Hundreds of Australians evacuate homes due to bushfires
Hundreds of Australians have evacuated their homes due to bushfires amid “unprecedented” weather conditions in the state of Queensland, officials say. About 40 bushfires are burning across the state following a heatwave, said Queensland Fire and Emergency Services. The most serious blaze, 450km (280 miles) north of Brisbane, has destroyed at least two homes, damaged […]
Why Late-Night Eating May Hurt Your Heart
The research, presented here today at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions annual meeting, found that eating more lately in the evening was associated with an increased risk of heart disease. People in the U.S. now have a “delayed lifestyle” — they go to sleep later at night and get fewer hours of sleep, said […]
MIT researchers create plane that flies without any moving parts
Researchers at MIT have developed a plane capable of flying without any moving parts, reports MIT Technology Review. The feat was achieved using electroaerodynamic propulsion, which uses a pair of electrodes to push around ions and create ionic wind. The phenomenon has been known about since the 1960s (in fact, Apple even considered using it […]
Half of the world's diabetics won't have insulin by 2030, study says
By 2030, about half of the 79 million adults around the globe predicted to have type 2 diabetes won’t have access to insulin, a study said. A modeling study published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology focused on the price and dwindling supply of the life-saving drug that also helps people with types 1 and […]
