Health officials in Finland are searching for the source of a Salmonella outbreak that has sickened more than 30 people. The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) and Finnish Food Authority (Ruokavirasto) are investigating the Salmonella Bovismorbificans outbreak with the help of local environmental health agencies. During March and April, 32 people have fallen…
NASA’s Curiosity rover has detected more than 20 carbon-containing compounds — including seven never before seen on Mars — in a sample collected from 3.5-billion-year-old clay-bearing sandstones in Gale Crater. A close-up of three holes Curiosity drilled into Martian rock at a location nicknamed Mary Anning in October 2020. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech /…
Cruz Azul sparked controversy with the dismissal of Nicolás Larcamón one matchday before the end of the Liga MX regular season and has already named its new coach. Through an official statement, La Máquina revealed that Joel Huiqui will take charge of the team as interim head coach, joined by Sergio Pinto as lead assistant,…
As certain as death and taxes is Ryan Gosling breaking character on Saturday Night Live. Fans of the Project Hail Merry star have come to expect for him to be laughing through his sketches, but during his most recent hosting stint last month, he had a partner in crime, cast member Ashely Padilla, who chuckled…
Deaths from rectal cancer are rising rapidly among younger adults, an alarming trend that is confounding scientists trying to understand why millennials are so hard-hit. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. “The rate of rectal cancer seems to be increasing more than two to three times…
On 15 January, members of the House of Commons environmental audit committee (EAC) visited Bentham, the North Yorkshire town that has the highest levels of Pfas contamination in the UK. Colloquially known as “forever chemicals”, Pfas (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances) do not naturally degrade or decompose. This persistence gives them special properties with useful applications…
It’s not every day that umpires decide a player used an illegal bat in a high school baseball game, so Wednesday’s Mission League game between host Sherman Oaks Notre Dame and Sierra Canyon began with a bang. A Sierra Canyon batter in the first inning was declared out after the umpires inspected the aluminum bat…
Photo: Maya Dehlin Spach/FilmMagic The long-rumored Stassi Schroeder reality show is finally here. At the Hulu Get Real event, Schroeder announced the launch of House of Stassi. First, she called the audience losers for not swiging her signature cocktail, the Stassi Spritz. Then she showed the trailer for House of Stassi. According to the logline,…
Dear Miss Manners: A friend of my wife’s always calls her using videoconferencing. Always. It’s as though she comes into the house uninvited, takes a seat and starts talking. My wife is from the South, and is reluctant to ask her friend to change. I’m not exactly sure what advice you can give me. Perhaps…
Madeleine Finlay sits down with science editor Ian Sample to hear about some of the winners of the Breakthrough Prize, which held its ceremony in LA last weekend. Each prize is worth $3m and they’re awarded in physics, maths and life sciences. Madeleine and Ian hear from molecular biologist Jean Bennett, who shared a life…
