A leading Chinese medical university, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, is investigating the death of a young girl in an experimental gene-editing trial conducted last year at its affiliated Xinhua Hospital and led by a prominent expert, Qiu Zilong.
And suddenly, the tiger is losing its stripes. Discover why habitat restoration may cause this jungle icon to go black.
The United States is banning the import of new Chinese humanoid robots. “An unacceptable risk to our national security,” officials say.
Poland has opened a production line for the Hornet, a domestically developed long-range attack drone described as Poland’s answer to the Iranian Shahed. The facility in Sochaczew, west of Warsaw, is a joint venture between the state-run institute ITWL and the industrial group Boryszew.
The United States is dealing with a notable outbreak of the intestinal parasite Cyclospora this summer, and the source remains unknown for now. What began with infections in Michigan has since spread to 41 states, with thousands of confirmed cases and even more suspected cases, according to recent CDC figures.
On Friday evening, a striking fireball was visible in the sky in various parts of the Netherlands. This led to remarkable images and reactions on social media. The light phenomenon was reported from Amsterdam, Utrecht, Groningen, Emmen, Vlieland, and Zwolle, among other places.
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Belgian cyclist Oliver Naesen responded bluntly on the HLN Cycling Podcast to the late-night doping tests conducted on Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard. According to the Decathlon-CMA CGM rider, a teammate of Paul Seixas, such tests are aimed at detecting a substance that is detectable in the blood for only a very short time. “They’re looking for something that’s only in your blood for three hours,” Naesen said. He was referring to substances such as growth hormone.
Uncertainty reigns regarding the nighttime doping tests on Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard, after the International Testing Agency (ITA) had the top cyclists taken from their beds in the middle of the night—reportedly with the authorization of a French judge. A French prosecutor confirmed on Monday that a judge had approved a request from the ITA, an exceptional step that, according to the law, is only permitted in cases of “serious and consistent suspicions” and when there is a risk of evidence being lost.
Thirty years after its sinking, the sunken Soviet submarine Komsomolets continues to cause a stir in the Norwegian Sea. Although recent measurements show that the nuclear-tipped torpedoes are not yet leaking plutonium, the wreck’s nuclear reactor is indeed still emitting radioactive substances.