France’s President Emmanuel Macron says he will set up a commission to study French-Haitian history and the impact of a huge debt imposed on Haiti in exchange for its independence exactly 200 years ago. Macron said the panel of French and Haitian historians would make recommendations to help build a more “peaceful future”. Haiti gained…
Getty Images Strangers are about twice as kind as people think, a study looking at happiness across the globe suggests. This year’s World Happiness Report – released on Thursday – measured trust in strangers by deliberately losing wallets, seeing how many were returned and comparing that with how many people thought would be handed in….
Maddie Molloy BBC Climate & Science Jack Cochran The Danaus eresimus, commonly known as the soldier butterfly, is among the 20 butterfly species experiencing the steepest decline Butterfly populations in the US shrank by more than a fifth within the space of two decades, according to a new study. Numbers fell by 22% between 2000…
AP Even after 5,000 years in a sarcophagus, mummified bodies from ancient Egypt still smell quite nice, scientists have discovered. Researchers who examined nine mummies found that though there was some difference in the intensity of their odours, all could be described as “woody”, “spicy” and “sweet”. They say recreating the composition of the smells…
Getty Images The overturning of Roe v Wade in 2022 has polarised communities in the United States Infant mortality rates have increased in US states which have enacted abortion bans following the landmark ruling overturning the nationwide right for women to access the procedure, a new study has found. According to researchers, there were an…
BBC Laura Fleming’s father Michel was killed in the 1980 Kielland catastrophe Families of those killed in an oil rig disaster 45 years ago have welcomed a new report that supports their claims of being denied justice. The Alexander Kielland platform was being used as an accommodation block when it capsized in the Norwegian North…
On her quest to better understand how factors like when we eat and how much sunlight we get affect our ability to feel rested, happy and balanced, Lynne Peeples went 50 feet below ground for 10 days. Peeples, a science journalist and author of “The Inner Clock: Living in Sync With Our Circadian Rhythms,” found…
Editors of the environmental chemistry journal Chemosphere have posted an eye-catching correction to a study reporting that toxic flame retardants from electronics wind up in some household products made of black plastic, including kitchen utensils. The study sparked a flurry of media reports a few weeks ago that urgently implored people to ditch their kitchen…
Bloomberg | | Posted by Aditi Srivastava Oct 31, 2024 11:36 AM IST South Korea’s economy would likely suffer a contraction if Donald Trump returns to the White House and ratchets up tariffs against trading partners. South Korea’s economy would likely suffer a contraction if Donald Trump returns to the White House and ratchets up…
Researchers at Emory University’s Winship Cancer Institute discovered a new form of immune cell known as the stem-like CD4 T cell, which plays an important role in anti-tumor immunity. The pre-clinical findings, published in Nature, indicate the potential for activating these cells to combat tumours more effectively, providing new hope for broader treatment success, particularly…
