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SCIENTISTS fear that the world’s ‘mostly deadly infection’ could be spreading silently through communities, as conventional tests fail to spot the bacteria causing it. Tuberculosis (TB) is responsible for the deaths of millions across the globe each year. 1TB mainly affects the lungs, but it can affect any part of the body tooIt’s been assumed the illness spreads through droplets released by the coughs and sneezes of people who test positive for TB. But scientists warned that the deadly illness could be spreading silently, as common tests fail to catch cases. People may still carry the infection despite testing negative…

ROTTING beds, charred dummies and broken operating tables make up the chilling ruins of an abandoned asylum left to rot for over two decades.In a rural town in northern Italy lies Manicomio Di Voghera – an abandoned mental hospital dubbed the “painful city” that was shut down in 1998 after a century of horrors.6The Italian metal asylum was shut down in 1998 and nature has tried its best to reclaim itCredit: TikTok6Broken hospital chairs, gurneys and children’s bikes line hallwaysCredit: TikTok6Dirty sheets are still attached to beds fastened to the groundCredit: TikTokBuilt in 1876, the sprawling complex housed patients that…

MARS is home to some mind-blowing landscapes, from volcanoes five times the height of Everest to fields of so-called “ghost dunes”.With plans for future cities on Mars already in motion, humans might just be able to explore these regions for themselves in the 2030s and beyond.10SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has his sights set on ferrying one million people to the Red Planet by 2050Credit: Alamy10Mount Mons is the largest volcano in our solar system, and the tallest on MarsCredit: NASA10For interstellar hikers, Mount Mons will offer cracking views of the Tharsis VolcanoesCredit: Alamy10A map of Mars and it’s possible future…

SCIENTISTS have discovered how to turn off a fear switch in the brain, a study shows.The breakthrough could lead to new treatments for patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), US researchers said.1Pic shows: Neurons are highlighted during the fear response in the brain of a mouseCredit: Spitzer Lab, UC San DiegoResearchers found that changes in the brain can lead to a state of generalised fear, when a person’s fear response kicks in even in the absence of a real threat.Taking the common 5p antidepressant fluoxetine — also known as Prozac — immediately after a fright helped avoid this state of…

A CREEPY Soviet military hospital has been left untouched and abandoned for over 30 years since the fall of the Iron Curtain.Sitting in Budapest, the hospital was once used by Soviet troops to defend against the Nazis in World War 2 but has now been left to crumble and rot.7An old abandoned Soviet hospital hasn’t been touched since 1991 and is now crumbling to piecesCredit: Reuters7The entrance to the hospital is now falling apart after being left untouched for decadesCredit: YouTube/Desolate Point7Sitting in Budapest the hospital is growing mould on the damp wallsCredit: Reuters7Some of the remaining hospital equipment insideCredit:…

RESEARCHERS have uncovered evidence of a tropical island that is now submerged underwater.Brazilian and British scientists were exploring the seafloor around a volcanic plateau dubbed Rio Grande Rise in 2018 when they came across evidence of the island.3Researchers have uncovered evidence of a tropical island underwaterCredit: Getty3This bathymetric map shows seafloor features along the Brazilian meridional continental marginCredit: Ana Alberoni, modified from Alberoni et al., 2019)The Rio Grande Rise is located around 745.6 miles (or 1200 km) off the southeastern Brazilian coast.The island, which is estimated to be roughly the size of Iceland, existed about 45 million years ago.Researchers believed the island formed…

ALZHEIMER’S disease could be predicted seven years before you develop it by AI, a study suggests.Machine learning models were able to spot early warning signs of the memory-robbing condition, US researchers found.1An AI model is able to calculate a patient’s risk of Alzheimer’s based on other conditions they already haveCredit: Nature AgingLead researcher Alice Tang, a doctoral student at UC San Francisco, said AI helped identify other conditions that are linked to Alzheimer’s years before its onset.She said: “This is a first step towards using AI on routine clinical data, not only to identify risk as early as possible, but…

IT was like a scene from a disaster movie – ash spewed from a volcano top as tourists cried out in pain with their “skin hanging off”.It took just minutes for the Whakaari volcano on White Island, off the North Island of New Zealand, to spill its deadly contents in December 2019.15The Whakaari volcano eruption killed 22 people and many survivors were left were life-changing burnsCredit: Reuters15Stephanie Browitt, then 23, from Melbourne, suffered burns to 70 per cent of her bodyOn that day 47 tourists had travelled to the island for the experience of a lifetime, but just 25 made…

A COLONEL from the US Army has revealed a timeframe for when augmented humans and humanoids could be used effectively in warfare.Colonel Troy Denomy was speaking today at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas.1The Marines recently conducted a test of robot dogs with M72 rocket launchers attached to their backsCredit: U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Justin J. Marty“We are largely thinking about the timespan between 2030 and 2040,” he told an audience.Denomy was speaking as part of a panel at the conference called Humanoids or Augmented Humans: Accelerating Autonomy with AI.Several concerns were raised during the…

A SHOCKING video has emerged appearing to show a baby in a nappy puffing on a pink vape. Another child sitting off-screen next to the tot suffered a coughing fit as they were engulfed in fumes from the pen. 2A shocking video showed a baby in a nappy puffing on a vapeCredit: Twitter2As the tot was engulfed in vapour, a child sitting next to it suffered a coughing fitCredit: TwitterThe clip shows the vaping toddler strapped into a car seat and taking a puff from the device in its hand. The tot turns towards the camera and calls out “Nanny”,…