Greenland is losing ice seven times faster than it was in the 1990s. The assessment comes from an international team of polar scientists who’ve reviewed all the satellite observations over a 26-year period. They say Greenland’s contribution to sea-level rise is currently tracking what had been regarded as a ... Read More »
Company hails start of the ‘electric aviation age’ after 15-minute test flight in Vancouver The world’s first fully electric commercial aircraft has taken its inaugural test flight, taking off from the Canadian city of Vancouver and flying for 15 minutes. “This proves that commercial aviation in all-electric form can ... Read More »
Cases doubled between between 2017 and 2018, reports say A global measles crisis caused more than 140,000 deaths last year, with most of them children under the age of five, figures suggest. A new report from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ... Read More »
Surprising new results include strange flipping of star’s magnetic field Nasa has revealed the first findings from a pioneering spacecraft sent to “touch the Sun”. The Parker Solar Probe has flown closer than ever before to our Sun and has now sent back its first data from the mission. ... Read More »
Continued inaction would be ‘betrayal of our entire human family and all generations to come’, says Antonio Guterres The UN secretary general has warned that the planet is close to “the point of no return” and branded global efforts to combat climate change “utterly inadequate”, as world leaders gather for ... Read More »
Black holes of such mass should not even exist in our Galaxy,’ says scientist Astronomers have spotted a huge stellar black hole in our galaxy, many times bigger than ever thought possible. Scientists thought that such black holes could only reach about 20 times the mass of the Sun. ... Read More »
Warning of ‘existential threat to civilisation’ as impacts lead to cascade of unstoppable events The world may already have crossed a series of climate tipping points, according to a stark warning from scientists. This risk is “an existential threat to civilisation”, they say, meaning “we are in a state ... Read More »
Hope has been raised for treating pancreatic cancer as scientists have found drugs that can shrink the killer tumours when taken together. Researchers found the one-two punch combination starves tumours of key nutrients needed to grow, and stops them adapting to survive. Both drugs – L-asparaginase and an MEK inhibitor – ... Read More »
Army Chief, General Joseph Aoun, delivered this Thursday the Order of the Day on the occasion of the 76th Independence Day: “Fellow troops This year, our Independence Day coincides with many national occasions of deep meanings, dimensions and indications, despite the exceptional circumstances our country is witnessing with repercussions and ... Read More »
Hope of finding evidence rests in the ‘bathtub ring’ On some sunny day next summer, in front of a crowd at Kennedy Space Centre, a rocket carrying Nasa’s next, best hope at finding life on Mars will launch into the sky. Seven months later, the car-size Mars 2020 rover ... Read More »
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