Discoveries · Pollar

Discoveries·14h ago

Autopsy begins on humpback whale Timmy after weeks-long Baltic saga and controversial rescue attempt

Veterinarians and whale experts started the post-mortem of the young humpback whale Timmy on the beach of Anholt island, hoping to learn why the animal died after repeatedly stranding in the Baltic and a thwarted transport to the North Sea.

Anholt · Wismar

Peter Teglberg Madsen Till Backhaus

Discoveries·5d ago

Meteor Fireball Explodes Over New England With Force of 300 Tons of TNT, Shaking Homes Across Multiple States

A bright fireball streaked across the daytime sky over the northeastern United States on Saturday, breaking apart with an explosive force equivalent to 300 tons of TNT and triggering a double sonic boom that rattled buildings from Delaware to Montreal.

Boston · Concord

Jennifer Dooren Robert Lunsford Allard Beutel Steve Sobie

Discoveries·4d ago

Triple-action cancer injection eradicates tumours in 15 patients with treatment-resistant head and neck cancer in 'unprecedented' trial

An experimental injection called amivantamab eliminated tumours entirely in 15 patients and shrank them in 28 others with advanced, treatment-resistant head and neck cancer, in an international trial hailed as 'unprecedented' by oncologists.

London · Chicago · Birmingham

Kevin Harrington Carl Walsh

Discoveries·5d ago

Edgar Morin, French philosopher of complexity and Resistance fighter, dies at 104

Edgar Morin, the French sociologist and philosopher who developed the theory of complex thought and fought in the Resistance against Nazi Germany, has died at the age of 104, his family announced on Saturday.

Paris · Montpellier

Edgar Morin Sabah Abouessalam Morin Emmanuel Macron António José Seguro Viriato Soromenho-Marques António Alçada Baptista

Discoveries·May 28

Mosquitoes Can Learn to Love DEET: Study Shows Repellent Could Become Attractive Through Conditioning

Lab experiments suggest that Aedes aegypti mosquitoes can be conditioned to seek out DEET-treated skin, raising questions about long-term repellent effectiveness.

Tours · Blacksburg

Claudio Lazzari Clément Vinauger