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US military fears Putin is planning to use nuclear threats if Ukraine continues valiant pushback

Mar 19, 2022

Vladimir Putin will edge closer to deploying a nuclear attack if Ukraine continues its valiant pushback against the invasion of Russian troops, a top US defense official warned. The darts...

Putin is likely to make nuclear threats if war drags, US says

Mar 19, 2022

WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) - President Vladimir Putin can be expected to brandish threats to use nuclear weapons against the West if stiff Ukrainian resistance to Russia's invasion continues, draining conventional manpower...

Russian army general arrested for 'leaking Ukraine info'

Mar 19, 2022

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – originally forecast to be over in less than a week – limps into its third week, furious Kremlin boss Vladimir Putin is looking for...

Look! Up in the sky! Is it a planet? Nope, just a star

Mar 19, 2022

“Then we thought, something doesn’t add up.”The team then took a second look at both the star and the planetary candidate. As with all Kepler-detected planets, Kepler-854b was spotted through...

Building communities, founding a startup with people in mind

Mar 18, 2022

“Natural gas now provides about 40 percent of the energy used to power homes and industry in the United States,” Benedetti says. Returning to MIT enabled Benedetti to continue his...

LSD, a future anti-anxiety pill?

Mar 18, 2022

Dr. Gobbi's study also found that low doses of LSD promoted the formation of new dendritic spines in rodents. To my surprise, this research is now in the spotlight,” says...

Forest restoration must navigate trade-offs between environmental and wood production goals

Mar 18, 2022

Forest restoration is gathering pace worldwide, in part as a way to tackle climate change: deforestation is a major source of carbon emissions, and forest restoration can be a ‘nature-based...

Study suggests lithium may decrease risk of developing dementia

Mar 18, 2022

The analysis suggested that patients who received lithium were less likely to develop dementia than those who did not, although the overall number of patients who received lithium was small....

Research briefs: Heatwaves, musical self-assembly, and first impressions

Mar 18, 2022

They found that nearly every plot in the study was deficient in sulfur, which is critical for achieving the highest maize yields. Farmers who received fertilizer recommendations but no subsidy...

How many Australians have had COVID-19?

Mar 18, 2022

New research will estimate the proportion of the population who have been infected with COVID-19 - even if they didn’t have symptoms or get a test. Reporting of positive tests...