Key Takeaways As Congress debates federal health care spending as part of spending bill negotiations, including extending the enhanced premium tax credits, the latest KFF Health Tracking Poll finds three-quarters (78%) of adults say Congress should extend the enhanced tax credits for people who buy their own insurance through the ACA Marketplace. This is more…
Victoria GillScience correspondent, BBC News Victoria Gill/BBC Chester Zoo alone has lost seven baby elephants to disease caused by the virus Researchers have made a breakthrough in the development of new vaccine to prevent a deadly virus that affects young elephants. The vaccine, produced by an international research team, aims to prevent the severe disease…
Flu season is fast approaching in the northern hemisphere. And a taste-based influenza testcould somedayhave you swapping nasal swabs for chewing gum. A new molecular sensor has been designed to release a thyme flavor when it encounters the influenza virus. Researchers reporting in ACS Central Science say that they plan to incorporate this type of…
In July 2024, a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck Calama, Chile, damaging buildings and causing power outages. The country has endured violent earthquakes, including the most powerful recorded in history: a 9.5-magnitude “megathrust” event that struck central Chile in 1960, causing a tsunami and killing between 1,000 to 6,000 people. However, the Calama quake was different from…
The interior of the mysterious far side of the moon may be colder than the side constantly facing Earth, suggests a new analysis of rock samples co-led by a UCL (University College London) and Peking University researcher. The study, published in the journal Nature Geoscience, looked at fragments of rock and soil scooped up by…
Earth was not always the blue-green world we know today: the early Earth’s oxygen levels were about a million times lower than we now experience. There were no forests and no animals. For ancient organisms, oxygen was toxic. What did life look like at that time then? A recent study led by Fatima Li-Hau (graduate…
Published October 3, 2025 Aspiring luxury consumers are “embracing pre-owned and sustainable choices”, are price-driven and are heavily focused on quality. Those are just some of the conclusions from an inaugural study by EY, dubbed the EY Luxury Client Index. It spoke to 1,600 aspiring luxury consumers across 10 markets, highlighting “a shift in consumer…
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Published October 2, 2025 Sustainability hasn’t extended to Burberry’s head of diversity role. The Luxury fashion house has scrapped the post as part of a wider overhaul that is expected to include a rolling back on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts. Reuters Burberry’s global vice-president of colleague attraction and inclusion, Geoffrey Williams, said his…
On September 5, 2020, California’s Creek Fire grew so severe that it began producing it’s own weather system. The fire’s extreme heat produced an explosive thunderhead that spewed lightning strikes and further fanned the roaring flames, making containment elusive and endangering the lives of firefighters on the ground. These wildfire-born storms have become a growing…
