Mystery illness kills over 50 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The main symptoms seen in the reported cases have included fever, chills, headache, body aches, sweating, neck stiffness, cough, vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal cramps.
Space photo of the week: James Webb telescope reveals mysterious ‘light echo’ in the broken heart of Cassiopeia
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James Webb Space Telescope reveals how a cosmic ‘Phoenix’ cools off to birth stars
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‘It felt like dread.’ Hear what severe depression can do to people
But when you put someone in a PET scanner and you looked at the activity, the metabolism of the brain, there was a clear pattern that was very different from people who weren’t depressed.
Tomb of ancient Egyptian pharaoh is 1st to be discovered in 100 years
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The 7 most consequential moments in the history of everything
Our special feature serves as a reminder of how much asking when has already taught us about the grand sweep of cosmic and terrestrial history, from the switching on of the first stars to the first life on this planet.
Lasers reveal 15th-century fortified Zapotec city in Mexico
They found that "it covered 360 hectares [890 acres], with over 1,100 buildings, four kilometres [2.5 miles] of walls, a network of internal roads and a clearly organized urban layout with temples and communal spaces such as ballcourts, and the elites and commoners lived in separate neighbourhoods," according to astatement describing the research.
Sex leaves ‘microbial traces’ on genitalia, even when a condom is used — scientists call it the ‘sexome’
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Earthquakes at massive Alaska volcano Mount Spurr ramp up again — and there’s now a 50-50 chance of an eruption
Mount Spurr, a snow-covered stratovolcano that sits 77 miles (124 kilometers) across the Cook Inlet from Anchorage, has been shuddering with small earthquakes since April 2024, according to the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO).
Astronomers unsure what caused ‘weird explosion’ seen by Einstein Probe’s X-ray eye
"NICER's ability to steer to pretty much any part of the sky and monitor for weeks has been instrumental in our understanding of these unusual cosmic explosions," explained Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researcher and team member Dheeraj Pasham.
A man volunteered to get brain implants for depression. Hear his story
There are hockey sticks, softball catcher pads, golf clubs, balls of all sorts, bikes, inline skates, a mesh goal, and a super cute white motor scooter.
London Underground mutant mosquitoes have surprisingly ancient origins
To learn more about its origins, Lindy McBride at Princeton University and her colleagues analysed the DNA of 790 mosquitoes from 44 countries around the world, including the molestus and pipiens forms as well as some closely related species.