Occasionally it is worth pausing for a moment and asking why people prefer to watch certain team sports compared to others. Football, for example, is easy to understand and truly…
Ultra-low-cost hearing aid could address age-related hearing loss worldwide
Using a device that could be built with a dollar's worth of open-source parts and a 3-D-printed case, researchers want to help the hundreds of millions of older people worldwide…
3M explores $3.5 billion sale of food safety unit
Industrial conglomerate 3M Co MMM.N is working with advisers on the sale of its food safety business, Bloomberg News reported here on Tuesday, citing people with knowledge of the matter.…
Woman dies during a ransomware attack on a German hospital
It could be the first death directly linked to a cybersecurity attack A woman in Germany died during a ransomware attack on the Duesseldorf University Hospital, in what may be…
Grand Central Terminal workers had secret ‘man cave’ under New York City landmark
"Few would have the chutzpah to commandeer a secret room beneath Grand Central Terminal and make it their very own man-cave," an official said. A fridge with beer. A large…
Sale end silverware wait by edging out Harlequins in Premiership Cup final
After 14 years of trying, Sale could finally savour the rarefied taste of silverware again after edging a close-fought, ill-disciplined affair that may yet signal their re-emergence as a serious…
Pale melanomas masked by albino gene
People with pale colored melanomas are more likely to have a gene mutation associated with albinism, University of Queensland research has found. Study lead author Dr. Jenna Rayner said albinism,…
Fed, Treasury chiefs back more aid for small business but leave details fuzzy
Top U.S. economic policymakers opened the door on Tuesday to further aid for small businesses hit by the coronavirus-triggered recession, but differed over how broad it might extend and the…
iOS 14 switches default apps back to Apple’s Safari and Mail after a reboot
You’ll have to set it back to Chrome or Outlook after rebooting your device Apple gives you the option of picking new default browser and email apps in iOS 14…
Woman tasered after refusing to wear face mask at Ohio school football game
The woman, identified by police as Alecia Kitts, was arrested for criminal trespassing and released at the scene. An Ohio woman was tasered and forcibly removed from a middle school…