174 stories in the last 48 hours · updated 15:02 WAT
A startling new study suggests that venomous snakebites are killing far more people worldwide than official statistics indicate, with an estimated 274,000 to 513,000 deaths every year. Researchers found that as many as 7 million people could suffer snake envenoming annually, while more than 800,000 Excerpt, ScienceDaily
Source ScienceDaily
DNA connects serial killer Ted Bundy to the death of another Utah teenager, authorities announced Tuesday, exactly 52 years after her body was discovered in the woods by a hunter. Bundy has been dead since 1989, but the tally of his confirmed victims continues to grow due to advances in DNA testing. Excerpt, The Korea Times
Source The Korea Times also The Globe and Mail
The energy minister described it as a "major milestone" for the East African nation. Excerpt, BBC News World
Source BBC News World also MyJoyOnline, Africanews
As tightening US visa restrictions and geopolitics lock out Asian researchers from Western institutions, South Korea is emerging as a new academic sanctuary for top talent. According to Yoo Ji-beom, president of Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) in Seoul, that reflects a broader trend that has seen the Excerpt, South China Morning Post
Source South China Morning Post
The first named storm of the North Indian Ocean’s cyclone season made landfall along the coast of Andhra Pradesh. Excerpt, NASA
Source NASA
Smoke from this year’s Indonesian forest and peatland fires has inflicted an estimated 8 billion ringgit (US$1.97 billion) in welfare losses on Malaysia, contributing to an estimated 1,700 deaths and severely disrupting manufacturing, according to a report commissioned by the country’s leading indus Excerpt, South China Morning Post
Source South China Morning Post
A surprising discovery by astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope is challenging a leading explanation for how the early universe emerged from a dense fog of hydrogen roughly 13 billion years ago. Scientists once believed powerful winds from exploding stars helped radiation escape galaxies and Excerpt, ScienceDaily
Source ScienceDaily
