This is Beirut 27/02 09:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
An unvaccinated child in Texas has died from measles, authorities said Wednesday, marking the first US fatality from the highly contagious disease in nearly a decade as health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. downplayed a growing outbreak. The death comes as immunization rates decline nationwide, with the latest cases concentrated in a Mennonite ...
Jean-Jacques Bedu 26/02 19:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
AI Artificial Intelligence Study
Recent studies, including a joint investigation by Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University involving several hundred professionals, suggest that growing reliance on artificial intelligence tools is leading to a notable decline in critical analysis. As experts place increasing trust in automated systems, they gradually relinquish their own ...
Alain E. Andrea 23/02 11:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Dry cough, frequent sneezing, high fever, muscle aches, headaches and extreme fatigue: these telltale symptoms emerge every winter, signaling the return of seasonal respiratory infections. Among them, the flu is one of the most common. As temperatures drop, the conditions become ideal for the spread of several viruses, including influenza, which ...
Moncef Ait-Kaci 21/02 18:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Technology takes another leap forward as artificial intelligence reinvents the rules of creation. Sora is ushering in a new era—that of fully AI-driven video generation. The developers chose this name in reference to the Japanese word "sora," which means "sky," to evoke boundless creative potential. Previously reserved for a select group of ...
This is Beirut 21/02 11:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Is NASA still Moonbound, or will the next giant leap mean skipping straight to Mars? Speculation is mounting that the Trump administration may scale back or cancel NASA's Artemis missions following the departure of a key official and Boeing's plans to lay off hundreds of employees working on its lunar rocket. Late Wednesday, NASA abruptly ...
This is Beirut 06/02 09:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Europe Climate Change Copernicus
Last month was the hottest January on record, Europe's climate monitor said Thursday, despite expectations that cooler La Nina conditions might quell a streak of record-breaking global temperatures. The Copernicus Climate Change Service said January was 1.75C hotter than pre-industrial times, extending a persistent run of history-making highs ...
This is Beirut 04/02 11:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Air pollution is fuelling a rise in the commonest form of lung cancer among non-smokers, hitting women and people in southeast Asia particularly hard, according to a study published on Tuesday. Lung cancer is the commonest form of the disease, with 2.5 million people diagnosed in 2022, said the study, published in the Lancet Respiratory Medicine ...
This is Beirut 23/01 10:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Los Angeles Wildfires Satellite
Scientists and engineers are hoping that the growing availability of satellite data will help tackle future deadly wildfires, after devastating blazes in Los Angeles. Tech-focused groups are launching new orbiters as space launches get cheaper, while machine learning techniques will sift the torrent of information, fitting it into a wider picture ...
Alain E. Andrea 22/01 21:26 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
A patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) was declared in remission after undergoing an allogeneic bone marrow transplant in 2020, according to a press release from the Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Marseille (AP-HM), published on Friday, January 17. This case represents the first success of its kind in France and the eighth ...
Marilyne Jallad 21/01 21:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
From Tuesday, January 21 to Saturday, January 25, early in the evening (around 7:50 PM local time), six planets in our solar system will be visible together at the same time in the night sky. These planets will stretch across over half the sky, forming an arc from the northeast to the west in the Northern Hemisphere and from the north in the ...
This is Beirut 17/01 09:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Hours after Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin nailed its first-ever orbital mission, SpaceX seized back the spotlight on Thursday as its latest test of Starship, its gargantuan next-generation megarocket, ended with the upper stage dramatically disintegrating over the Atlantic. In terms of sheer excitement, Elon Musk's company didn't disappoint, ...
Alain E. Andrea 15/01 13:10 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Alzheimer's disease (AD) represents a major public health challenge in a world where demographic aging is advancing rapidly. According to updated data from the World Health Organization (WHO) as of October 1, 2024, the percentage of the global population aged over 60 is expected to nearly double between 2015 and 2050, from 12% to 22%, representing ...