We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. There have been many different models of Echo smart speakers over the years, but the newest Echo Studio is one of the first that feels like a true smart speaker—offering premium sound and features…
Health officials increasingly believe they have contained the fatal outbreak of meningitis in Kent, with no cases emerging that are not linked to the original cluster of 20. In another boost to efforts to contain the infection, the bug that caused it has been identified as a known strain of meningitis B, the Guardian understands….
This is famously the case in the Meningitis Belt – which stretches across 26 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal to Ethiopia. Dust, high temperatures and low humidity throughout the dry season are thought to damage the back of the throat and give the bacteria a route into the body. This triggers regular epidemics. Source:…
In response to more than 8,000 public comments, the FDA has withdrawn a proposal to restrict the sale and use of sunlamps, including tanning beds, in minors. In a notice to be published in the Federal Register, the FDA cited concerns raised by public comments on the proposal, which was introduced in December 2015. The…
We may earn a commission from links on this page. When digital music first started popping off, the vast majority of us didn’t care all that much about audio quality. Some of the less, erm, legal methods of downloading music offered horrific quality audio, while even the best options at the same (i.e., iTunes) only…
Lightning strikes over Volcán de Agua in Guatemala Mario Dalma Leon/Getty Images Physicists have solved a longstanding mystery around the process that creates volcanic lightning: when similar particles rub together, why do some become positively charged while others become negatively charged? The exchange of electric charge when two objects touch, called the triboelectric effect, is…
Is she or isn’t she? Amid rampant speculation that Zendaya has already wed fiancé Tom Holland, the movie star is busily promoting The Drama, her upcoming A24 movie about, well, a wedding that may or may not end up happening. Forget method acting or method dressing, she just invented method living. Nuptials—both real and cinematic—aside,…
I sympathise with Freya Bennett (A moment that changed me: I was planning to be a musician – then I had my ears syringed, 11 March). In 2010, I found that my hearing was being muffled by a buildup of wax in my ears. I had always imagined that having ones ears syringed was a…
Name: French Sunday. Age: As a viral happiness trend, quite new. As an idea, quite old. Old Testament, even … I’m thinking there’s a Bible quote coming. “Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.” Why French Sunday, though?…
In a large randomized trial, treating patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure with high-flow oxygen didn’t improve survival compared with standard oxygen. However, high-flow oxygen did reduce intubation as a secondary endpoint. Experts suggested that the findings recalibrate expected benefits but also shore up the rationale for early use of high-flow oxygen in appropriate patients….
