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MWC 2024: Three Innovations You Need to Know About
MWC 2024: Three Innovations You Need to Know About

Mobile World Congress (MWC) Barcelona, held annually in February, is a key event for the connectivity ecosystem, attracting global mobile operators, device manufacturers and tech enthusiasts. Tens of thousands of executives from top companies and governments gather to discuss advancements and trends in technology. Here are three innovative ...

Pioneering Pig Kidney Transplant Succeeds
Pioneering Pig Kidney Transplant Succeeds

US surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital announced that they had conducted the first successful transplantation of a genetically modified pig kidney into a living patient on Thursday. US surgeons have successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a living patient for the first time, the hospital said on Thursday, a ...

UN Warns “Planet on the Brink” After Warmest Decade on Record
UN Warns “Planet on the Brink” After Warmest Decade on Record

Global heat records were "smashed" last year, the UN confirmed on Tuesday, with 2023 rounding out the hottest decade on record, as heatwaves stalked oceans and glaciers suffered record ice loss. The United Nations' World Meteorological Organization issued on Tuesday its annual State of the Climate report, confirming preliminary data indicating ...

COVID-19 Vaccines and Adverse Effects: Sorting True From False
COVID-19 Vaccines and Adverse Effects: Sorting True From False

An observational study involving over 99 million vaccinated persons reveals that most adverse effects conform with theoretical risks. It also highlights certain increased risks depending on the type of vaccine. Since March 2020, when the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic, over 13.5 billion vaccine doses ...

La Niña's Return Could Reduce Extreme Heat by 2024
La Niña's Return Could Reduce Extreme Heat by 2024

Global temperature records for the past nine months are expected to persist for a few more weeks. But the potential rapid return of the 'La Niña' weather phenomenon "could reduce the risk" of 2024 beating 2023's absolute heat record, according to specialists. The rapid return of the La Niña weather phenomenon "may actually decrease" the risk ...

Sideways US Lander Sends First Images Back From Moon
Sideways US Lander Sends First Images Back From Moon

A lunar lander from the United States, which toppled over during its touchdown, has transmitted its initial images from the southernmost point ever reached by any craft on the Moon. An American lunar lander that tipped over during touchdown has sent back its first images from the farthest south any vessel has ever landed on the Moon. The ...

American Probe Marks First Private Lunar Landing
American Probe Marks First Private Lunar Landing

Nova-C successfully landed on the Moon on Friday, February 23. This latest lunar landing does not only mark the American comeback to the Moon, but also the first to be carried out by a private company. For the first time since the Apollo era, an American spaceship landed on the Moon: an uncrewed commercial robot, funded by NASA to pave the way ...

The Situation of Migratory Species Worsens Worldwide
The Situation of Migratory Species Worsens Worldwide

Albatrosses, turtles, or sturgeons: the plight of migratory species, vital for nature’s balance, is deteriorating, warns a groundbreaking report published on Monday under the auspices of the UN and reported by AFP. "Migratory species are being severely impacted," denounced the head of UN Environment, Inger Andersen. Among the species listed by ...

Lebanon’s Biodiversity: A Mediterranean Gem in Peril
Lebanon’s Biodiversity: A Mediterranean Gem in Peril

More than a dozen of them are reported every week, strewn inert across Lebanon's coastal highways. Stockier than foxes, slimmer than wolves, so many golden jackals cross fast ways, eking their way down from the hills, hunting for food close to towns. Spotting them lifeless on roadsides, north and south of Beirut, has become a regular sight. For ...

Global Number of Cancer Cases on the Rise, Says WHO
Global Number of Cancer Cases on the Rise, Says WHO

Twenty million new cases by 2022, nearly 10 million deaths... The data published by the World Health Organization (WHO) point to a widespread increase in the number of cancer cases worldwide. The number of new cancer cases will rise to more than 35 million in 2050 -- 77 percent higher than the figure in 2022, the World Health Organization's ...

Colombia's Antarctic Expedition: Unveiling Climate Change Impact
Colombia's Antarctic Expedition: Unveiling Climate Change Impact

Researchers aboard a Colombian ship are exploring the remote region of the continent. The mission aims to significantly advance the research on climate change.  Colombia's 10th Antarctic Expedition is making its way to the far reaches of the continent, exploring remote and almost untouched places inhabited by penguins, whales and the occasional ...

Common Sense Is Not That Common After All
Common Sense Is Not That Common After All

Common sense might not be that common, as new research has uncovered. Common sense, as defined in the Collins dictionary, is “your natural ability to make good judgments and to behave in a practical and sensible way.” The term has been used by people from times immemorial to describe sensible understanding, even if they don’t know why. The ...