Who were the Denisovans? Rich trove of fossils and tools paints new picture

Who were the Denisovans? Rich trove of fossils and tools paints new picture

In 2025, researchers used protein analysis to show that a jawbone recovered from ocean sediments off the coast of Taiwan belonged to a Denisovan. Credit: Yousuke Kaifu An abandoned quarry in southwestern China has given scientists a portal to the Stone Age. The site’s trove of fossils and artifacts offers an unprecedented glimpse into the … Read more

Integrated signatures define mutational processes in prostate cancer

Integrated signatures define mutational processes in prostate cancer

PPCG cohort, WGS and variant callingWe used data from the PPCG consortium of primary prostate cancer samples from a total of 1,001 prostate cancer donors with 1,172 tumour samples. Informed ethical consent was obtained at clinical follow-up, and was consistent with local research ethics and International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC) guidelines (https://icgc.org/). Ethical approval was … Read more

Aid cuts force clinic closures across Sudan – Eye on Africa

Aid cuts force clinic closures across Sudan - Eye on Africa

To display this YouTube content, you must enable ad tracking and audience measurement. OK Manage my options One of your browser extensions appears to be blocking the video player from loading. To view this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Try again Cover image: © France 24 Broadcast on: 09/09/2026 – … Read more

Former Titans scout Blaise Taylor receives consecutive life sentences

Former Titans scout Blaise Taylor receives consecutive life sentences

Former Titans scout Blaise Taylor will spend the rest of his life in prison. Twice. Taylor, convicted of poisoning his girlfriend, Jade Benning, and their unborn child on July 1, received a consecutive life sentence on Wednesday. More than 80 people sent letters attesting to Taylor’s character. Nashville Assistant District Attorney Jan Norman responded to … Read more

Trump Is Charting a New Course on Iran

Trump Is Charting a New Course on Iran

The war with Iran has now exceeded six months. Hostilities subside and then flare up again; the most recent over the weekend, when US forces attacked two Iranian oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for attempted attacks on US ships. As the war turns hot, then cold, then hot again, one question … Read more

Anthropic researchers say AI could cause human extinction by 2030 | Anthropic

Anthropic researchers say AI could cause human extinction by 2030 | Anthropic

Artificial intelligence could wipe out humanity within a decade, according to three researchers at industrial giant Anthropic, one of whom quit their job in protest. The latest fatalistic predictions came in social media posts on Tuesday from a researcher who said he resigned because Anthropic and his former employer, OpenAI, were ignoring or, at best, … Read more

Cody Gakpo injury update – Liverpool FC

Cody Gakpo injury update - Liverpool FC

‌Posted 41 minutes ago By Joe UrquhartAndoni Iraola has posted an update on the injury that kept Cody Gakpo out of Liverpool’s Champions League match against Atlético Madrid. The attacker was absent from the matchday squad to welcome Diego Simeone’s team on Wednesday night at Anfield. Speaking to TNT Sports before kick-off, the coach said: … Read more

Cave fossils found in China offer glimpse at how Denisovans lived

Cave fossils found in China offer glimpse at how Denisovans lived

Archaeologists excavating a cave in southwestern China have unearthed fossilized remains that belonged to an enigmatic population of extinct hominids, revealing new details about their long-lost way of life. The new haul, which includes four teeth, part of an arm bone and two skull fragments, brings the total number of known fossils of these mysterious … Read more

Scientists Found a Surprising Effect of Ozempic. It Involves Your Lungs

Scientists Found a Surprising Effect of Ozempic. It Involves Your Lungs

Ozempic, the asthma buster? Research published earlier this week suggests it’s true. Scientists in the UK examined the medical records of people with airway diseases like asthma who started taking GLP-1 medications like semaglutide (Ozempic and Wegovy). Compared to people taking other diabetes drugs, GLP-1 users were significantly less likely to report flare-ups of their … Read more