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Science correspondent Nicola Davis investigates the strange story of Tam O’Braan and his attempts to grow tea in Scotland.In episode three of this mini-series first broadcast in October 2025, all of O’Braan’s lies...
Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science.
Learn how discoveries at an Iron Age settlement near Tours, France, connect ceremonial acts with moments of change, abandonment, and daily Gaulish life.
NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev are wrapping up their 241‑day mission aboard the International Space Station. The crew and its Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft will...
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory unveiled this new look at the galaxy NGC 4736, also known as Messier 94, on June 30, 2026. Messier 94 is a spiral galaxy with a bright inner ring around it, called a starburst ring,...
Marvel just dropped a massive casting announcement for 'Avengers: Doomsday.' Here's everything we know about the next MCU crossover.
In Kentucky and West Virginia, rescuers freed trapped residents as states face catastrophic floods and damageTropical storm Bertha made landfall in St Bernard parish, on the Gulf coast south-east of New Orleans,...
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Description This graphic illustrates the areas of Jupiter’s moon Io sampled by the Microwave Radiometer (MWR) instrument aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft during two close flybys. The black overlapping lines show the...
Astronomers have found a Jupiter-mass world orbiting a brown dwarf that orbits a star. The post Exoplanet or Exomoon? New Contender Elicits Skepticism appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
Just the facts on hurricanes and climate
In just a few weeks, Colombia will have a new leader. Right-wing candidate Abelardo de la Espriella won Colombia’s runoff election on June 11 with 49.6% of the vote, securing a razor-thin victory over the left-wing...
AI-focused VC firm raises $800M, Merck's new cholesterol pill, and more biotech news from The Readout
Born in 1746 in Ponte, Italy, Giuseppe Piazzi was ordained as a priest in 1769. He taught theology, philosophy, and mathematics at various points in his career, but in 1787 became a professor of astronomy, and King...
The U.S. hasn't seen measles numbers like this since 1992. An epidemiologist explains what's driving the surge.
The used-car market may still value a 2025 model differently from a 2026 one.
HELSINKI — Commercial launch firm Orienspace launched its third Gravity-1 solid rocket late Tuesday, sending nine satellites into orbit from waters off Shanghai. The 30-meter-long Gravity-1 solid rocket lifted off...
Senior leaders must treat AI governance as their own daily job, not something the technology committee handles quarterly, write Peter Pronovost, Justin Norden, and Kedar Mate.
The nominee demonstrated a lack of preparation, insufficient independence, or both. Even if Trump's next nominee could be worse, the Senate shouldn't abdicate its advice-and-consent role.
The science says Congress is getting it wrong
Satellite image of the aftermath of the 26 May 2026 landslides in Yongchuan District, Chongqing. Image copyright Planet Labs, used with permission, captured on 3 June 2026.
A conversation with Will Poff-Webster of the Institute for Progress and Stephanie Pollack of the MIT Mobility Initiative.
Pronunciation: Ay-bye-oh-JEN'-ih-sis
The conclusion to the summary of the recent release of health spending projections through 2034.
This incident underscores concerns over the increasingly powerful cybersecurity capabilities of new AI models
Think you know South Africa’s health system? Put your knowledge to the test with Bhekisisa’s health crossword. Drawing on years of reporting, investigations, data and policy coverage, the puzzle offers a fun way to...
From negotiating South Africa's bid to make the groundbreaking HIV prevention injection lenacapavir, to helping to chart the country's Aids programmes through unprecedented donor funding cuts, Thembi Xulu has become...
Media are invited to join NASA for a virtual news conference at 2 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, July 29, to preview the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission, scheduled to launch from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in...
Learn about a fossil shedding light on violence and funerary practices during the Middle Paleolithic.
Tom Hiddleston is a "Time Detective" investigating the burial of Pompeii in National Geographic's 'Pompeii: Out of Time.'
(MedPage Today) -- Novo Nordisk sued rival drugmaker Eli Lilly, alleging false advertising claims about relative weight-loss drug performance. (Reuters via NBC News) GLP-1 drug use surged from 2017 to 2022, jumping...
NatGeo's Pompeii: Out of Time fuses historical fact and imagination to bring city's last 24 hours to life.
Washington, D.C.— July 21, 2026 —The Commercial Space Federation (CSF) is pleased to welcome Overview Energy, Loft Orbital, and Star Catcher as new associate members — companies advancing space-based energy, […] The...
Here are some tips to get the most out of your galaxy images. The post Astrophotography: Picturing Galaxies appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
The first Japanese scientist to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, he went on to discover how memories are stored, advancing understanding of how the brain works.
Northrop Grumman’s Mission Robotic Vehicle features the Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) payload from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and DARPA. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space...
Scientists in the 1960s thought the ecosystem was lifeless The post A “Dead” Coral Reef Found Thriving Off the Coast of Africa appeared first on Nautilus.
The Starlink 17-39 mission is SpaceX’s 85th Falcon 9 rocket launch of the year. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base occurred at 7:49 a.m. PDT (10:49 a.m. EDT / 1449 UTC).