SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

A charity is supporting the rehabilitation of prisoners by offering them the opportunity to create and sell their own artwork.Prisoners at HMP Erlestoke, in Wiltshire, have created their own artwork as part of the Prison Art Project scheme which...

Michigan health officials have confirmed the first two deaths linked to the ongoing cyclospora outbreak Source link

An emperor penguin colony in Antarctica had a run-in with a grounded iceberg that may have led to a disastrous breeding season.On Coulman Island, which is home to one of the largest emperor penguin colonies on the planet, surviving...

The global energy crisis triggered by two wars is set to worsen, as Ukraine pummels Russia’s refining industry and Iranian attacks continue on Middle Eastern oil production and refining. Further, the nature of the destruction...

A one-size-fits-all approach likely isn’t the best strategy when designing artificial intelligence systems that assist users in disease diagnosis.A new study by researchers at MIT and elsewhere found that, while AI assistance generally improved the accuracy of non-experts and...

Apsana Begum, Labour MP for Poplar & Limehouse in east London, said she had written to the trust to express her fears."At this moment, the focus could have been on how NHS funding is restored and how there can...

Breast cancer is a leading cause of death in women under 50 in the UK.Most cases - 96% - are in women over 40, while 25% are in women over 75.Men can get breast cancer too, with about 420...

While Fitbits are a favorite option for go-to fitness trackers—they're thin, unobtrusive, and cheap—its app, Google Health, has always had its problems. However,...

Two Michigan residents who had "significant underlying health conditions" have died after contracting cyclosporiasis, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services said on Monday.State officials have been providing nearly daily updates over the past...

Every spring in Palestine, Texas, the wide-open fields around NASA’s Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility fill with students and faculty from across Louisiana. They arrive carrying sensors, laptops, and carefully engineered payloads they have spent months preparing.  The goal is...