Women who have just stopped menopausal hormone therapy might have a small increased risk of bone fractures compared with those who never took these medications. A review of women’s health records revealed an association between an initial rise in fracture risk and women who had used the medication for less than 5 years, researchers report…
Weaver ants folding paper Dr Chris Reid, Macquarie University A chain of weaver ants can easily outpull just about any other creature, pound for pound, making them one of the most formidable teams in the animal kingdom. Weaver ants (Oecophylla smaragdina), which are found from India to northern Australia, form long chains to pull on…
Patients with certain types of cancers who consume sucralose, found in the artificial sweetener Splenda, respond worse to immunotherapy compared with those who don’t, researchers report July 30 in Cancer Discovery. But supplementing diets with the amino acid arginine might mitigate these effects, they say. The findings add to a growing body of research showing…
August 12, 2025 2 min read Cosmic Tornado from Star’s Birth Whirls in Dazzling JWST Image This telescope has revealed the whipped-up dust from the birth of a star—and a shining background galaxy—more clearly than ever before By Gayoung Lee edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier When a star is born, the process leaves behind a…
Players must identify one character from a group of 24 in Guess Who? Shutterstock/Jayanthi Photography You can maximise your chances of winning the board game Guess Who? if you follow a strategy devised by a group of mathematicians, but it could involve some head-scratching logical conundrums. In Guess Who?, which was first released in 1979,…
The Amazonian black-throated trogon is in sharp decline LuismiX/Getty Images In tropical regions such as the Amazon and Panama, the populations of some birds have fallen by as much as 90 per cent even in mostly untouched rainforests. Now, research has found that more intense heat extremes are likely to be the main factor behind…
Rogue Worlds May Not Be So Lonely After All, Europa Clipper Completes Key Test, and RFK, Jr., Pulls $500 Million in mRNA Vaccine Funding From planets roaming space to major shifts in health funding, catch up with this week’s news roundup. By Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Alex Sugiura & Jeffery DelViscio Mark Stevenson/UIG/Getty Images Rachel…
Dennis “Tink” Bell (far right) during Christmas celebrations at Admiralty Bay Station in 1958 D. Bell; Archives ref: AD6/19/X/20/18 The remains of a meteorologist who fell to his death on an Antarctic glacier 66 years ago have been found and brought back to the UK. At 25 years old, Dennis “Tink” Bell was on a…
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Working later in life may not be a bad thing Kelvin Murray/Getty Images Source: Stone RF Many people look forward to retirement, but continuing to work in later life may benefit your well-being – particularly if you are a man. People are increasingly retiring later in life. A report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation…
