SpaceX's Starlink said one of its satellites experienced an anomaly in space on Wednesday that created a "small number" of debris and cut off communications with the spacecraft at 418 km (259.73 miles...

Our knowledge on the prevalence of self-reported sensitivities to environmental factors is poor. The lack of accepted criteria/assessment makes findin…

Ultrasound can aid in treating complications from cosmetic filler injections, according to research being presented this week at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

Substandard and falsified chemotherapy found across four countries, prompting calls for pooled, procurement and tougher surveillance.

<p>With the R2.5-million 2024/2025 Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award, we have the opportunity to catapult Africa into the forefront of paediatric traumatic brain injury research and expertise.</p>

The World Health Organization’s cancer research agency has classified the herbicide atrazine as “probably carcinogenic to humans.”

Postnatal pesticide exposure and its impact on executive functioning (EF) in children and adolescents remains underexplored, particularly in African a…

Ian Russell says watchdog lacks ‘urgency’ and is not willing to use its powers ‘to the extent required’ The father of Molly Russell, a British teenager who killed herself after viewing harmful online content, has called for a change in leadership at the UK’s communications watchdog after losing faith in its ability to make the internet safer for children. Ian Russell, whose 14 year-old daughter took her own life in 2017, said Ofcom had “repeatedly” demonstrated that it does not grasp the urgency of keeping under-18s safe online and was failing to implement new digital laws forcefully. Continue reading...

Droughts and heatwaves causing water in some areas to reach 41C, killing fish and endangered dolphins, say researchers

Extreme wind speeds critical for wind turbine design have increased across 63% of global coasts. Over half of offshore wind farms in Asia and Europe are in areas with increasing extreme winds, urging adaptive infrastructure under climate change.

FDA analysis has determined that certain dietary supplements labeled as tejocote (Crataegus mexicana) root are adulterated because they were tested and found to be substituted withyellow oleander (Cas...

Postnatal pesticide exposure and its association with child and adolescent behavioural outcomes remain underexplored in rural agricultural settings, p…

Purpose Recent studies show that glioblastoma (GBM) is more sensitive to temozolomide (TMZ) in the morning. In cells, inhibiting O6-Methylguanine-DNA-Methyltransferase (MGMT) abolished time-dependent ...

This meta-analysis examines the effects of colours and levels of artificial light at night (ALAN) on the physiology and behaviour of organisms across diverse species and functional groups. Broad-spec....

Pretoria's Wim van den Heever has captured the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year award with a haunting image from Namibia's ghost town, Kolmanskop.

FDA is aware of serious complications reported with certain uses of radiofrequency microneedling devices; asks for reports of injuries related these devices