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A UK-backed study finds e-scooter riders face greater risks of traumatic brain injuries, internal-organ damage, and blood-vessel injuries compared with motorcyclists and cyclists. Women are more likely to suffer severe injuries. Helmet use remains low among e-scooter riders amid ongoing trials and tightening safety debates.
Scientists have found that human-caused warming has made the hot, dry and windy weather that fuelled this summer’s wildfires far more likely: roughly 20 times more likely in central Spain and about twice as likely in parts of France. The results accompany mass evacuations, record burn areas and heavy smoke that has crossed international borders.
A long-forgotten tail vertebra from James Ross Island has been confirmed as belonging to a Titanosaur, dating from about 82 million years ago. The bone had been stored in a BAS drawer since 1985 and is the first dinosaur fossil identified on Antarctica. Scientists say the find reshapes understanding of the continent’s prehistoric ecosystems and suggests a forested, hospitable Antarctica.