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24 SEPT 2023 A colossal study has revealed a variation of a gene involved in an immune response has been secretly giving protection to the billions who carry it from Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. Known as DR4, the variant, or allele, is part of a family of genes that normally help our immune system pinpoint and …

23 SEPT 2023 Mysterious lights appear to have been spotted in Morocco before a devastating earthquake hit last week – and scientists still can’t figure out what caused them. A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit the High Atlas Mountains in Eastern Morocco on Friday. At least 2,900 people have died and about 5,500 are reported injured, …

21 SEPT 2023  Since the beginning of 2023, sea robbery in the Singapore Strait has increased at an alarming rate. The 113-km long, 19-km wide strait that connects the Indian Ocean with the South China Sea is one of the world’s busiest commercial waterways through which approximately 1,000 ships pass every day. The strait …

19 SEPT 2023                                         Inside our bodies at every moment, our cells are orchestrating a complex dance of atoms and molecules that uses energy to create, distribute and deploy the substances on which our lives depend. And it’s not just in our bodies: all animals carry out this dance of metabolism, and it …

19 SEPT 2023                                         Inside our bodies at every moment, our cells are orchestrating a complex dance of atoms and molecules that uses energy to create, distribute and deploy the substances on which our lives depend. And it’s not just in our bodies: all animals carry out this dance of metabolism, and it …

18 SEPT 2023 Lasers are devices that concentrate beams of light by forcing their waveforms and frequencies to align. First developed in the 1960s to amplify microwaves, modern lasers technology can ramp up light rays in just about any part of the electromagnetic spectrum, with the exception of gamma waves. The word stands …

13 SEPT 2023  The Maritime Disciplinary Court of the Netherlands released its ruling on a September 2022 collision off the coast in which a reefer overtaking a smaller, slower bulker hit the vessel. In a surprising move, the Dutch inspector however finds that the smaller vessel being overtaken was primarily …

15 SEPT 2023 Frequent flyers have a bag of tricks to get over jetlag. Scientists have plenty of suggestions too: from getting a dose of sunlight, melatonin or a hit of exercise, to staying hydrated, skipping caffeine, and eating at local meal times. While none are guaranteed quick fixes, these tips help our bodies slide back …

13 SEPT 2023  More than a decade after the casualty aboard the MSC Flaminia, the legal battles continue to set precedent likely to shape future litigation for shipowners, shippers, and their insurers. A U.K. Court of Appeal has rejected a claim from MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company seeking to limit the carrier’s …

12 SEPT 2023  Once again, the U.S. Coast Guard has intercepted and detained a former professional athlete for an ill-advised attempt to cross the Atlantic in a drum-like paddle wheel device of his own design.  Reza Baluchi, 51, was on his fourth attempt to make a human-powered ocean voyage with …