COVID nasal spray to start human trials in US

Researchers at Northwestern University (NU) and the University of Washington (UW) have developed an untested nasal spray to combat all strains of COVID-19. The newfangled spray allegedly targets the virus’s weak spots and completely prevents it from entering the body. Science Translational Medicine reported that human clinical trials would begin next month, with a potential…

FIre

Six-year-old dies in Brisbane house fire

A six-year-old boy has died in a house fire early Monday morning after a fire tore through the family home in the Brisbane suburb of Clayfield. Emergency services arrived at the burning house just before 4am where three members of the family managed to escape the blazing property. The boy’s mother, father and sibling exited…

Bitcoin

Crypto ATM market expected to grow

Cryptocurrencies are growing in popularity throughout the world and with this, experts say too is the Crypto ATM market. Vantage Market Research analysed the current crypto ATM market, valuing it at about USD $74.2 million in 2021. However, their findings predict the global market could be worth in excess of USD $1185.4 million by 2028…

Amadea

Fijian police seize Russian billionaire’s yacht

A superyacht owned by a Russian billionaire arrived in Fiji on Thursday with authorities quick to question how the vessel got there despite the owner being hit with several sanctions. Police questioned the Amadea’s captain on how the boat was able to get to Fiji’s Lautoka port without customs clearance. Authorities believe the yacht is…

Musk

The Elon Musk and Twitter saga continues

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has offered to buy Twitter however his offer hasn’t been met with open arms by the people at the social media platform. The billionaire has offered up an additional AUD $58 billion to purchase Twitter after recently spending just over $3 billion to amass 9.2 per cent of shares and become…

Axiom Space

Private mission carrying civilians reaches ISS

A partnership between Axiom Space and Space X has seen the first US private mission to the International Space Station (ISS) a success. Axiom Space utilised the Space X’s Falcon 9 rocket to launch three men and an accompanying astronaut to the ISS with each man paying over AUD $70 million for the record-breaking experience.…

Charles Darwin

Stolen Darwin notebooks returned 22 years later

Two of Charles Darwin’s notebooks have been returned to Cambridge University after they were stolen in 2000. These journals played an important role in the English naturalist discovering the theory of evolution according to Cambridge University Librarian Dr Jessica Gardner who detailed how staff came across the historical items. “We don’t know a lot, but…