Source: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Pseudomonas aeruginosa, an environmental bacterium that can cause devastating multi-drug-resistant infections, particularly in people with underlying lung conditions, has rapidly evolved and subsequently spread across the globe over the past 200 years, likely driven by changes in human behavior, a new study finds. The work appears in the magazine Science. P. … Read more
EasyJet has canceled a large number of flights at short notice, throwing families’ holiday plans into disarray. Passengers arriving at Edinburgh and Glasgow airports to check in were sent home as flights were no longer operating. This threw their travel plans into disarray. One traveler, Sarah Machete, said her wedding in Naples was thrown into … Read more
Early humans appear to have experienced sudden and rapid technological progress about 600,000 years ago, according to new findings from a team of anthropologists who examined the use of ancient stone tools. The researchers behind the findings say this likely represents a major turning point in ancient human development, where the transmission of ancient knowledge … Read more
The key task for governments is to make clean energy technologies more accessible to those who would otherwise struggle with upfront costs, according to a new special report from the IEA. Accelerating the transition to clean energy technologies improves energy affordability and can ease pressure on the cost of living more broadly, according to a … Read more