We squash mosquitoes with our enormous hands. We poison-bomb them from spray trucks and airplanes. We irradiate them, drain their habitats, breed them experimentally in laboratories to confound their DNA. We’ve known for more than a century that a mosquito’s bite can pass on brutal disease: Zika is the virus ... Read More »
New research suggests that the range and quantity of microbes that live in our guts could have a powerful effect on a range of conditions including depression, MS and obesity A gut full of diverse microbes – bacteria, viruses and fungi – is essential for a healthy mind and body. ... Read More »
Donald Trump has asked why I did not speak at the Democratic convention. He said he would like to hear from me. Here is my answer to Donald Trump: Because without saying a thing, all the world, all America, felt my pain. I am a Gold Star mother. Whoever saw ... Read More »
Terrorism and the means of coercion in the international community. And terrorism has no agreed-upon goals of universal and legally binding, and the definition of the criminal law to it in addition to the common definitions of terrorism refer to those violent acts aimed at creating an atmosphere of fear, ... Read More »
A new study suggests that the increasing acidification of the oceans is likely to interfere with the ability of fish to reproduce. Researchers found that elevated levels of CO2, which make the waters more acidic, saw significantly lower levels of spawning. However, other mating behaviours of the same species were ... Read More »
pple has reported a second consecutive quarter of falling iPhone sales, but the 15% drop was not as bad as analysts had feared. The US tech giant sold 40.4 million iPhones in its third quarter, slightly above forecasts of 40.02 million. Apple chief executive Tim Cook said the results reflected ... Read More »
France has again been stunned by a jihadist attack, after knife-wielding men burst in to a church, slit an elderly priest’s throat and took hostages. Two men entered the church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, a suburb of Rouen, during morning mass at about 09:25 local time. Inside was the priest – 86-year-old ... Read More »
“Achieving Iraq” is the official name of the committee , ” Chilcot ,” relative to the Chairman of the Committee Sir John Chilcott , a committee British to achieve a competent, independent inquiry about Britain’s involvement in the Iraq war launched by the United Kingdom and the United States in ... Read More »
Nineteen residents have been killed in a knife attack at a care center for people with mental disabilities in the Japanese city of Sagamihara. Such attacks are extremely rare in Japan – the incident is the worst mass killing in decades. Police have arrested a local man, said to be ... Read More »
A baby has died and another is in critical condition after both were administered “laughing gas” instead of oxygen at a hospital in Sydney. The error was the result of a faulty gas line which was dispensing nitrous oxide at Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital. A doctor discovered the problem after the baby ... Read More »
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