Trial of Brazil’s ex-President Bolsonaro enters final phase
The former president is accused of plotting a coup to remain in power after he lost the 2022 election.
Month: September 2025
Half of PCs still run Windows 10 despite looming end of support, PC makers say
Windows 10 support ends in just over a month, but close to 50% of PC installations are still running the old OS, according to PC
Hubble Snaps Galaxy Cluster’s Portrait
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the galaxy cluster Abell 209.
Aptamer signs therapeutic development agreement with Invizius
Aptamer Group plc, the developer of next-generation synthetic binders for the life sciences industry, is pleased to announce that it has signed a new therapeutic
AI model predicts flu vaccine strains more accurately than WHO
AI-based models like VaxSeer outperform traditional methods in flu vaccine strain selection, enhancing effectiveness and addressing global influenza challenges.
Depressive symptoms may interfere with learning to actively avoid unpleasant events
Depression alters how people pursue rewards, but, conversely, whether depressive symptoms influence how people learn to avoid nonrewarding, unpleasant events is less clear.
Brain pulsations driving glymphatic function differ in narcolepsy patients and healthy individuals
A hormone produced by the brain, orexin, may play a central role in the functioning of the brain’s glymphatic system, which clears waste, according to
Glutamate receptors found to drive pediatric brain tumor development
The most common type of brain tumor in children, pilocytic astrocytoma (PA), accounts for about 15% of all pediatric brain tumors.
Scottish drug deaths fall but remain worst in Europe
The number of drug deaths is expected to have dropped slightly, but experts warn that any fall will most likely be a blip.
The Dog Lick Hat
The Warren London luxury dog spa sells a “Dog Lick Hat” (aka Distract-a-Hat) for only $17.99. The owner of the spa, Eric Bittman, was recently
Giant sandy ‘slug’ crawls through floodplains in Kazakhstan, but it could soon be frozen in place — Earth from space
A 2022 astronaut photo shows a peculiar, slug-shaped dune field in the heart of the Kazakh Steppe. Signs of vegetation among the sand suggest these
Past the tipping point: why the climate transition is now in our hands
Jacqueline van den Ende, CEO of Carbon Equity, believes we have already passed the climate transition tipping point: “Last year, 90% of all new electricity
Indonesian police use tear gas on university campuses in ongoing protests
The Islamic University of Bandung’s student body says security officials ‘brutally attacked’ the campus with tear gas.
‘It’s all theatre’: How are Europe and the US pulling apart on Ukraine?
Each side is trying to spend the other’s money on security, as they shift to a new geopolitical equilibrium.