Scientists have made a breakthrough that could protect chickens from three deadly diseases with just one shot. The vaccine uses a harmless strain of the Newcastle disease virus (NDV) as a carrier. Instead of the usual genes, they inserted pieces from a dangerous NDV strain that is common today
A fresh citizen science effort invites people worldwide to sift through new images from the Euclid Space Telescope in search of dramatic spacetime distortions. The project, named Space Warps and hosted on the Zooniverse platform, leverages Euclid’s high‑resolution surveys to spot gravitational le
The story begins with a missing five‑year‑old girl from a small community near Alice Springs. She vanished late on a Saturday, and her family named her Kumanjayi Little Baby according to local tradition. Police discovered a body about five kilometres south of the place where she disappeared, and
Plum Middle School is about to start another round of major upgrades after the school board signed contracts worth $3. 4 million. The first phase began last summer, and now the second phase will tackle the biggest job: replacing a roof that is over 25 years old and leaking into parts of the build
In March, the investment firm Volta Finance reported a net loss of 2. 4 %. The decline was steeper than the average for U. S. high‑yield bonds, which fell 1. 2 %, and similar to Euro high‑yield bonds at 2. 7 %. A contrasting picture emerged in leveraged loan indices, where the U. S. market gained 0.
General doctors see many women each week, but a lot of violence in their homes stays hidden. This study looked at how doctors spot signs that a woman may be suffering from partner abuse. Researchers talked to 11 family physicians, including three men, across ten clinics. They used made‑up s
The latest viral craze on Hollywood Boulevard has caught the attention of both law‑enforcement and religious leaders. Groups of young people, some wearing masks and others in elaborate costumes, have been filmed breaking into Church of Scientology buildings. They race through corridors, sometimes dr
Will Smith and Margot Robbie, both big names in movies, first met on screen in the 2015 crime thriller “Focus. ” The film follows two former lovers who become con artists. Smith plays Nicky Spurgeon, while Robbie is Jess Barrett. After their breakup, Spurgeon’s job gets complicated when Barrett show
White King pigeons were given water with tiny packets of vitamin D3 to see if it helped them lay better eggs and raise healthier babies. 216 pairs, all three years old, were split into four groups that received either no vitamin D3 or 1, 000, 2, 000, or 4, 000 IU per litre for 13 weeks. The middl
The Senate is turning its attention to a sharp proposal that could cut the Environmental Protection Agency’s funding by 50 percent. The plan, backed by President Trump’s administration, would slash the agency’s budget to $4. 2 billion, a dramatic reduction that would end many of the programs that ha
