Radio Signal Detected from a Galaxy 9 billion Light Years Away
The signal was detected by scientists in India, using their Giant Metrewave Radio telescope and a technique called gravitational lensing....
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The Forgotten Mercury 13
The launch of NASA’s Artemis programme took place on the 14th of November 2022. Artemis I (an unmanned test flight),...
A Promising New Malaria Vaccine
Oxford University researchers and their collaborators have created a malaria vaccine that has the potential to "change the world". The...
Henrietta Lacks and the HeLa Cell Line
The story of Henrietta Lacks and her family is unfortunately one of many accounts where science and medicine have disenfranchised...
Celebrating Forgotten Scientists: John Edmonstone
Charles Darwin is said to be the father of evolution. He pushed the boundaries of science and challenged the social...
Celebrating Forgotten Scientists: Onesimus
Smallpox. Image: Flickr In 1721, after a ship from Barbados arrived with passengers infected with smallpox, the inhabitants of Boston,...
Celebrating Forgotten Scientists: Marie Daly
Marie Maynard Daly was an inspirational and ambitious chemist best known for her research on sugars, cholesterol, and proteins in...
Racial Discrepancies in Maternal Care
Black women are three to four times more likely to die from preventable maternal death than white women in the...
Mae Jemison: The First Black Woman in Space
Some people dream of becoming successful actors, dancers, or choreographers. Others aspire to become doctors, astronauts, or successful entrepreneurs. Mae...
A Glimpse of Life During Death
Have you ever wondered what we experience in our dying moments? New research has shown that we may actually see...
