Team hope the UPatch – at present a proof-of-concept device – will aid early detection of complications and prevent stillbirths Scientists have created a wearable ultrasound patch that can continuously monitor babies in the womb, with the hope that such devices could aid the early detection of complications during pregnancy....
Story of dinosaur-killer meteorite impact told in vivid detail
Two scientists have described the bright fireball, crackling noise and sonic boom of the impact 66m years ago What would it have been like to have lived through the meteorite impact that wiped out the dinosaurs 66m years ago? Writing in the Conversation, Michael Benton, of the University of Bristol,...
Women’s faces rated more attractive even by other women, study finds
‘Gender attractiveness gap’ appears across cultures and over centuries but difference fades away with age Women’s faces are rated as more attractive than men’s, even by other women, but the perceived gap declines with age and all but vanishes by the time people reach their 80s, researchers have said. The...
What is Memorial Day and how has it evolved from its Civil War origins?
Memorial Day in the United States is supposed to be about mourning fallen service members
Texas GOP Senate candidates scarce in public but unavoidable on TV in final day of runoff campaign
Texas Republican Senate candidates Sen. John Cornyn and state Attorney General Ken Paxton are going to be scarcely visible in public on the last day of campaigning ahead of Tuesday's runoff
Trump’s no-bond policy for immigrants in custody played out for years in Tacoma, Washington
Four immigration judges in Washington state were ahead of a sea change in immigration enforcement that has reversed a long American tradition
Winning numbers drawn in Monday’s Powerball
The winning numbers in Monday evening’s drawing of the "Powerball" game were: 17-32-48-60-64, Powerball: 10
After a Minnesota church protest, states are toughening penalties for disrupting services
At least four states have adopted laws this year making it a crime to disrupt worship services, a reaction to a high-profile protest inside a Minnesota church that prompted outrage from faith leaders
Lion’s aid: blood ice lollies keep big cats cool at London zoo
Animals have tactics of their own to cope with the heat, but zoo animals also get a little help from their keepers A hot bank holiday weekend might see humans flock to the beach, don summer hats and crack open a cold beer, but when it comes to keeping big...
Starwatch: this week’s rare blue moon highlights the strange way we mark our calendar
Because we define dates based on the stars, the full moon on 31 May will be the second one of the calendar month This week’s full moon is a blue moon. The term does not describe the colour of the moon, but instead arises from the way we define our...