A team of engineers at the University of British Columbia have developed a new method that can permanently remove toxic “forever chemicals” from drinking water — technology that its lead developer compared to a Brita filter, “but a thousand times better.” So why do we need it? While no one wants to gulp down a serving […]
In a scientific first, astronomers observed a star swallowing a planet as part of its dying process. The researchers first spotted the outburst, which took place about 12,000 light-years away from Earth, in 2020, but it took several years for them to figure out what it was: a star running out of fuel, swelling to
A new study led by doctors at St. George’s, University of London has shown that scheduling a third trimester scan during pregnancy can greatly reduce the number of unexpected breech births as well as reduce the risk of severe health complications in newborns. The findings, published in PLOS Medicine in April, determined that the additional,
