Author: MOST. JESMIN AKTER

The court’s order was fractured, with the justices splitting over whether individual cancellations and the policy behind them could be challenged in a federal trial court. Source link

The conflict that has put rebels in control of much of the east of the country has left victims with no legal recourse and dismantled many of the clinics that offered care. Source link

It is not just a scourge of the Middle Ages. Plague still exists, though it is rare. Here’s what to look for and how to protect yourself. Source link

Eastern Kentucky is historically prone to flooding. As wet air rises against the Appalachian mountains, it naturally releases moisture into the valleys below. But when extreme rainfall encounters the mountainous topography, water is rapidly channeled into low-lying areas and can wash out the region’s many creeks and streams. One study found that during the 2022 floods, a disproportionate number of deaths occurred along or near areas of Troublesome Creek, a tributary of the 168-mile North Fork Kentucky River that has been disrupted by historic mountaintop coal mining.For many Hazard residents, life has totally changed with more frequent flooding. Like many…

A reassessment of the iconic species has “some dramatic implications for how we view giraffe conservation across Africa,” a new study concludes. Source link

LONDON — A former PhD student analyzing 125-million-year-old fossils has made waves with the discovery of a new species of dinosaur that had a sail on its back.The findings, published in the journal Papers in Palaeontology on Friday, relate to fossils originally excavated in the 1970s on the Isle of Wight, a small island off England’s south coast. The fossil bones were originally thought to belong to one of the two known species of iguanodontian from the island. But Jeremy Lockwood, a retired doctor, said he noticed unusual differences in the spinal structure of the fossils during his PhD studies…

Panel members have been given a broad mandate, despite pleas from C.D.C. employees asking Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to stop spreading misinformation. Source link

For some cultures, the practice of cranial deformation may have offered individuals a path to privilege later in their lives. Source link

In 2001, Egypt signed the U.N. cultural body UNESCO’s Convention on Underwater Cultural Heritage, limiting the retrieval of submerged artifacts.“The rest will remain part of our sunken heritage,” Fathi said speaking to the media.“The artifacts that you see date back to successive periods, starting from the Ptolemaic era,” said Mohamed Ismail, secretary-general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities. The Ptolemaic era lasted for nearly 300 years and was followed by Roman rule, which lasted for around 600 years. Source link

The decommissioning would leave the United States with no icebreaker to study the southern seas and cede scientific leadership to rival countries like China. Source link