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Giorgia Meloni is expected to become Italy’s next prime minister.Credit: Nicolò Campo/LightRocket/Getty Last week’s general election in Italy resulted in a clear victory for the right-wing coalition, setting up far-right leader Giorgia Meloni to become the first female prime minister of a country where leading political figures have overwhelmingly been male. But researchers have little

Up in flames. The Fairview fire, pictured here burning near the city of Hemet in California, fatally injured two people and forced hundreds more to evacuate the area. The deadly blaze began on 5 September and took weeks to contain. The fire’s cause has not been established, but it was exacerbated by extremely hot, dry

Researchers discovered in their digging stone structures said to be made from basalt, plastered walls, water cisterns, and magnificent colorful ceramics and mosaic floors. The discovery will help to understand the area where the Caliph’s palace of Khirbat al-Minya was said to be built on the Sea of Galilee. Moreover, the researchers performed hands-on digging

Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, University of Bordeaux, Inserm, UMR 1219, Bordeaux, France Aniket Mishra, Quentin Le Grand, Ilana Caro, Constance Bordes, David-Alexandre Trégouët, Marine Germain, Christophe Tzourio, Jean-François Dartigues, Sara Kaffashian, Quentin Le Grand, Florence Saillour-Glenisson & Stephanie Debette Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research (ISD), University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany Rainer Malik, Marios K. Georgakis, Steffen Tiedt & Martin Dichgans Iwate Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Iwate Medical University,

New research revealed that rising levels of zone pollution could interrupt the pollination process of plants and animals. The excess ground-level zero ozone is seen to damage the flowering plants’ patterns, flower blooms, and plant foliage. According to the US Forest Service (USDA), it explained that pollination is an important process for plants and animals. It

Researchers have long sought the genetic factors behind long lifespan.Credit: BSIP/UIG/Getty There have long been good reasons to suspect that an individual’s DNA shapes how they age and how long they live. But “it’s always been iffy as to whether there’s true genetic control of lifespan and longevity”, says Robert Williams, a geneticist at the

What scientists have learnt from COVID lockdowns, read by Benjamin Thompson. Your browser does not support the audio element. Download MP3 At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries introduced strict lockdowns to help prevent spread of the disease. Since then, researchers have been studying the effects of these measures to help inform responses