Mystery outbreak of hepatitis in children investigated in the UK
11 April 2022
There has been a cluster of cases of hepatitis, or liver inflammation, among young children in the UK, which could be linked to an unknown infection
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Russia and Ukraine are both weaponising mobile phones to track troops
11 April 2022
Mobile phones ping signals to nearby communications towers, allowing both Ukrainian and Russian soldiers to track the movement of opposition forces
Chernobyl radiation spike may have just been electrical interference
8 April 2022
High radiation levels seen as Russian forces captured the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in February were put down to contaminated topsoil being disturbed, but experts now believe they could have been due to interference with wireless sensors
Some of the fastest stars in the Milky Way come from other galaxies
8 April 2022
Extreme-velocity stars, which travel through the Milky Way with speeds of hundreds of kilometres per second, may come from dwarf galaxies that our own galaxy gobbled up
The Helsinki neighbourhood leading the way to zero-carbon cities
8 April 2022
Kalasatama, a former cargo port in Finland’s capital, is acting as a test bed for new ideas that could help the city reach a goal of becoming carbon-neutral by 2030
Rat pups born from sperm artificially produced from stem cells
7 April 2022
Rat sperm cells derived from stem cells in the lab were used to fertilise eggs and produce healthy offspring for the first time in a procedure that could be used in conservation
Particle physics could be rewritten after shock W boson measurement
7 April 2022
The standard model of particle physics has stood the test of time for decades, but now a new measurement of a particle called the W boson could indicate a chink in its armour
A triceratops called Big John seems to have been stabbed in the head
7 April 2022
A famous triceratops skeleton that was auctioned recently for $7.7 million has an injury to its head shield that probably came from another triceratops
Anchovies stirring up the sea may be influencing ocean mixing
7 April 2022
It isn't clear how marine life contributes to the roil of the ocean, but researchers working off the coast of Spain have found turbulent mixing that can only be explained by anchovies gathering to breed
Ancient computer may have had its clock set to 23 December 178 BC
7 April 2022
The Antikythera mechanism, often called the world’s first computer could calculate the timing of cosmic events – and now we may know the date it was calibrated to
