192 articles from WEDNESDAY 7.9.2022

Rescued Irrawaddy dolphin calf dies despite weeks of care

An Irrawaddy dolphin calf who was rescued and nursed day and night for weeks by veterinarians and volunteers after his rescue from a tidal pool on Thailand's shore has died despite all their efforts, officials who were providing emergency care for the animal said Wednesday.

California and the West broil in record heat wave

A record-setting heat wave made life miserable in much of the West on Tuesday, with California stretching into its second week of excessive heat that taxed the state's power supply with record-setting demand and brought it perilously close to ordering rolling outages while people were desperately trying to stay cool.

‘Woman who can smell Parkinson’s’ helps scientists develop test

Scientists drew on 72-year-old Scot’s rare condition to help identify people with neurological conditionScientists have harnessed the power of a woman’s hyper-sensitive sense of smell to develop a test to determine whether people have Parkinson’s disease.The test has been years in the making after academics realised that Joy Milne could smell the condition. The 72-year-old from Perth,...

Discovered in the deep: the ‘Elvis worms’ that sparkle in the darkness

In 2020, scientists found sparkling Peinaleopolynoe on hydothermal vents in the eastern Pacific – and were irresistibly reminded of the king of rock’n’roll Nearly 4,000 metres (13,000 feet) underwater in the Pescadero basin in the Gulf of California lie some of the Pacific’s deepest hydrothermal vents – and they’re covered in small iridescent worms. “You’ll see little pink sparkly...

Increased physical activity reduces breast cancer risk, international study suggests

Study of 130,000 women used genetic analysis to establish causal link between activity levels and cancer riskIncreasing physical activity and reducing time spent sedentary is likely to decrease the risk of breast cancer, a study of more than 100,000 women suggests.An international team including researchers from Australia, the UK and US have used genetic analysis to establish a causal relationship...