Toxic metals have been found in tampons, scientists say, which could put women at greater risk of potentially fatal health conditions. Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley examined 30 tampons from 14 different brands and found all 16 metals they were testing for in each type. The metals found included arsenic, lead, mercury, nickel, copper, and iron, among others. ...
We all have difficult neighbours – even the Earth. Now scientists have found that a planet close to our own world stinks of rotten eggs. The research, from scientists at the Johns Hopkins University in the US, suggests that the atmosphere of the planet HD 189733 b, a Jupiter-sized gas giant, has trace amounts of hydrogen sulphide. HD 189733 b ...
The cow flu virus that has spread through US dairy herds may have taken a “dangerous” step towards being able to infect humans through respiratory infections, scientists have warned. The H5N1 virus, more commonly found in birds, has so far been confirmed in cattle on more than 100 farms in 12 states, with inactivated fragments of the strain being found ...
An asteroid is whipping past Earth today, travelling at more than 40,000 miles per hour. NASA says the asteroid will pass just 936,000 miles away from Earth, a relatively close-shave in space terms. It’s the closest the asteroid, known as 2024 MT-1, will come to the planet during its orbit around the sun – however, it poses no risk to ...
NEW ORLEANS — April Sheris plans to vote for Joe Biden in November. Her two college-age daughters, Camari Knox and Amiaya Bridgewater, both voting in their first presidential election, will be, too, as will her mother, Diamond Ryan. The three generations of Black women vigorously oppose Donald Trump’s bid for a second term in the White House and feel all ...
PHILADELPHIA — President Biden on Sunday basked in warm applause of a Black congregation in Philadelphia, drawing support from a sanctuary of Black worshipers at a time of tumult and peril for his reelection efforts. Biden attended a service at Mt. Airy Church of God in Christ in Philadelphia, in a swing state that will serve as a critical proving ...
President Biden shuffled onto the debate stage. He whispered, mumbled and repeatedly trailed off. When he wasn’t speaking, he stood slightly stooped, his mouth at times agape and his eyes flickering between apparent confusion and recognition. When his halting 90-minute debate debut was over, his wife took him by the hand, escorting him gingerly offstage. Biden’s debate performance a week ...
Former president Donald Trump’s campaign is aiming to announce his running mate by July 15, the first day of the Republican National Convention, according to people familiar with the situation, and internal discussions have largely centered on two finalists as he nears a decision. Trump has not communicated his choice, the people familiar with the situation said, but discussions inside ...
NEW ORLEANS — With all eyes on Kamala D. Harris amid turmoil in the Democratic Party, the vice president focused squarely on the stakes of the election in remarks Saturday at one of the largest annual gatherings of Black women. During a roughly 25-minute-long conversation, Harris was not asked by the moderator about the debate over the president’s reelection bid, ...
President Biden’s top aides awoke after debate night with a plan to contain the damage: A raucous North Carolina crowd, a message of resilience, a demonstration of vibrancy. For the first time, Biden would admit what the world had watched for years. “I don’t walk as easy as I used to. I don’t speak as smoothly as I used to,” ...