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Suspected space debris found on fire near WA mining town

19 October at 23:04 PM, via The Guardian

Burning object made of carbon fibre discovered on desert road near mine site close to Newman on 18 October

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Authorities are investigating how suspected space debris ended up in outback Australia after mine workers found burning items.

Western Australia police are leading the...

Smart jab can shrink head and neck cancer tumours within six weeks, trial finds

19 October at 17:30 PM, via The Guardian

Triple-action therapy drug amivantamab could be given as an injection to help treat recurrent or metastatic cancers

Doctors have hailed “incredibly encouraging” trial results that show a triple-action smart jab can shrink tumours in head and neck cancer patients within six weeks.

Head and neck cancer is the world’s sixth most common form of the disease. If it spreads or comes back after...

Why aren’t more animals hermaphrodites?

19 October at 15:01 PM, via The Guardian

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

Why aren’t more animals hermaphrodites? Snails and worms seem to have been successful using that method for sharing genes between any two individuals, but vertebrates evolved away from it. Why? Janet Lesley, Kent, UK

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Italian blasphemy and German ingenuity: how swear words differ around the world

19 October at 06:00 AM, via The Guardian

Once dismissed as a sign of low intelligence, researchers now argue the ‘power’ of taboo words has been overlooked

When researchers asked people around the world to list every taboo word they could think of, the differences that emerged were revealing. The length of each list, for example, varied widely.

While native English speakers in the UK and Spanish speakers in Spain rattled off an...

The amazing world of fungi – in pictures

19 October at 01:00 AM, via The Guardian

Dr Tom May, a mycologist at the Royal Botanic Gardens and an expert witness at the Erin Patterson trial, has collaborated with renowned fungi photographer Stephen Axford for Planet Fungi, a new book from CSIRO Publishing full of incredible macro-photography

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Chen Ning Yang, Chinese-American physicist and Nobel laureate, dies at 103

18 October at 08:57 AM, via The Guardian

Renowned 1957 Nobel prize winner worked on statistical mechanics and symmetry principles in elementary particle physics

Chen Ning Yang, one of the world’s most renowned physicists and a Nobel prize winner, died on Saturday in Beijing at the age of 103 after an illness, state media outlet Xinhua has reported.

Born in eastern China’s Hefei in Anhui province in 1922, Yang was a Chinese-American...

‘London could 100% compete with Cannes’: Aids charity UK gala debut to honour Tracey Emin

18 October at 08:11 AM, via The Guardian

AmfAR, set up by Elizabeth Taylor, is known for hosting lavish parties and raising huge sums for HIV and Aids research

It’s recognised for its pomp, the celebrity supporters and the fabulously glamorous locations, but for the man behind the amfAR gala, an A-list charity roadshow that rolls into London for the first time this weekend, the event is deeply personal.

AmfAR – the American...

Chemical linked to low sperm count, obesity and cancer found in dummies, tests find

18 October at 08:00 AM, via The Guardian

BPA, a synthetic chemical used in production of plastics, found in baby products made by three big European brands

A chemical linked to impaired sexual development, obesity and cancer has been found in baby dummies manufactured by three big European brands.

Dummies made by the Dutch multinational Philips, the Swiss oral health specialists Curaprox and the French toy brand Sophie la Girafe were...

This is Eskom’s new board

17 October at 14:46 PM, via TechCentral

Government has appointed a new board to state-owned electricity utility Eskom. This is who they are and what they do.

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