Investigators have determined that two deputies in South Carolina injured in a training exercise were wounded by ammunition taken from a plastic bag in a desk drawer and not properly tested to see if they were blanks
Military base shootings have ranged from isolated incidents to workplace violence and terrorism
The shooting of five U.S. Army soldiers at a base in Georgia is the latest in a growing list of violent incidents at American military installations over the years
Why do animals keep evolving into anteaters? | Helen Pilcher
Even if we don’t develop long sticky tongues and a taste for termites, we can still learn a lot from these remarkable creatures Who doesn’t love an anteater? I mean, apart from ants, obviously. With their long snouts and even longer sticky tongues, they trundle around, slurping up insects like...
Summer picks: Where do our early childhood memories go? – podcast
It’s a mystery that has long puzzled researchers. Freud called the phenomenon infantile amnesia, and for many years scientists have wondered whether it’s a result of failure to create memories or just a failure to retrieve them. In this episode from March 2025, Ian Sample speaks to Nick Turk-Browne, a...
Scientists find link between genes and ME/chronic fatigue syndrome
Large study suggests people’s genetics could ‘tip the balance’ on whether they would develop the illness Scientists have found the first robust evidence that people’s genes affect their chances of developing myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), a mysterious and debilitating illness that has been neglected and dismissed for...
People reoccupied Pompeii after Vesuvius eruption, archaeologists find
Site director says ‘a kind of camp, a favela’ was founded in the ruins of city destroyed in AD79 Archaeologists have discovered new evidence pointing to the reoccupation of Pompeii after the AD79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius that left the city in ruins. Despite the massive destruction suffered by Pompeii,...
As influencers spread ‘toxic’ claims, what is the truth about sunscreen?
Too much exposure to the sun has traditionally been seen as a danger. Now claims that sunscreen is toxic flood the internet. What does the science say? It’s summertime in the UK and social media is awash with influencers airing their concerns about sunscreen. Among them is reality TV star...
RFK Jr’s health department to halt $500m in mRNA vaccine research
Agency to end 22 federal contracts, questioning safety of technology credited with helping end Covid pandemic The US Department of Health and Human Services said on Tuesday it would terminate 22 federal contracts for mRNA-based vaccines, questioning the safety of a technology credited with helping end the Covid pandemic and...
RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for vaccine development
The Department of Health and Human Services plans to cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu
Michigan museum preserves Civil Rights artifacts
An Alabama home where Martin Luther King Jr. and others planned marches in the 1960s calling for Black voting rights has been reconstructed in its entirety at a museum near Detroit