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What actually happens in your brain when you change your mind?
[ad_1] Credit: Google DeepMind from Pexels Imagine a game show where the host asks the contestant to randomly pick one option out of three: A, B or C. After the contestant chooses, say, option B, the host reveals one of the remaining choices (say C) does not contain the prize. In the final step, the […]
Andre Onana transfer: Man Utd goalkeeper agrees Trabzonspor loan move
[ad_1] Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana has agreed a loan move to Turkish side Trabzonspor. The move has yet to be finalised but sources close to the player anticipate it being done in time for him to make his debut against Fenerbahce on Sunday 14 September. Turkey’s transfer window is open until Friday, leaving time […]
Scientists stunned by the Universe’s first known black hole
[ad_1] An international team of astronomers, led by The University of Texas at Austin’s Cosmic Frontier Center, has identified the most distant black hole ever confirmed. It and the galaxy it calls home, CAPERS-LRD-z9, are present 500 million years after the Big Bang. That places it 13.3 billion years into the past, when our universe […]
UN provides urgent support after ‘massive’ Russian attack across Ukraine
[ad_1] More than 800 drones were launched in waves designed to overwhelm Ukrainian air defences, according to news reports, and a Government building was hit in the capital Kyiv for the first time. Ukrainian authorities reported that four had been killed, with 44 injured. Air-raid sirens continued for 11 hours straight across the capital and […]
Common allergy spray slashes COVID-19 risk in surprising trial
[ad_1] The trial, led by Professor Robert Bals, Director of the Department of Internal Medicine V at Saarland University Medical Center and Professor of Internal Medicine at Saarland University, divided the 450 participants into two groups. The treatment group of 227 individuals used an azelastine nasal spray three times a day over a 56-day period. […]
Czech Darts Open: Luke Humphries defends PDC European Tour title with 8-5 win over Josh Rock in Prague
[ad_1] World number one Luke Humphries defended his Czech Open title as he beat Josh Rock 8-5 in the final. Rock, who had beaten Michael van Gerwen en route to the final, got an early break of throw to go 2-0 up but England’s Humphries broke back and then reeled off a 12-dart leg to […]
Scientists just cracked a 60-million-year-old volcanic mystery
[ad_1] What do the rumblings of Iceland’s volcanoes have in common with the now peaceful volcanic islands off Scotland’s western coast and the spectacular basalt columns of the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland? About sixty million years ago, the Icelandic mantle plume — a fountain of hot rock that rises from Earth’s core-mantle boundary — […]
Israel’s southern airport hit by drone fired by Yemen’s Houthis
[ad_1] A drone fired by the Houthi militants in Yemen breached Israel’s air defenses on Sunday and slammed into the country’s southern airport, the Israeli military said. It was one of several drones fired by the Houthis, according to the military, but it said most had been intercepted outside of Israel. The drone crashed into […]
Scientists just made CRISPR three times more effective
[ad_1] CRISPR gene-editing machinery could transform medicine but is difficult to get into tissues and disease-relevant cells New delivery system loads CRISPR machinery inside spherical nucleic acid (SNA) nanoparticles Particles entered cells three times more effectively, tripled gene-editing efficiency, and decreased toxicity compared to current delivery methods With the power to rewrite the genetic code […]
Tottenham Hotspur: Amanda Staveley to make statement that she does not intend to bid for Spurs | Football News
[ad_1] Former Newcastle United joint-owner Amanda Staveley is expected to make a statement on Monday saying that she does not intend to take over Tottenham Hotspur. Sky News has learnt that PCP International Finance, a vehicle controlled by Staveley, will be forced to clarify its interest in bidding for Spurs, following discussions with the UK […]