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A researcher at the University of Tennessee Herbert College of Agriculture has developed a potato plant that can detect gamma radiation, providing reliable indications of harmful radiation levels without complex monitoring technologies.

Studying army ants for a living comes with certain occupational hazards.

"They're very aggressive," says Isabella Muratore at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. "They have venom, so they will sting you and they will bite you. It's not that bad. It's just that you're usually getting stung by hundreds of them at once."

Microsoft’s Bing falls victim to long-running part-joke internet conspiracy theory

A website that tells you which human foods are toxic for dogs

Edit: It seems the results are not entirely accurate, so please use at your own risk.

Some of those that work forces are the same that burn less fuel with hybrid technology

As we approach the holiday season, a recent report from LendingClub shines a light on the financial challenges that Americans are grappling with. The findings reveal that 60% of the population is living paycheck to paycheck, and those earning less than $50,000 annually are feeling the impact the most, with a significant 76% rate. Despite these economic hardships, 77% of consumers are expected to participate in holiday shopping, although there's a slight decrease compared to the previous year.

Swiss government and European Union award 11.8 million CHF for next generation clinical trials of novel arthritis repair. The researchers at the Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel and University Hospital Basel, are actively recruiting for clinical trials.

In a study of nearly 12,000 children in the United States, no evidence was found to show that screen time impacted their brain function or well-being.

Large language models such as GPT-4 were able to identify people’s personal information by analysing their posts on social media

One of the unique hats that Napoleon Bonaparte was believed to have worn when he ruled 19th century France was bought by an anonymous buyer.

Canada jays thrive in the cold. The life’s work of one biologist gives us clues as to how they’ll fare in a hotter world.

A Wake-Up Call to Conserve Endangered Wildlife

Companies that provide Big Tech with AI data-labeling services are inadvertently hiring young teens to work on their platforms, often exposing them to traumatic content.

Like many UK village schools, Lerryn primary was struggling financially but parents now hope to make it sustainable

The German capital is dotted with more than 60 public indoor swimming pools, and many of them are so stunning and tranquil they feel like you're swimming in an ornate library.

I cannot for the life of me remember when it was or what it was but a fair few years ago I remember positioning a telescope to observe an asteroid as it silently and perhaps slightly eerily drifted between us and the Moon. I say eerily as this asteroid had the ability to cause widespread damage had it hit but of course we knew it posed no threat. I remember at the time thinking it was mind blowing that even today, we still use mathematics with roots (pardon the pun) centuries old to calculate the position of objects in our Solar System. We get to see evidence of this again on 12th December when something rare happens!

The World Health Organization has launched an international commission on loneliness, which can be as bad for people’s health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day

A road trip through the communities shouldering the U.S.’s nuclear missile revival

Renewables alone have powered the Uruguayan economy for nearly four straight months.

A grandson of French war hero and former president Charles de Gaulle said Thursday he wanted Russian citizenship, saying Russia offered “great possibilities”.

Pierre de Gaulle is little known in France, but Russian state media have heralded his pro-Kremlin statements as proof that leading Western voices support Moscow’s assault in Ukraine.

“It would be an honour for me to acquire Russian citizenship,” he told a journalist at the Saint Petersburg Cultural Forum, Russian agencies said.

He also said that Russia was “fighting for traditional values, the family and spirituality” in Ukraine and that “NATO had lost”.

This is not the first time the previously obscure scion of France’s most famous political family has made waves.

Yves de Gaulle, his eldest brother, told Le Parisien daily in January that his sibling’s views “concern no one else other than himself – not me, not our family and even less the general.”

Charles de Gaulle headed the French resistance movement from London during World War II, before returning triumphantly to France.

As president, he positioned France as a hinge between the US-dominated Western bloc and the Soviet Union during the Cold War – a position that his grandson claims to represent.

But historians agree de Gaulle also kept France firmly anchored in the Western alliance. His views are a source of debate in France, particularly when applied to contemporary events.

(AFP)

link: https://www.france24.com/en/france/20231116-charles-de-gaulle-s-pro-kremlin-grandson-says-he-wants-russian-citizenship

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Pesticides used in our homes, gardens and lawns and sprayed on foods we eat are contributing to a dramatic decline in sperm count among men worldwide, according to a new analysis of studies over the last 50 years.

A Nigerian woman has set the Guinness world record for making the longest hand-made wig.

Aspirin can reduce colorectal cancer risk and inhibit cancer progression. A new study has shown how.

The system uses Martian materials to produce catalysts that release oxygen from water.