Tech billionaire Elon Musk has claimed his Neuralink company has successfully implanted one of its wireless brain chips in a human. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, he said "promising" brain activity had been detected after the...
Scientists say light pollution may be contributing to "worrying" declines in insects seen in recent decades. In a UK study, artificial street lights were found to disrupt the behaviour of nocturnal moths, reducing cater...
Israel’s Health Ministry said it had found the small number of heart inflammation cases observed mainly in young men who received Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in Israel were likely linked to their vaccination....
India has said a new variant of the coronavirus first discovered there in March may be linked to a deadly second wave. Samples containing the "double mutant"- or B.1.617 variant - have been found in several states with ...
There is no indication that the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine is linked to an increased risk of blood clots, the EU's medicines regulator says. It said the number of cases in vaccinated people was no higher than in the gene...
The UK has detected two cases of another new variant of coronavirus, the health secretary Matt Hancock says. The cases in London and north west England are contacts of people who travelled to South Africa, where the variant was d...
A father of five who shared a poster he made for his kids while he works remotely is getting attention from millions of LinkedIn users. David Kuhl of Naples, Florida, posted an image of the sign last week after his company requested for staff to sha...
President Donald Trump has told US firms they have 45 days to stop doing business with TikTok and WeChat, claiming the Chinese apps are a threat to national security. Mr Trump signed two executive orders targeting two of China's biggest apps...
Working long hours is linked to an increased risk of stroke, researchers say. Long hours were definedin the French studyas more than 10 hours on at least 50 days per year. People who did long hours for more than a decade were at the gre...
Romaine lettuce contaminated with E. coli is making people sick again, and now, the Food and Drug Administration has a better idea of where it’s coming from: investigators working over Thanksgiving traced the tainted lett...
Facebook and Twitter say they have suspended or removed accounts linked to Iran and Russia over "inauthentic" or "manipulating" behaviour. More than 650 Facebook pages and groups were said to have been identified as "mislead...
My girlfriend left me because of my obssession with Linkin Park. But in the end, it doesn't even matter....
Pollution has been linked to nine million deaths worldwide in 2015, a report in The Lancet has found. Almost all of these deaths occurred in low- and middle-income countries, where pollution could account for up to a quarter of dea...
Who was behind the huge global cyber-attack? One prominent theory right now is North Korea - but what we know is far from conclusive. You may not have heard of the Lazarus Group, but you may be aware of its work. The devastating hack on...
Air travel seems to become more grueling every year, with delayed flights and cramped seating. One study finds that there might be another factor for your frustration in flight: a first-class cabin. Researchers from the University of Toront...
Are you looking for a new job? Well, your LinkedIn profile photo may be as important as your resume. \\\"I think this is especially important for the younger generation of job seeker, who has grown up posting photos with friends to soci...
There were calls for new regulations Tuesday after a new study found a link between the use of e-cigarettes and the smoking of real ones later in life....
Coffee drinkers could live longer than those who don't indulge in a daily cup of joe....
A Japanese study Wednesday said regular seaweed consumption among post-menopausal women heightened their risk of developing thyroid cancer, linking it to iodine in the macrobiotic food. A 14-year national survey of nearly 53,000 Japanese...
By LINDSEY TANNER - AP Medical Writer | AP – October 12, 2011 CHICAGO (AP) — There is more evidence that taking vitamin E pills can be risky. A study that foll...