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French scientists probe mRNA’s potential to fight cancer
AFP, Published on 20/11/2025
» ORLEANS, France - Inside a lab in the French city of Orleans, scientists are testing out the limits of molecules in our body called messenger RNA — best known for being used in Covid-19 vaccines — in the hopes of finding a breakthrough treatment for a particularly deadly cancer.
Killer whales spotted grooming each other with seaweed
AFP, Published on 24/06/2025
» PARIS - Killer whales have been caught on video breaking off pieces of seaweed to rub and groom each other, scientists announced on Monday, saying it was the first evidence of marine mammals making their own tools.
Frozen library of ancient ice tells tales of climate's past
AFP, Published on 16/11/2023
» COPENHAGEN - How was the air breathed by Caesar, the Prophet Mohammed or Christopher Columbus? A giant freezer in Copenhagen holds the answers, storing blocks of ice with atmospheric tales thousands of years old.
Scientists explain why peanuts 'dance' when dropped in beer
AFP, Published on 14/06/2023
» PARIS - When peanuts are dropped into a pint of beer, they initially sink to the bottom before floating up and "dancing" in the glass.
Ancient Arctic ice saved to preserve climate history
AFP, Published on 22/04/2023
» PARIS: Scientists have succeeded in saving samples of ancient Arctic ice for analysis in a race against time before it melts away due to climate change, they said this week.
Tickets sell out 'in five minutes' as China football fans relish return
AFP, Published on 14/04/2023
» BEIJING - The new Chinese Super League season kicks off on Saturday after three years of Covid controls with tickets reportedly selling out in just five minutes for the biggest match of the opening weekend.
Cyclone Freddy death toll in Malawi hits 326
AFP, Published on 17/03/2023
» BLANTYRE (MALAWI): The death toll in Malawi from Cyclone Freddy has risen to 326, the country's president said Thursday, bringing the total number of victims across southern Africa to more than 400 since February.
Malawians dig through mud for cyclone dead
AFP, Published on 16/03/2023
» BLANTYRE, Malawi: Lacking sniffer dogs and armed just with shovels, rescuers in storm-ravaged Malawi on Thursday went on a grim hunt for buried bodies after Cyclone Freddy struck the southern African country, killing more than 200 people.
Scientists use TikTok to fight climate change
AFP, Published on 09/03/2023
» PARIS: With his moustache caked in icicles and frozen droplets, glaciologist Peter Neff shows his 220,000 TikTok followers a sample of old ice excavated from Antarctica's Allan Hills.
Deep-sea mining noise 'threatens whales'
AFP, Published on 14/02/2023
» PARIS: Scientists warned on Tuesday that controversial seabed mining could significantly threaten ocean ecosystems, especially blue whales and other cetaceans already stressed by shipping, pollution and climate change.