The Facit Model LX calculator was used by Scottish scientist Archie Roy during the Apollo 11 mission.

The team have uncovered evidence of an organised hunting and farming community living up to 8,000 years ago

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Dr. Marty Makary, the agency’s commissioner, has said too many women avoid menopause treatments because the risks have been overstated.

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In an industry where 90 percent of drug candidates fail before reaching the market, a handful of startups are betting everything on AI to beat the odds.

Analysis of bones from two caves shows prehistoric people butchered the same animals in different ways

Nothing turns up the heat in a kitchen quite like debating the best way to chop an onion. Now researchers have found even our prehistoric cousins had distinct preferences when it came to preparing food.

Archaeologists studying animal bones recovered from two caves in northern Israel have found different groups of Neanderthals, living at around the same time, butchered the same animals in different ways.

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The country, beset by war, has the world’s lowest rates of vaccination, says the World Health Organization, as global immunisation drive also stalls

Children in Sudan, caught up in what aid organisations have called the world’s largest humanitarian crisis and threatened by rising levels of violence, are increasingly vulnerable to deadly infectious diseases as vaccinations in the country plummet.

In 2022, more than 90% of young children in Sudan received their routine vaccinations. But that figure has nearly halved to 48%, the lowest in the world, according to the World Health Organization.

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On a tous entendu dire que les gauchers sont des as de la créativité, des artistes nés avec une imagination débordante. Mais est-ce que la science est d'accord avec cette idée reçue ?Cette semaine, dans Futura FLASH, on va parler d'une vieille idée reçue : les gauchers seraient-ils plus doués...

On a tous entendu dire que les gauchers sont des as de la créativité, des artistes nés avec une imagination débordante. Mais est-ce que la science est d'accord avec cette idée reçue ?Cette semaine, dans Futura FLASH, on va parler d'une vieille idée reçue : les gauchers seraient-ils plus doués...

The price paid for the juvenile specimen of the 150-million-year old predatory dinosaur is the third-highest on record.

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Genetic material from mother and father transferred to healthy donor egg to reduce risk of life-threatening diseases

• ‘We’d never heard of it’: a woman tells of her daughter’s death of mitochondrial disease

Doctors in the UK have announced the birth of eight healthy babies after performing a groundbreaking procedure that creates IVF embryos with DNA from three people to prevent the children from inheriting incurable genetic disorders.

The mothers were all high risk for passing on life-threatening diseases to their babies due to mutations in their mitochondria, the tiny structures that sit inside cells and provide the power they need to function.

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Seeds of rocky planets forming in gas around star Hops-315 is called glimpse of ‘time zero’, when new worlds start to gel

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar system.

It’s an unprecedented snapshot of “time zero”, scientists reported on Wednesday, when new worlds begin to gel.

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Move follows concerns several papers in Forensic Sciences Research did not meet ethical standards on DNA collection

Oxford University Press (OUP) will no longer publish a controversial academic journal sponsored by China’s Ministry of Justice after years of concerns that several papers in the publication did not meet ethical standards about DNA collection.

A statement published on the website of Forensic Sciences Research (FSR) states that OUP will stop publishing the quarterly journal after this year.

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De milliers de petits séismes secouent le Mont-Blanc après chaque canicule. Coïncidence ? Absolument pas.

The US almost lost its measles elimination status once. Lessons from that episode suggest it will be more difficult to avoid doing so now.

At a Pittsburgh summit, the Trump administration, energy executives, and tech barons joined as one to promote AI as the future of fossil fuels.

Un nouvel objet interstellaire, une comète portant le doux nom de 3I/Atlas, vient d’entrer dans notre Système solaire, ce qui a évidemment suscitant un immense intérêt parmi la communauté scientifique. Il s’agit seulement du troisième visiteur de ce type jamais détecté après 1I/’Oumuamua et 2I/Borissov. Découverte grâce au …

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In what Science magazine has dubbed "Novo Nordisk's Canadian Mistake," Ozempic is soon to come off patent in Canada, opening the door to cheaper generic copycats, after the drug giant reportedly failed to pay a few hundred dollars in annual fees to maintain the patent rights before the weight-loss drug became a blockbuster seller. Read More

Selon nos modèles théoriques, il ne devrait même pas exister ; c'est dire à quel point ce monstre cosmique est exceptionnel.

L’abandon de la consommation d’alcool déclenche une cascade de transformations physiologiques remarquables dans l’organisme humain. Des recherches scientifiques récentes documentent précisément cette évolution corporelle, révélant des améliorations qui débutent dès les premières heures d’abstinence. Par conséquent, chaque journée sans alcool constitue une victoire pour votre santé globale, avec des bénéfices à court et long terme parfaitement ... Lire plus

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Une recherche révolutionnaire démontre l’efficacité remarquable des campagnes vaccinales d’urgence déployées lors d’épidémies majeures. L’alliance Gavi et l’institut Burnet d’Australie viennent de quantifier pour la première fois l’impact sanitaire et économique de ces interventions cruciales. Sur vingt-trois années d’analyse, les programmes d’immunisation rapide ont permis d’éviter près de soixante pour cent des décès liés aux maladies infectieuses mortelles ... Lire plus

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