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Sammy Basso, oldest progeria patient, died at 28, well beyond medical predictions
News Published on 07/10/2024 at 4:22 p.m. updated on 07/10/2024 at 4:22 p.m. Reading 2 min. Suffering from progeria, or Hutchinson-Gilford syndrome, the Italian Sammy Basso had long passed the…
In South Africa, researchers reconstruct the country’s oldest human genome
A team of scientists from the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the Max Planck Institute in Leipzig, Germany, have managed to decode the DNA of thirteen human fossils, the…
Here is the world’s oldest Volvo
Volvo Passenger Cars Aktiebolag, Volvo Car Group, or Volvo Cars – dear just has many names. The brand was founded in 1915, while the first series-produced passenger car left the…
Lived 4.2 billion years ago – oldest sign of life
All living things on earth are related to each other. Now a research team has counted backwards in evolution and has been able to reconstruct an organism from which all…
Sweden’s oldest spice jar is wanted to reduce food waste
In a competition, Sweden’s oldest spice jar is now wanted, because they want to test how it tastes.The goal is to reduce wastage and show that food survives long after…
About Andy Macdonald Oldest Olympic Skateboarder Ever | Sports in a nutshell
Great Britain’s Andy Macdonald, 50, becomes the oldest ever Olympic skateboarder in Paris. Young names dominated women’s Olympic skateboarding. However, on the men’s side, the old sport legends are still…
Are solar panels still usable after 31? Scientists have tested some of the oldest panels in the laboratory
Tests reveal important findings for the energy transition. Not all solar panels are equally robust, but a trend is discernible. What kind of modules are we talking about? As our…
112-year-old Gunborg Hancock is the Nordic region’s oldest person – has lived through three wars
In April, the Finnish-Swedish resident of Stockholm and the Nordics’ oldest person, Gunborg Hancock, turned 112. She is a lithographer by profession, and she trained in what was then a…
Do you know the oldest poetry competition in Europe? – The Express
It is an exceptional anniversary that has gone almost silently by the national press. And yet… Seven hundred years ago, the oldest Western literature competition was created in Toulouse. At…
Got the nob in the 60s – now becoming the oldest in space
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left fullscreenEdward Dwight may become the oldest person in space. Photo: Chris Pizzello/AP/TT Edward Dwight was close to becoming the world’s first black astronaut. Now the 90-year-old is…