Category: Science and Nature

Bioinspired skin adhesives are a promising alternative to traditional glue-based patches for sticking medical devices to the skin. Many patches are chemical-based, and the chemicals in their glues can cause a range of side effects for the skin. Inspired by the infundibulum and circumferential rim of the suckers of octopi, KAUST researchers have developed a

Key Points The Association of Super Funds of Australia says 30 per cent of Australians have enough super to retire comfortably. The group says couples need $690,000 in super to fund their retirement, while singles need $595,000. The median super balance for men remains significantly larger than that for women. Only around a third of

Sean “Diddy” Combs faces federal charges in New York, his lawyer says. The background: Details of the charges weren’t immediately announced by prosecutors. Criminal charges would be a major but not unexpected takedown of one of the most prominent producers and most famous names in the history of hip-hop. The federal investigation of the 58-year-old

For three days, the staff of an Orlando medical clinic encouraged a woman who called the triage line to go to the hospital. She resisted, scared of a 2023 Florida law that required hospitals to ask whether a patient was in the United States with legal permission. The clinic had worked hard to explain the

Two months after the Secret Service faced widespread blame for its failure to stop the July 13 assassination attempt targeting former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally, the agency demonstrated alertness in forestalling what the FBI has characterized as a second assassination attempt in Florida Sunday afternoon. But the fact that the suspect, Ryan Wesley

A mouse study running for decades has found promising compounds for extending life—and ruled out many others…  » …

JWST reveals a surfeit of ultraviolet light from the first stars and giant black holes—clues to the universe’s reionization…  » …

The end-Permian mass extinction, which occurred about 252 million years ago, was the most severe extinction event in the past 540 million years, eliminating more than 90% of marine and 75% of terrestrial species. Scientists have long linked this extinction to vast volcanic eruptions in what is now Siberia. The resulting carbon dioxide emissions rapidly

The Inti Raymi festival is a celebration of the sun god — ‘Inti’ meaning sun god and ‘Raymi’ meaning festival. It takes place around June 21st, to celebrate the summer solstice and the Andean New Year. Photograph by Ben Pipe Diablo Huma (also known as Aya Uma) is a central personality to the Inti Raymi