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Bad news for frogs getting sauna therapy: The heat treatment for their fatal fungal infection may come at a cost.Exposing infected green and golden bell frogs (Ranoidea aurea) to thermal therapy — a commonly used treatment technique — can...

Motor neurons, the nerve cells that control muscles, have a reputation as passive messengers. But growing evidence suggests they do more than simply relay the brain’s commands.Work in fruit flies suggests that motor neurons can send signals back to...

These slender, long-winged raptors make an epic annual migration to Africa in winter and return to Europe to nest over summer, often setting up home in agricultural fields. But little is known about the behaviour of juvenile harriers once...

Applications 24/08/2026 1215 views 34 likesThe next Meteosat Third Generation Imager satellite (MTG-I2) is set for liftoff on flight VA270 on an Ariane 6, from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. It will complete the first family of MTG satellites, which...

At its peak, ancient Lake Bonneville would have been a sight to behold. Nearly as large as Lake Michigan, the Ice Age lake spread across much of western Utah and parts of Nevada and Idaho. When it eventually receded,...

Sykes says that none of his friends in his graduating class in dentistry still works in the NHS. "My friends have gone private, retired or teach - any pathway to avoid NHS dentistry."Shiv Pabary, chair of the British Dental...

In 1975, a movie filmed in Martha's Vineyard made people afraid to go into the water. Today, a real animal in Martha's Vineyard is making people afraid to go outside. "It's gotten to the point...

NASA and its commercial partners are making progress on their way to a permanent human presence on the Moon. As part of that, a recent press release and accompanying YouTube video...

While extreme heat or heatwaves can still occur in May and June - or indeed in late August or early September, by which time it's proposed pupils would have returned to class - breaking up for summer at the...