THURSDAY, 09 OCTOBER 2025, 01:11
Choose the darkest site you can find an hour before dawn twilight to observe one of the more subtle celestial effects
This week, skywatchers can search for one of the more subtle celestial effects. The zodiacal light is the soft glow of sunlight scattered off the interplanetary dust that lies in the plane of our solar system.
The dust itself comes from comets and asteroid collisions.
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Researchers find specific self-descriptions predict mortality risks better than broader categories such as extraversion
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Researchers said their findings, published in the Journal of...
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Subscriptions for user opting not to see personalised ads on its platforms will start from £2.99 a month for UK users.
The criminals say they will share 30 more profiles along with 100 employees’ data if a ransom is not paid.
Cambridge trial suggests diabetes drug with antihistamine can partially repair damage in the nervous system
Early results from a clinical trial suggest that a common diabetes drug taken with an antihistamine can partially repair damage in the nervous system that drives disability in multiple sclerosis.
While the effect was too small for patients to notice a benefit after six months, tests did...
Maski provides one-on-one tutoring to school-aged learners via an AI-powered WhatsApp chat interface.
Television in three dimensions is a century-old idea whose time may never come.
The affected equipment included a subset of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance 5500-X Series devices.
Online marketplace OLX will buy French motors classified platform La Centrale for €1.1-billion.
In today’s newsletter: A gene therapy trial has successfully treated Huntington’s for the first time – one of several recent groundbreaking medical advances bringing hope in gloomy times
Good morning. Few medical diagnoses are as brutal and devastating as Huntington’s disease.
For decades, those who inherited this cruel condition faced only despair. There was no cure. Symptoms began with mood...