North Korea has constantly been threatening South Korea and Japan with its missile launches. This is the seventh missile launch in just 2 weeks setting alarms in the neighbouring countries. The US, Japan and South Korea have responded with joint military drills after North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan this week.
So far 3 people have been killed in a huge explosion that destroyed an important bridge that connects Russia to Crimea. A bomb was set inside a truck that detonated causing an explosion due to which 2 sections of the bridge collapsed.
The consequences of Climate Change are slowly trying to materialize in already fragile world with social inequalities, poverty and wars. With extreme heat waves, rising sea level and unsustainable use of fossil fuels, Planet earth is believed to have been facing the worst climate crisis that can lead to extinction or even nuclear wars in the near future. Earlier this year, Pakistan, India, Europe, China, Africa and the United States faced extreme heat waves across major parts of the countries leading to wildfires and billions of losses in economic activity.
A research-intensive University of Texas, TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY, study shows that the cell nucleus is more like a drop of liquid rather than a rubber ball, which was previously thought. It was believed in the past that the cell’s nucleus was elastic like a rubber ball, changing its shape regularly and going back to its original shape as the cell navigated through tiny little pores inside the human body.
If you’ve been following the astronomy community on the internet you’ve likely come across a story about the James Webb Space Telescope’s latest find: The “oldest galaxy we’ve ever seen”. Yes, just a week after its first images were shown to the world, the James Webb Space Telescope may have found a galaxy that existed 13.5 billion years ago, a scientist who analyzed the data said Wednesday.
Researchers successfully transplanted genetically modified pig hearts into two recently deceased people connected to ventilators, the New York University team announced on July 12, 2022. The surgeries were the latest step forward in the field of animal-to-human transplants, or xenotransplantation, which has seen a flurry of successes so far this year — raising hopes for a new, steady supply of organs to ease shortages.
After a shootout at a standoff in Phoenix, Arizona, police say five police officers were hospitalized and a woman was critically injured. During a news conference, Phoenix Police Chief Jeri Williams said officers were dispatched to an address following a 911 call that reported a shooting. Despite the residence being occupied, Williams said, there was
In a tweet on Monday, the African Union announced that Burkina Faso has been suspended until constitutional order is restored in the West African country. An apparent coup in Burkina Faso removed democratically elected President Roch Marc Christian Kabore and cited his inability to halt jihadi violence as the reason for the suspension. Burkina Faso
The United States president called on Congress on Thursday to immediately enshrine the Equal Rights Amendment in the Constitution and to formally protect women’s rights decades after they were established. President Biden called on Congress to pass a resolution recognising the ratification of the ERA in a statement released by the White House after a
Ibram X. Kendi’s forthcoming picture book portrays a hopeful message and will continue his prolific and award-winning publishing career. According to Penguin Young Readers, in Kendi’s “Goodnight Racism,” the author hopes to communicate the importance of working toward a better world for children. Cbabi Bayoc is the illustrator of the book, to be released on
South Africa’s historic Parliament complex was destroyed in a fire set by a man accused of setting it. The man has now been charged with terrorism. The state broadcaster SABC reported that Zandile Mafe, 49, appeared in court Tuesday in Cape Town for a bail hearing at which the new charge was added. As of
In a letter to property developers on Monday, the British government directed them to pay for the removal of dangerous cladding that put scores of apartment buildings at risk of fire and many of their residents faced steep bills for repairing their homes. In Britain’s deadliest domestic fire since World War II, fire engulfed Grenfell
