3 hours ago By James Gallagher, @JamesTGallagher, Health and science correspondent, BBC News Getty The £8m Longitude Prize has been won after a decade-long competition to find new tools to tackle the scourge of superbugs. It has been awarded for a test that rapidly detects whether an infection is caused by bacteria and identifies the right antibiotics to […]
SAN FRANCISCO — For weeks, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has waged a campaign to persuade Tesla shareholders to restore his nearly $50 billion pay package, the largest “ever observed in public markets,” according to the Delaware judge who voided it. The company released a video instructing shareholders how to cast ballots featuring Optimus, Musk’s humanoid […]
6 hours ago By Michelle Roberts, Digital health editor AFP The Japanese scientist whose pioneering work led to the creation of statins, the life-saving drugs used by millions, has died at the age of 90. Akira Endo’s pivotal work has been likened to the discovery of penicillin. The biochemist is said to have been inspired by Alexander […]
Police in China have arrested a 55-year-old man after four US university tutors were stabbed at a public park. The Iowa Cornell College instructors were taken to hospital after a “serious incident” during the daytime attack in the northern province of Jilin, a college statement said. Iowa Representative Adam Zabner said his brother, David, was […]
Hunter Biden, President Biden’s son, departs from the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building on Monday in Wilmington, Del., after jurors began deliberations in his trial on felony gun charges. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images A federal jury in Delaware has convicted President Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, on felony gun charges […]
Jun 10, 2024, 08:44 PM ET LA PAZ, Bolivia — Sixteen-year-old Bolívia midfielder Moises Paniagua will miss the Copa América in the United States because he doesn’t have permission to travel from one of his parents. Paniagua, who plays for local club Always Ready, could not arrange an entry visa to the United States because […]
Labour have promised to create 100,000 extra dental appointments for children, in a bid to clear backlogs in England. The new appointments will be for urgent and emergency care and on evenings and weekends, according to Labour’s plan if they win the general election. Access to an NHS dentist has become increasingly difficult in many […]
US says it is ‘incidental’ that deadly Israeli operation took place near floating dock built to deliver aid to Gaza. The United States has stressed that its temporary aid pier in Gaza was not used in the Israeli captive rescue operation in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza that killed more than 270 people. […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple officially launched itself into the artificial intelligence arms race, announcing a deal with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI to use the company’s technology in its products and showing off a slew of its own new AI features. The announcements, made at the tech giant’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday in Cupertino, Calif.,, are […]
2 days ago By Victoria Gill, Science correspondent, BBC News, @vic_gill • Kate Stephens, Senior science producer Why scientists are using a crossbow to study whales Inside the bodies of humpback whales are clues about how climate change is transforming Antarctica. The BBC’s Victoria Gill and Kate Stephens crossed the Southern Ocean, with the researchers, on a mission to follow and […]