3rd-century baths and latrine block at Vindolanda, the Roman fort close to Hadrian’s Wall in the UK Vindolanda Trust Despite their reputation for advanced sanitation, ancient Romans at a major fort in northern England were probably suffering from a range of digestive ailments caused by parasites. The fort of Vindolanda, near Hadrian’s Wall and occupied…
A former Nascar driver and his family were among the seven people killed in a plane crash at a regional airport in North Carolina, the car-racing organisation has said. A highway patrol spokesman said people on the ground confirmed that Greg Biffle was among those who boarded the plane. The Cessna C550 crashed while landing…
Pope Leo has named Bishop Aldon Ronald Hicks who, like the pope, is from the Chicago area and served in Latin America, as the next archbishop of New York. Bishop Hicks, 58, will lead one of the Roman Catholic Church’s most populous and important postings in the US. He replaces retiring Cardinal Timothy Dolan, 75,…
A New York Times spokesperson told WIRED in a statement that Brooks “regularly attends events to speak with noted and important business leaders to inform his columns” and that Brooks had no contact with Epstein before or after attending the 2011 dinner where the photo was taken. A representative for the Gates Foundation did not…
16 hours ago Grace Eliza Goodwin House Oversight Committee Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have released a batch of around 70 photos from the estate of late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. It was the third such release from a tranche of over 95,000 photos the committee has acquired from Epstein’s estate. It includes…
A composite image of the dust belt around Fomalhaut (obscured in the middle). In the inset, dust cloud cs1, imaged in 2012, is pictured with dust cloud cs2, imaged in 2023 NASA, ESA, Paul Kalas/UC Berkeley Around the nearby star Fomalhaut, asteroids are smashing into each other in a series of cosmic cataclysms, creating huge…
The National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado Matthew Jonas/MediaNews Group/Boulder Daily Camera via Getty Images The Trump administration’s decision to close a world-leading research centre for atmospheric science is a blow to weather forecasting and climate modelling that could leave humanity more exposed to the impacts of global warming. In a statement to…
Here’s another reason to fight for a window seat: it may help regulate your blood sugar levels Anton Dios/Shutterstock Many of us sit by a window to boost our mood, but exposure to natural light during the day also seems to improve blood sugar control in people with type 2 diabetes. Our cells and tissues…
An artist’s impression of PSR J2322-2650b NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI) Astronomers have found what appears to be one of the strangest known worlds in the universe. It orbits a type of rapidly spinning neutron star called a pulsar – this in itself is unusual, but it is far from the weirdest thing about…
Chronic fatigue syndrome doesn’t have a single cause, but the role of genetics is starting to come to light anusorn nakdee/Getty Images We’re starting to get a handle on the role that genetics plays in the onset of chronic fatigue syndrome, or myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS). According to the largest study of its kind to date,…