sea spiders 'farm' methane-eating bacteria on their bodies

Sea spiders living near deep-sea methane seeps appear to cultivate and eat bacteria on their exoskeletons

20/06/2025 NewScientist

Breast cancer survivors may have a lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease, experts say

Could breast cancer survivors have a lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease? South Korean researchers say breast cancer survivors have an 8 percent lower risk of developing the condition compared to people without cancer, despite commonly-held concerns…

20/06/2025 The Independent

Autonomous driving: VW wants to overtake Tesla

VW will launch the autonomous ID. Buzz AD in 2026. With that, it's hoping to overtake Tesla in the robotaxi race. Other competitors are also getting involved in this billion-dollar market.

20/06/2025 Deutsche Welle

It Has Come to Protein Iced Tea

In the early 1950s, “Hi-Proteen” powder, one of the first modern protein supplements, hit the market. Initially, it tasted awful. But after its creator, Bob Hoffman, added in Hershey’s chocolate, the flavor improved. (He used a canoe paddle to stir…

20/06/2025 The Atlantic

How Vera Rubin Telescope Scientists Will Deal With 60 Million Billion Bytes of Imagery

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will make the study of stars and galaxies more like the big data-sorting exercises of contemporary genetics and particle physics.

20/06/2025 New York Times

WhatsApp introducing advertising is a potentially lucrative but risky move

The decision to start advertising on WhatsApp marks a major shift for a private messaging service that has long positioned itself as being different from other social media platforms.

20/06/2025 The Conversation

Scientists say a tiny brown moth navigates 600 miles using stars — just like humans and birds

(CNN) — Each year, a tiny species in Australia makes a grueling 620-mile (1,000-kilometer) nighttime migration, and it’s pulling off the feat in a way only humans and migratory birds have been known to do, a new study has found.

20/06/2025 CNN

Will the US still have a Corn Belt in the future?

The planet's food system faces growing risks from climate change, a new study published June 18 said. It's especially worrisome in the United States, where top crop production could drop by as much as 50% by 2100.

20/06/2025 USA Today

The light triad: psychology’s answer to our darkest fears about people

Are you losing faith in humanity because of everything that is going on right now? If so, that is no surprise. Our habit of “doomscrolling” convinces us that people are inherently self-centred and uncaring.

20/06/2025 The Conversation

What is an ‘alpha’ male?

Acquiring high-value status is not viewed merely as key for success in life, but also for attracting “high-value” women as well.

20/06/2025 The Conversation

How mice ‘listen’ with their whiskers

Oh no! You dropped your keys on the ground, and it is too dark to see them. You might have to feel the ground with your hands, but a mouse could use its whiskers to find the keys.

20/06/2025 The Conversation

Elio: Disney’s enjoyable new animation may be an original story – but it’s also a forgettable one

What does this new story have to offer cinema audiences accustomed to characters they already know and onscreen worlds that they have already visited?

20/06/2025 The Conversation

Why some elite athletes face a higher risk of developing motor neurone disease – and what we’re doing about it

Fruit flies, fast skiers and electrical signals between muscles and neurons are helping researchers uncover a possible link between extreme exercise and MND.

20/06/2025 The Conversation

Americans more vulgar online than Brits, Aussies — study

Linguists analyzed websites and blogs to determine where vulgarity was most common. They found Americans swear more than other English-speaking groups.

20/06/2025 Deutsche Welle

World’s largest Legoland set to open with replica of iconic skyline

The sprawling resort, the first of its kind in China, boasts a mini replica of the Shanghai waterfront

20/06/2025 The Independent