Experts believe turbulence is getting worse and, due to climate change, that trend is expected to continue. Professor Paul Williams, an atmospheric scientist and co-author of the first global study into climate change’s impact on turbulence, warned last year that unless something is done to counter climate change, flights will only become increasingly disturbed by it. But does an increase ...
A new AI tool can predict whether people with mild memory and mental agility problems are likely to go on to develop Alzheimer’s disease in future – without the need for invasive or costly diagnostic tests. The tool would allow those at risk to modify their lifestyles or start new drug treatments at an early stage when they are most ...
July is a good month for stargazing, with meteor showers kicking off above our heads and the moon sitting near Saturn, Uranus, the Pleiades, Jupiter and Mars. Although the meteor showers won’t peak until the end of the month or later, the Delta Aquariids shower should start being visible over the weekend. Meteor spotting The Delta Aquariids shower kicks off ...
A three-legged lion survived crocodile-infested waters in what scientists believe is the longest swim ever made by the animal – all to find a lioness. Jacob, a 10-year-old lion whose leg was amputated after getting caught in a poacher’s trap four years ago, swam 1.5km across Uganda‘s Kazinga Channel with brother Tibu. The waterway is home to one of the ...
Women’s brains, blood, hormones and bones change drastically during pregnancy, research suggests. We are only just discovering the full extent of what is going on with women’s bodies during pregnancy and beyond after decades of only studying male bodies, say scientists. Bones Biologists have revealed that a new hormone protects bone density during breast-feeding. The new research, which studied mice, ...
Pregnant women have been advised to get vaccinated against whooping cough after nine young babies died as cases of the illness surged in England. Whooping cough, which affects the lungs and breathing tubes and spreads very easily, according to the NHS, is responsible for the deaths of nine babies between November and the end of May. In January, there were ...
The GDP figures were not the only encouraging piece of news to cross the desk of Rachel Reeves, the new chancellor, on Thursday. There was also news that the UK has retained its crown as the number one destination in Europe for investment by venture capital in the tech sector. Money latest: People with coeliac disease ‘paying up to 35% ...
Two astronauts who have been stuck on the International Space Station (ISS) for over a month are talking to reporters for the first time on Wednesday afternoon. Commander Barry “Butch” Wilmore and pilot Sunita “Suni” Williams blasted off on 5 June in Starliner’s first mission to orbit carrying the astronauts. After docking on the ISS, the NASA astronauts were supposed ...
There are worse places to suffer a travel delay than on the International Space Station. At least astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams get to gaze at the planet rotating beneath them as they wait for engineers to work out what’s gone wrong with their spacecraft’s thrusters so they can fly home. In a news conference from the ISS, they ...
Samsung has become the first tech giant to release a smart ring – which can track sleep, movement, periods and heart rate. The South Korean company released the Galaxy Ring on Tuesday as part of its latest wearable technology – also announced was the new Galaxy Watch Ultra. It said the £400 ring, which is scheduled to launch later this ...