Most GP practices in England have suffered disruption as a result of the major global IT outage, causing problems with booking appointments and issuing prescriptions. But NHS England said there was currently no known impact on 999 or emergency services as a result of the mass computer failure, blamed on a defective Windows update. Thousands of doctors’ surgeries have been ...
A mass IT outage has affected business, airlines, banks and hospitals around the world. The outage, which spread widely on Friday morning, is believed to be related to Microsoft and global cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike. However, it is unknown if it is the same problem affecting airports and train services across the globe. Follow live: Major services across the world affected ...
A nearly complete fossil of a stegosaurus has sold for a record $44.6m (£34.2m), becoming the most valuable fossil ever sold at auction. An anonymous US buyer outbid six others for the set of bones, dubbed Apex, at Sotheby’s in New York on Wednesday. They paid an apex price, beating the previous auction record of $31.8m (£24.4m) spent on a ...
An experimental drug that extends the lifespan of mice by 25% could also work in humans, according to the scientist who ran the trials. The treatment – an injection of an antibody called anti-IL-11 that was given to the mice when they were ‘middle-aged’ – reduced deaths from cancer. It also lowered the incidence of diseases caused by fibrosis, chronic ...
A “mega den” of as many as 2,000 rattlesnakes can now be viewed online thanks to a round-the-clock webcam. Not everybody will be glued to the footage – but it is expected to be a must-watch for scientists and other snake enthusiasts who are helping to broaden understanding of these unusual reptiles. The remote site on private land in northern ...
A quick and easy cervical screening test women can do at home could be rolled out on the NHS in a move described as a “game-changer”. The self-testing kit detects human papillomavirus (HPV), a group of viruses that cause no symptoms but can lead to cervical cancer. About 13 high-risk types of HPV are known to cause 99.7% of all ...
A massive asteroid will skim past Earth in 2029 in an “extremely rare natural phenomenon” – and a spacecraft will be sent to track it. It’s hoped the findings from the European Space Agency (ESA) mission will help defend our planet from any similar objects on a collision course in the future. The asteroid 99942 Apophis will make an “exceptionally ...
British adolescents consume around two-thirds of their daily calories from ultra-processed foods (UPFs) that may increase the risk of poor health, according to new research. Young people from white or disadvantaged backgrounds, and those living in the north of England, had the highest intake of calories from UPFs, results show. There is growing concern that foods containing manufactured substances such ...
Elon Musk has said California’s new gender identification law was the “final straw” and that he is moving the SpaceX and X headquarters to Texas. The billionaire posted on X on Tuesday that he plans to move SpaceX from Hawthorne, California, to Starbase, Texas, and X to Austin from San Francisco. The new law, signed on Monday by California governor ...
An underground cave stretching tens of metres below an open pit on the moon has been discovered which could be a potential base for future astronauts, say scientists. This is the first lunar tunnel to be found which could be accessible to humans, according to researchers. The hollowed passage lies beneath a pit about 100 metres wide in the Sea ...