Science & Technology

Published: 02 November 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The world’s largest standardised early warning system for detecting serious deterioration in sick children is being introduced across emergency departments in England, in a move intended to help doctors and nurses identify children who may require urgent medical attention more quickly. The national Paediatric Early Warning System, known as PEWS, uses a structured scoring method based on a...

Published: 02 November 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. More than 1.38 million faces were scanned by Western Australian police during a five-month trial of real-time facial recognition technology, resulting in 122 arrests but also nine incorrect alerts and renewed concerns about privacy, surveillance and the potential consequences of algorithmic errors. The trial, which concluded on Saturday, involved 100 deployments across 43 metropolitan and regional locations. According...

Published: 31 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Britain is considering tighter controls on consumer fireworks amid growing concern about noise, animal welfare, fire risks and the impact of private displays on communities. Ministers are weighing proposals that could significantly reduce the maximum permitted noise level of fireworks and restrict some of the louder products to professional users, potentially changing the way millions of people celebrate...

Published: 31 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Australia is facing growing debate over the continued use of paraquat, a highly toxic herbicide that has been associated with Parkinson’s disease and has been banned or restricted in numerous countries. The controversy has intensified after independent senator David Pocock confronted senior officials from the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) over the scientific basis of a...

Published: 31 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Democrats are increasingly looking toward a politically unusual group of voters as the US midterm elections approach: supporters of the Make America Healthy Again movement who once saw Donald Trump and his administration as allies in a campaign to transform American public health. The movement, commonly known as Maha, has brought together people concerned about ultra-processed food, agricultural...

Published: 31 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The international political landscape is facing growing uncertainty as conflicts across the Middle East, Europe and other regions become increasingly interconnected, raising questions about the future of diplomacy and the ability of global institutions to prevent further instability. US President Donald Trump’s foreign policy decisions, particularly Washington’s involvement in the conflict with Iran and its changing approach towards...

Published: 30 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, is facing the fallout from what could become the biggest cryptocurrency theft ever recorded, after analysts linked a suspected $6.3bn hack to a North Korean state-backed hacking group. The scale of the incident has sent shockwaves through the digital-asset industry, prompting an urgent effort to identify, freeze and recover funds while raising...

Published: 29 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online More than 41,000 employees and contractors working for the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have had personal and professional information exposed in a major data leak, raising fresh concerns about government cybersecurity, employee safety and the protection of sensitive law enforcement operations. The information was made public on Wednesday by Distributed Denial of Secrets, a nonprofit...

Published: 28 October 2026.The English Chronicle Desk.The English Chronicle Online. Australia is moving towards tighter regulation of artificial intelligence chatbots, with proposed legislation seeking to prevent AI services from simulating emotional intimacy in ways that encourage children to become dependent on them instead of developing human relationships. The initiative forms part of a wider digital duty of care framework designed to make social media companies, gaming platforms, applications and chatbot...

Published: 28 October 2026.The English Chronicle Desk.The English Chronicle Online. A growing social media trend known as “ferritin face” is prompting people to question whether dark circles under the eyes, pale or grey-looking skin, cracked lips and hair loss could be signs of iron deficiency. Popular on TikTok and other online platforms, the trend encourages users to connect changes in their appearance with low ferritin levels, the body's indicator of...