UK, Europe e-commerce order volumes rose 18% in Q2
UK-based e-tailers saw their local and European e-commerce order volumes increasing by 18% year on year…
Covid inquiry rejects clinicians’ request for anonymity
Jim ReedHealth reporter, BBC News Getty Images The provision of PPE for healthcare workers is being explored in this part of the Covid inquiry (stock image) The chair of the Covid inquiry has refused an application from the UK Health Security Agency to keep the identities of two junior clinicians secret. Lawyers for UKHSA applied…
Scientists grow a tiny human “blood factory” that actually works
Our body’s “blood factory” is made of highly specialized tissue containing bone cells, nerves, blood vessels and several other cell types. Researchers have now recreated this complex network in the laboratory using only human cells, marking a first in the field. This new system could help reduce the number of animal experiments needed for many…
Developers can build with Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)
With 2K and 4k resolution available, you can ensure outputs meet resolution standards required for professional production. Effortlessly create cohesive advertisements by combining diverse elements such as product images, logos, and references. Achieve consistent resemblance for up to five individuals, integrate six high-fidelity shots, or blend as many as fourteen standard inputs into a single,…
Why saving microbes may be the most important conservation effort ever
A newly released study describes how researchers collaborated to design the first comprehensive roadmap for protecting microbial life. The effort was led by Professor Jack Gilbert, President of Applied Microbiology International. The work appears in the article titled ‘Safeguarding Microbial Biodiversity: Microbial Conservation Specialist Group (MCSG) within the Species Survival Commission of the International Union…
Covid was like a daily terror attack, doctor tells inquiry
Jim ReedHealth reporter, BBC News Prof Kevin Fong said he undertook an informal visit to one of the “hardest hit” intensive care units in the country Treating patients during the pandemic was like responding to a daily terror attack, the Covid inquiry has heard. Giving testimony, Professor Kevin Fong, spoke of staff he met during…
Swatch’s New OpenAI-Powered Tool Lets You Design Your Own Watch
And, just as with Swatch x You, it’s possible to further customize the watch by choosing indexes or selecting the color of its mechanism. To save on data center power drains and rampant creativity run amuck, you’re only allowed three prompts per day on AI‑DADA, something that Swatch is spinning as a “creative challenge that…
Massive hidden structures deep inside Earth may explain how life began
For many years, researchers have puzzled over two enormous and unusual features hidden deep inside Earth. Their size, shape and behavior are so extreme that traditional ideas about how the planet formed and evolved have struggled to explain them. A recent study in Nature Geoscience, led by Rutgers geodynamicist Yoshinori Miyazaki with a team of…
States’ Management of Medicaid Home Care Spending Ahead of H.R. 1 Effects
Over one-third of Medicaid spending pays for long-term care, with most of the spending paying for home care—also known as “home- and community-based services” or HCBS. Medicaid pays for almost 70% of all home care spending in the U.S., nearly all of which is provided through optional services. Among those optional services, states rely heavily…
Oracle Identity Manager Exploit Observation from September (CVE-2025-61757)
Searchlight Cyber today released a blog detailing CVE-2025-61757, a vulnerability they reported to Oracle. Oracle released a patch for the vulnerability as part of its October Critical Patch Update, which was released on October 21st. Based on Searchlight Cyber’s blog, the issue is pretty trivial to exploit: All URLs that end in “.wadl” are exempt…
BBC Inside Science – What’s in the wording of the COP 30 negotiations?
Available for 34 days COP 30 delegates from around the globe are about to depart the Amazon city of Belem in Brazil. But not before some very important documents are drawn up. Camilla Born, former advisor to Cop 26 president Alok Sharma speaks to Tom Whipple about the scientific significance of the language negotiators choose…
