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A specimen of Abyssalia, a new genus of sponges. Credit: Slim Chraiti, University of Geneva. Two new genera and four new species of giant single-celled xenophores (protozoa belonging to a group called foraminifera) were discovered in the deep Pacific Ocean during a joint project between scientists at the National Center …

The accident highlighted the sad situation for Pakistan International Airlines, the national airline, and after the accident, Prime Minister Imran Khan demanded an immediate investigation. The airline has experienced large financial losses in recent decades. Corruption, nepotism, over-staffing, lack of quality control and favoritism in appointments due to political pressure …

An advance that led to the creation of new neurons in mice could be used to transplant brain cells in Parkinson’s patients and cure them of the disease. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine created neurons in mice using a new and much simpler method …

Bayer will pay more than $ 10 billion to settle thousands of lawsuits related to claims that its herbicide Roundup causes cancer, the company announced Wednesday. Monsanto, bought by Bayer in 2018, lost a lawsuit that same year filed by a school gardener who claimed that his herbicide had caused …

To date, there are only four main GNSS networks: GPS (USA), GLONASS (Russia), Galileo (European Union) and now Beidou. India and Japan operate smaller systems. Most people are familiar with GPS, which is used for everything from personal navigation on your smartphone to tracking aircraft and container ships around the …