At the Vivatech trade show in Paris, French luxury giant LVMH celebrated the innovative companies that collaborate with its houses. For its ninth edition, the event awarded three prizes to some 15 innovative companies. A jury made up of executives from various departments within the luxury goods group selected the winners. After the Group’s Deputy…
The process of necrosis, a form of cell death, may represent one of the most promising ways to change the course of human aging, disease and even space travel, according to a new study from researchers at UCL, drug discovery company LinkGevity and the European Space Agency (ESA). In the study, published in Nature Oncogene,…
Scientists have documented the way a single gene in the bacterium that causes bubonic plague, Yersinia pestis, allowed it to survive hundreds of years by adjusting its virulence and the length of time it took to kill its victims, but these forms of plague ultimately died out. A study by researchers at McMaster University and…
Toothless and Hiccup (Mason Thames) in “How to Train Your Dragon.” Universal Pictures/DreamWorks The family adventure How to Train Your Dragon, starring Gerard Butler, Mason Thames and Nico Parker, is new in theaters. Do critics think you should hit a ride with the live-action remake of the 2010 animated hit? Rated PG, How to Train…
Kristen ShiltonJun 12, 2025, 07:20 PM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck is the NHL’s Hart Trophy winner for the 2024-25 season. The Jets’ veteran netminder was just the third goalie in the past 10 years to be a finalist for the Hart, awarded annually…
High-end and luxury products are being advertised with huge savings 4,000+ fake domains impersonating big brands have been spotted Victims are losing money without receiving their products More than 4,000 fake domains impersonating popular brands have been spotted in a scheme pushing scam ads targeting Facebook users. The campaign was uncovered by threat analysis from…
No, but you can still be an I/O pro. Originally, the name I/O was based on the first two digits in a googol (a one, followed by 100 zeroes), the number that lends our company its name. According to lore, I/O has evolved to also nod to “input / output,” referencing the computational concept of…
Greater mouse-tailed bats crawl backwards Sahar Hajyahia et al. 2025 Orientating yourself in the darkness of a cave seems like a difficult task. But some bats may have an ingenious solution: using their tails. Greater mouse-tailed bats (Rhinopoma microphyllum) live in groups inside small caves where flying is challenging, so they hang from the cave’s…
Getty Images Women with very dense breasts should be offered additional scans as part of the UK’s NHS breast screening programme to help detect more cancers and save lives, researchers say. A Cambridge University-led study of more than 9,000 women found using different scans from traditional mammograms could treble the number of cancers detected in…
If innovation has an iconography, it involves a genius, a breakthrough and a dash of serendipity. Alexander Fleming notices mould growing on a plate of bacteria and discovers penicillin. John Snow produces a map of the victims of a cholera outbreak in 19th-century London and traces the outbreak to a single water pump. A German…
