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Researchers hope to learn more about the species, found in a Salzburg forest, before it goes into hibernation.

A new study systematically investigates flooding risk to hospitals on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts from Category 1-4 storms and finds that even relatively weak storms pose a serious flood risk to hospitals along the coast. Sea level rise expected in this century due to the effects of climate change increases the odds of hospital flooding by 22% according to a study. source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/09/220929132600.htm

Vladimir Putin sparks outcry by annexing four regions of Ukraine, while President Zelensky applies to Nato.

• University of Freiburg study on vocabulary acquisition uses novel game-based design • Study results: Children of primary school age can benefit from long-term experience with multiple accents when learning words in unfamiliar accents from other children • Bilingualism, on the other hand, did not lead to corresponding effects in vocabulary learning source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/09/220929132458.htm

A clinical trial showed a remarkable 20 percent advantage in the two-year overall survival rate for people with advanced melanoma who first received immunotherapy (72 percent survival rate) versus those who initially got targeted therapies (52 percent survival rate). Progression-free survival, where the cancer is stable or improving, was also trending in favor of those who started on immunotherapy. source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/09/220928113017.htm

  Congress President Election: Mallikarjun Kharge has entered the race for Congress president today. (File) 7 New Delhi:  A day after announcing that he will run for Congress President, Digvijaya Singh today announced that he's dropping out. That decision is based on Mallikarjun Kharge being put forward as the  candidate  backed by the Gandhis. "Kharge ji is my leader and my senior. I asked him yesterday if he wanted to contest. He said no. I met him again today. I told him I am with you fully if you are contesting. I can't think of contesting against him. He is filing his nomination and I will be his proposer," said Digvijaya Singh, 75. Digvijaya Singh had not met Sonia Gandhi, the current Congress boss, before he announced his decision to run for her job. That was not a snub or an act of defiance, a la Ashok Gehlot. Instead, sources have explained, Digvijaya Singh was aware all along that his role was to serve as a 'dummy candidate' till the Gandhis decided