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A research boat will scan the seabed to help search for those missing in Spain's floods

World - Yahoo News - 11 hours ago

Research boat will scan seabed to help search for those missing in Spain's floods

A Spanish research vessel that investigates marine ecosystems has been abruptly diverted from its usual task to help in the increasingly desperate search for the missing from Spain’s floods

World - ABC News - 8 hours ago

Research vessel to scan seafloor for flood victims in Spain

Spain is sending a marine research vessel to scan the seafloor off Valencia's coast in hopes of finding vehicles and people missing after devastating flash floods.

NI early pregnancy screening delay 'causing trauma'

Pregnant women in NI face discrimination over not being offered early scans for abnormalities, experts say.

He thought he was in perfect health. An advanced scan showed otherwise

Cardiac CT angiograms take detailed images of the heart and can show dangerous blockages in a person's arteries.

Ozempic lowers Alzheimer’s risk: Research

The diabetes and weight loss drug Ozempic could lower the risk of Alzheimer's disease among people with Type 2 diabetes, according to a new study published Thursday. Alzheimer’s disease is the ...

Politics - The Hill - October 24

The economics of research and development. With Heidi Williams

What is the relationship between innovation spending and productivity?

World - Financial Times - October 28

Sam Altman’s Eye-Scanning Orb Has a New Look—and Will Come Right to Your Door

The ambitious identity-verification project Worldcoin, now called World, wants a future where humans are “orb-verified.”

Tech - Wired - October 17

Here’s Why Critics Are Raising Eyebrows Over Sam Altman’s Iris-Scanning Crypto Project

The rebranded Worldcoin endeavor says its data collection efforts are about AI security. Critics aren’t so sure.

Business - Inc. - October 18

Three dead after migrant boat sinks in Channel

Forty-five people have been rescued with a search operation ongoing, maritime authorities said.

White supremacist stabbed asylum seeker in hotel

Callum Parslow is convicted of attempted murder over the attack at a hotel in Worcestershire.

Small boat Channel crossings pass total for 2023

This year, 29,578 migrants have crossed the Channel in small boats compared to 29,437 in 2023.

Man missing at sea lands boat in Ireland

Chris Ellery's boat broke down in the Irish Sea, but he was able to make it to County Wicklow.

Nobel economics prize goes to global inequality researchers

Three U.S.-based academics won the 2024 Nobel economics prize for their research into why global inequality persists.

German researchers track bat's migration path to Italy

World - Yahoo News - October 15

Researchers seek additional victims in Franciscan abuse investigation

World - Yahoo News - October 16

Sammy Basso, Advocate for Progeria Research, Is Dead at 28

One of about 150 people known to have a rare condition that causes rapid aging, he sought to raise awareness and participated in the search for a cure.

Health - The New York Times - October 20

Tasmanian tiger de-extinction research advances

Colossal Biosciences says it's made a breakthrough toward the de-extinction of the thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger.

A Trans Researcher’s Pursuit of Better Data on Detransition

Kinnon MacKinnon leads the world’s largest study on people who stop or reverse their gender transitions, a group embroiled in intense political fights.

Health - The New York Times - October 26

2024 Temperatures Are on Track for a Record High, Researchers Find

The new report also says that global warming has hit a threshold, at least temporarily, that countries had pledged to avoid.

World - The New York Times - Yesterday

43 monkeys escape South Carolina research facility

Forty-three rhesus monkeys escaped from the Alpha Genesis Primate Research Center in South Carolina Wednesday after a caretaker accidentally left a door unsecured, the company's CEO told CBS News. ...

Italy Sends Boat to Albania With Migrants Who Were Bound for Italian Shores

The plan was heralded by the Italian government as an innovative model to manage and deter immigration, and criticized by human rights groups.

World - The New York Times - October 15

Philippines Says China Ship Hit Fisheries Boat Amid Sea Feud

World - Yahoo News - October 15

‘It’s a kind of miracle’: Russian man survives 66 days adrift on inflatable boat

Mikhail Pichugin survived but the ordeal claimed the lives of his brother and teenage nephew. A Russian man survived more than two months drifting in icy seas on an inflatable boat in an ordeal ...

World - The Guardian - October 15

Alex Murdaugh settles wrongful death lawsuit over boat crash

Alex Murdaugh has settled a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of a teen killed in a boat crash involving Murdaugh's youngest son.

4 people die in a migrant boat accident off a Greek island

Greek authorities say four people, including two children, have died off the island of Kos in an accident involving a migrant smuggling boat crossing from nearby Turkey

World - ABC News - October 15

2 still missing from migrant boat that sank south of Greece

Greece's Coast Guard says that rescuers are still searching the Mediterranean Sea near Greece’s southernmost island for two people reported missing when a boat carrying 100 migrants sank

World - ABC News - October 17

Baby dies after boat capsizes in attempted Channel crossing

French authorities say 65 people rescued after overloaded boat sinks off coast of Wissant. A baby died after a boat carrying people in the Channel towards Britain capsized off the French coast, ...

World - The Guardian - October 18

Baby dies, 65 rescued as migrant boat sinks off France

World - Yahoo News - October 18

American Man Kidnapped, Taken Away on Boat in Philippines, Police Say

Four armed men shot and abducted a 26-year-old from Vermont in western Mindanao, the police said. He had been living in the area since May.

World - The New York Times - October 19

Record haul of drugs seized from "narco sub" and other boats in Pacific

The seizure "represents the largest amount of drugs seized in a maritime operation, unprecedented in history," the Mexican navy said

Chanel dips oar into sport with Oxford-Cambridge boat race tie-up

Rowing contest to be renamed after fashion house’s designer watch in latest luxury move into sponsorship

Business - Financial Times - October 21

Three people dead and 46 rescued after boat sinks in attempt to cross Channel

French maritime officials say rescue operation was launched after lifejacket spotted in sea off Calais. Three people have died after a boat sank in the Channel, French maritime authorities said.. ...

World - The Guardian - October 23

Jack Jones, Grammy-winning crooner of 'The Love Boat' theme, dies at 86

Jack Jones, the Grammy-winning singer of 'The Love Boat' theme — and hits 'Lollipops and Roses' and 'Wives and Lovers' — has died at 86.

Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - October 24

‘Death trap’ Channel boats traded by smugglers in Germany, BBC investigation finds

A €15,000 package deal for a dinghy, engine and 60 life jackets was offered to our reporter in Essen.

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