The UN announced Monday that the 48.8C recorded on the Italian island of Sicily in 2021 had been verified as the European high temperature record, against which the current heatwave will be measured. The...
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Last Summer Was So Hot It Killed Over 60,000 People in Europe : ScienceAlert
More than 61,000 people died due to the heat during Europe’s record-breaking summer last year, a study said on Monday which called for more to be done to protect against even deadlier heatwaves expected...
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Europe Is About to Launch The First Mission to Discover The Dark Side of The Universe : ScienceAlert
Europe’s Euclid space telescope is scheduled to blast off Saturday on the first-ever mission aiming to shed light on two of the Universe’s greatest mysteries: dark energy and dark matter. The launch is planned...
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Orcas Are Sinking Boats Off The Coast of Europe And We Have No Idea Why : ScienceAlert
Orcas living off Europe’s Iberian coast recently struck and sunk a yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar. Scientists suspect that this is the third vessel this subpopulation of killer whales has capsized since May...
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Ancient Humans in Europe Started Controlling Fire Far, Far Earlier Than We Thought : ScienceAlert
Human history is intimately entwined with the use and control of fire. However, working out when our relationship with fire began and how it subsequently evolved has been notoriously difficult. This is partly due...
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It Took Waves of Modern Humans to Claim Europe From Neanderthals : ScienceAlert
Scientists are rewriting the story of how modern humans first spread out of Africa, and it might contain more run-ins with Europe’s Neanderthals than previously recognized. Last year, archaeologists uncovered several lines of evidence...
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Tuberculosis Deaths Creep Upwards After Falling For Decades in Europe : ScienceAlert
The number of tuberculosis deaths in Europe is on the rise again after declining for almost two decades, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Friday. TB killed 27,300 Europeans in 2021 compared to...
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Paralysis Outbreak in Europe Tied to ‘Stomach Botox’ Procedures : ScienceAlert
An outbreak of botulinum poisoning has been traced back to two private hospitals in Türkiye, where patients underwent a medical procedure intended to help them lose weight. According to a report by the European...
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Bows Were Being Used in Europe 40,000 Years Earlier Than We Thought : ScienceAlert
A cave in southern France has revealed evidence of the first use of bows and arrows in Europe by modern humans some 54,000 years ago, far earlier than previously known. The research, published on...
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A Single Giant Queen ‘Murder Hornet’ Sparked The Invasion of Europe : ScienceAlert
Invasive species have a notorious ability to spread rapidly through unprepared ecosystems, wreaking havoc along their way. The Asian hornet (Vespa velutina), is no exception, expanding its habitat by more than 80 kilometers (50...
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