Lego piece falls out of New Zealand boy’s nose after being stuck for two years By: Agencies on August 19, 2020A missing piece of Lego has dropped out of a child’s nose two years after he pushed it up. Seven-year-old Sameer Anwar of Dunedin, in the south of New Zealand, inserted a tiny piece of Lego up his nose in 2018. Sameer’s father, Mudassir, and his wife became alarmed when their son told them he […]
Orange-bellied parrots, all but extinct, survive Tasmanian summer only to die migrating on August 17, 2020The story of the orange-bellied parrot, a small migratory bird that breeds in Tasmania’s south-west before heading north for the colder months, holds lessons for scientists working to prevent species from reaching the brink of extinction. In sharp decline since the 1980s, if not earlier, the bird is listed as critically endangered, with scientists warning […]
Black dwarf supernovae might be the last event in the universe By: Agencies on August 17, 2020The universe may have started with a Big Bang, but it will most likely end in an utterly anticlimactic way, slowly fading to black over trillions and trillions of years. Now, a theoretical physicist at Illinois State University has calculated what might just be the last interesting event that will ever happen – the explosions […]
Study discovers how certain gut bacteria enhances cancer immunotherapy By: Agencies on August 17, 2020A new research report, published in the journal Science, is describing how certain species of gut bacteria can enhance the efficacy of cancer immunotherapy. The animal study offers insights into a novel bacteria metabolite-immune pathway that could lead to microbial therapies incorporated into immunotherapy treatments to better treat cancer. Checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy has offered doctors […]
Advanced galaxy far, far away raises questions about cosmic evolution By: Agencies on August 17, 2020Astronomers have spotted a galaxy with a structure similar to the Milky Way. That’s not particularly surprising in itself – our home galaxy is quite run-of-the-mill – but the weird thing is that this one is 12 billion light-years away, meaning it’s very well developed for its age. While we don’t fully understand how galaxies […]
German food company to change racist name of popular sauce By: Agencies on August 17, 2020One of Germany’s best-known food companies said it will rename a popular spicy dressing because of the racist connotations of its name. Food company Knorr will change the name of its “Zigeunersauce,” or “gypsy sauce” to “Paprika Sauce Hungarian Style,” the German weekly Bild am Sonntag reported Sunday. “Since `gypsy sauce´ can be interpreted in […]
Smart bricks store energy in the walls themselves By: Agencies on August 17, 2020Boring old bricks might not seem like something that can really be made high-tech, but researchers keep proving us wrong. Now, a team has found a way to turn bricks into energy storage devices, using them to power a green LED in a proof of concept study. A brick wall doesn’t exactly do much – […]
Husband punches shark to save wife in Australian shark attack By: Agencies on August 17, 2020A man jumped onto a great white shark and punched it to save his wife when it attacked her on Saturday at a beach in Port Macquarie in the Australian state of New South Wales, media and officials said. The Sydney Morning Herald said that Chantelle Doyle, 35, was attacked by the 2 to 3 […]
Forecasters look to learn from deadly Midwest wind storm By: Agencies on August 16, 2020The unusual wind storm that damaged farms, homes and cities across the Midwest this past week could offer lessons for forecasters and the public on how to better prepare for something that packed the power of a category 3 hurricane but lacked the days of warning a typical hurricane offers. The land hurricane, known as […]
Radiocarbon dating curves recalibrated to boost archaeological accuracy By: Agencies on August 16, 2020Our view of the ancient past is set to become a bit clearer after an international team of scientists completed a major recalibration of radiocarbon dating. The seven-year global effort used almost 15,000 samples from a variety of sources to draw new, more accurate calibration curves to enable more precise dating of objects as old […]