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Enda McClaffertyNorthern Ireland political editor Getty Images Michael D Higgins leaves Áras an Uachtaráin (the official residence of the Irish president) after 14 years as Ireland’s head of state It was the moment which summed up Michael D Higgins’ time as Irish president. The moment when he defied public, church …

Scientists have discovered a new medicine that they say offers hope of substantially slowing the progress of motor neurone disease (MND). The drug, named M102, works by protecting nerve cells damaged by MND. Preclinical studies of the drug conducted with mice show improvement in movement and nerve function. Researchers are …

The biggest climate meeting of the year opened in Brazil on Monday aiming to bring countries together, amid a difficult global backdrop of backlash to climate policies in Europe and an absent United States. Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva warned of those who “sow hatred, spread fear, and …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Meghan Trainor turned heads when she showcased her body transformation while stepping out for the Baby2Baby Gala on Saturday night — eight months after revealing that she was taking the weight loss drug Mounjaro. The 31-year-old singer stunned in a strapless ivory …

Vibration plates claim to be a new way to get fit without heavy impact on your joints. These machines say that by simply standing on a vibrating plate, you can get fit and gain strength. Low-impact workouts can be a game changer for people with arthritis or other chronic conditions …

The Philippines is no stranger to storms, but this past week it’s taken an exceptional battering. First came Typhoon Kalmaegi, killing at least 224 people. Then six days later, Super Typhoon Fung-wong. The storm chasers who make it their life mission to track Mother Nature’s extremes were all in the …

[ The upper right image illustrates how adaptive optics three-photon microscopy enables high-resolution imaging of microglia in the brains of awake mice, resulting in clearer images compared to existing technologies. The lower left image demonstrates that this new technology can capture microglia activity in mice in awake state. Credit: Nature …

Georgina RannardClimate and science reporter, Belém, Brazil EPA Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during the opening of the COP30 conferences in Belem, Brazil. The world must “defeat” climate denialism and fight fake news, Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has told the opening meeting of the …

[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Scientists at Oregon State University have filed a patent on a design for a new magnetic resonance imaging contrast agent with the potential to outperform current agents while being less toxic to patients and more environmentally friendly. The new material is based on a structure …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Traumatic brain injury, or TBI, affects millions of Americans each year, often resulting in long-term health challenges. New national recommendations are now paving the way for more effective short- and long-term care for patients with TBI. Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD, a physiatrist with UT Health San …

Graham FraserBBC Scotland University of Dundee Prof Iris Grunwald demonstrates the technology which she says now shows that a specialist doesn’t need to be “in the same hospital, or even in the same country, to help you” Doctors from Scotland and the US have completed what is thought to be …

It’s been three decades of COP talks – and as most of the climate metrics get worse, questions about whether the summits are working have become impossible to ignore. This year, approximately 40,000 people are flying in to Belém in Brazil for COP30 – back in the country that hosted …

Former UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has urged Donald Trump to return to global efforts to fight climate change. The White House has claimed “climate goals” are “killing other countries and would have killed America” without Mr Trump’s intervention. Speaking to Sky News before the COP30 climate talks, which start today …

Nikhil InamdarBBC News, Mumbai Bloomberg via Getty Images India’s data centre capacity is projected to surge 77% by 2027 The extraordinary rise of artificial intelligence has turbocharged data centre growth in India, Asia’s third largest economy. Data centres – the centralised physical facilities that enable our growing digital existence by …

The Zoe Health: AI Meal Tracker has multiple features, and I tested them all. Getty Image/Zooey Liao/CNET It can be difficult to determine the healthiness of a certain food just by looking at it or taking a glance at its packaging. That’s why barcode scanning and AI meal tracking apps …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Opening all blocked arteries with stents in patients with a heart attack, known as complete revascularization, reduces the risk of death from cardiovascular causes, death from any cause and future heart attacks compared with opening only the culprit artery causing the heart attack according to …

James GallagherHealth and science correspondent Getty Images Flu strikes every winter, but something seems to be different this year. A seasonal flu virus suddenly mutated in the summer; it appears to evade some of our immunity; has kick-started a flu season more than a month early and is a type …

Khanyisile NgcoboJohannesburg Supplied Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla’s outfit at a preliminary hearing sought to ridicule the accusations against her A new chapter in South Africa’s long-running Zuma saga is set to begin with the 43-year-old daughter of the former president due to go on trial this week on terrorism-related charges. In what …

Sending anything to Mars is a much more difficult process than it seems. In the 1960s, the Soviet Union tried (and failed) in its first nine consecutive attempts, and the US was only able to succeed in quick flybys. The losing streak came to an end in 1971 with the …

Getty/Reuters Trump has been attacking Mamdani as a “communist” since he won the New York Democratic primary in June Just moments after Zohran Mamdani won his battle to become the next mayor of New York City, the rising political star zeroed in on his next fight: taking on the president …