More than half of the world’s population will be overweight or obese by 2035 unless governments take decisive action to curb the growing epidemic of excess weight, a report has warned. About 2.6 billion people globally — 38% of the world population — are already overweight or obese. But on Read more…
MIT Technology Review has revealed two cases in which babies conceived with the three-parent baby technique have shown what scientists call “reversion.” “In both cases, the proportion of mitochondrial genes from the child’s mother has increased over time, from less than 1% in both embyros to around 50% in one Read more…
The mysterious set of symptoms known as “Havana syndrome” was not caused by an energy weapon or foreign adversary, US intelligence has concluded. The assessment concludes a multi-year investigation into approximately 1,000 “anomalous health incidents” (AHIs) among US diplomats, spies and other employees in US embassies and missions around the Read more…
A 2012 trip to a Fayetteville, Arkansas, Walmart to pick up some milk turned out to be one for the history books. A giant bug that stopped a scientist in his tracks as he walked into the store and he ended up taking home turned out to be a rare Read more…
Millions of Americans nearing their golden years are still financially unprepared for retirement. According to U.S. Census Bureau data, 50% of women and 47% of men between the ages of 55 and 66 have no retirement savings. According to AARP, nearly 57 million Americans work for an employer that does Read more…
Parallel lines never meet, unless you bend one or both of them.
The study of non-linear physics is like the study of non-elephant biology.