Category: Science

People visit the mausoleum of Christopher Columbus in the cathedral of Seville, Spain, October 11, 2024. | Photo Credit: Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters The 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe, Spanish scientists said on Saturday, after using DNA analysis to tackle a centuries-old mystery. Several countries have argued over the origins…

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The method is named for a casino in Monaco, where Polish physicist Stanislaw Ulam was inspired by the way his uncle gambled to come up with the idea. | Photo Credit: Jonathan Petersson/Unsplash The Monte Carlo method is a type of algorithm that reveals a distribution by randomly sampling its elements again and again. For…

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The Antarctic Peninsula, like many polar regions, is warming faster than the global average, with extreme heat events in Antarctica becoming more common. A study which used satellite data to assess how much the Antarctic Peninsula has been “greening” in response to climate change found that the area of vegetation cover across the Peninsula increased…

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A study by Northwestern University researchers have found that showerheads and toothbrushes are teeming with an extremely diverse collection of viruses — most of which have never been seen before. Although this might sound ominous, the good news is these viruses don’t target people. They target bacteria. The microorganisms collected in the study are bacteriophage,…

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Besides protein, milk, eggs and meat also provide vitamin B12 and choline There are many myths about protein in India, emanating from sub-optimal understanding of nutrition biology. The first myth is that Indians are protein deficient. However, an analysis of NSS (National Sample Survey) household food intakes showed that the risk of protein deficiency (adjusted for…

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Every British citizen has a single health record from birth to death. Representative image. | Photo Credit: Irwan/Unsplash The story so far: In a significant advancement for health data research, Ben Goldacre and his team have developed the OpenSAFELY platform, enabling access to the health records of approximately 58 million people in the U.K. without…

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A geomagnetic storm lit up the night sky in parts of the US during the first weekend in October. South Africa’s National Space Agency (SANSA) told reporters that the storm had originated from a solar flare “that erupted from sunspot 3842 on October 3”. It said this was the strongest earth-facing solar flare recorded by…

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