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Dr. Yarden Ariav and Prof. Ayelet Erez at the Weizmann Institute of Science whose research found sildenafil blocks cancer cell cholesterol supply

Sildenafil, Viagra’s Active Ingredient, May Block Cancer Spread, Israeli Study Finds

Israeli scientists at the Weizmann Institute found sildenafil, the active ingredient in Viagra, disrupts the cholesterol supply cancer cells need to metastasize. The study in Cancer Research combines lab work with real-world

August 4, 2026

by Olivia Taylor

Historical illustration depicting an Inca-Spanish confrontation during the colonial period when European colonists brought smallpox to the Americas

Chilean Mummies Yield First Molecular Proof Europeans Brought Smallpox to the Americas

Ancient DNA from two Inca mummies in Chile provides the first molecular confirmation that Europeans brought smallpox to the Americas, a study in Science concludes. Researchers found the virus evolved more slowly in immunologically naive populations, potentially making it more

August 4, 2026

by Dmitri Agafonov

NASA satellite map showing sea surface temperature anomalies across the Pacific Ocean during an El Nino event with warmer-than-normal waters in the central and eastern Pacific

El Niño ‘Inside the House,’ WMO Warns as Pakistan Floods Kill Over 100, Europe Burns

The WMO warned Thursday that El Niño has arrived with Pacific temperatures 2.9°C above normal. Pakistan's

NASA Curiosity rover panorama showing vast field of honeycomb-like polygon fractures in Valle Grande region of Mars

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Discovers Sea of Honeycomb Fractures on Mars

NASA's Curiosity rover discovered a vast honeycomb fracture field on Mars in June 2026. Scientists at

NASA Landsat 9 satellite image of meltwater ponds forming on the Greenland Ice Sheet in July 2025, evidence of accelerating ice melt

Sea Level Rise Is Accelerating, and Scientists Now Fully Explain Why

A new study from the Chinese Academy of Sciences fully accounts for accelerating sea level rise, finding ocean warming and ice melt have nearly doubled the rate of rise since the 1960s.

May 24, 2026

Climate·News·Science

Cross-section of a 2.7 billion-year-old Tumbiana stromatolite from Pilbara Craton, Western Australia, showing finely layered microbial structure

Asteroid Crater in South Korea Yields Stromatolites That Hint at How Life Began on Earth

Korean geologists have found 20,000-year-old stromatolites buried beneath a meteorite crater, evidence that asteroid strikes may have built hydrothermal nurseries where early life on Earth could take hold.

May 24, 2026

News·Reports·Science

Artist concept of Sagittarius A* the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy with swirling accretion disk and bright flares observed by JWST

Inside the Birth, Life and Death of Black Holes: New Gravitational Wave Data Rewrites the Lifecycle of the Universe’s Most Extreme Objects

From stellar corpses to second-generation monsters and a possible quantum death by evaporation, 300 gravitational wave detections and a landmark 2026 Nature Astronomy study are forcing astrophysicists to redraw the timeline of

May 24, 2026

Climate·News·Science

Webb Telescope near-infrared image showing Messier 51 spiral arm with young star clusters lighting bubbles inside dense gas

Webb Telescope Finds Most Massive Star Clusters Break Free of Birth Clouds in Just 5 Million Years

An international team using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble has measured nearly 9,000 young star clusters across four nearby galaxies, finding that the largest break free of their gas cocoons

May 24, 2026

News·Science

NASA LAGEOS-1 satellite carrying Carl Sagan designed plaque in Earth orbit

NASA’s LAGEOS-1 Satellite Carries a Carl Sagan Message Earth Will Not Read for 8.4 Million Years

On May 4, 1976, a polished brass and aluminum sphere lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, slipped past the boundary where the sky turns black, and settled into an

May 24, 2026

Astronomy·Science

NASA astronaut Bob Hines exercising on the Advanced Resistive Exercise Device ARED inside the International Space Station, the kind of bulky current-generation gym equipment HIFIm aims to replace

British space gym invention HIFIm could slash astronaut workout time as global race for lunar fitness kit heats up

A British-built exercise rig called HIFIm, tested by Olympic rower Matthew Wells on a parabolic flight, promises to cut astronaut workout time from two hours to thirty minutes a day and is

May 24, 2026

News·Science·Technology

China Chang'e 7 lunar lander rendering at the Moon's south pole ahead of 2026 mission

China Moves Two Steps Ahead of the United States in the New Race to Build a Moon Base

China is pulling ahead of the United States in the contest to plant the first permanent human foothold on the Moon, and the gap, according to one of the most candid assessments

May 21, 2026

Astronomy·News

SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docking with International Space Station during NASA CRS-34 mission

NASA and SpaceX CRS-34 Mission Delivers 6,500 Pounds of Science Cargo to ISS as Dragon Enters Precision Docking Phase

The International Space Station (ISS) has received another critical injection of scientific capability as NASA and SpaceX completed the latest phase of the CRS-34 mission, a cargo flight carrying approximately 6,500 pounds

May 17, 2026

Astronomy·News

Extreme close-up of bird eye showing evolutionary adaptation in vision system

Bird Eye Evolution Reaches Its Extreme Limit: How Nature Engineered the Most Advanced Vision System in Vertebrates

The eye of a bird represents one of the most refined sensory systems in the animal kingdom, shaped by relentless evolutionary pressure. What emerges from recent scientific synthesis is not simply improved

May 14, 2026

News·Science

Gravitational lensing revealing a distant early universe galaxy magnified by a galaxy cluster

JWST Detects 13-Billion-Light-Year-Old “Cosmic Fossil” Galaxy Forged 800 Million Years After the Big Bang

The James Webb Space Telescope has delivered another destabilizing glimpse into the Universe’s formative era. Astronomers have identified an ultra-faint galaxy known as LAP1-B, observed at a time when the cosmos was

May 14, 2026

Astronomy·News

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Sildenafil, Viagra’s Active Ingredient, May Block Cancer Spread, Israeli Study Finds

Chilean Mummies Yield First Molecular Proof Europeans Brought Smallpox to the Americas

El Niño ‘Inside the House,’ WMO Warns as Pakistan Floods Kill Over 100, Europe Burns

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Discovers Sea of Honeycomb Fractures on Mars

Sea Level Rise Is Accelerating, and Scientists Now Fully Explain Why

Asteroid Crater in South Korea Yields Stromatolites That Hint at How Life Began on Earth

Inside the Birth, Life and Death of Black Holes: New Gravitational Wave Data Rewrites the Lifecycle of the Universe’s Most Extreme Objects

Webb Telescope Finds Most Massive Star Clusters Break Free of Birth Clouds in Just 5 Million Years

NASA’s LAGEOS-1 Satellite Carries a Carl Sagan Message Earth Will Not Read for 8.4 Million Years

British space gym invention HIFIm could slash astronaut workout time as global race for lunar fitness kit heats up

China Moves Two Steps Ahead of the United States in the New Race to Build a Moon Base

NASA and SpaceX CRS-34 Mission Delivers 6,500 Pounds of Science Cargo to ISS as Dragon Enters Precision Docking Phase

Bird Eye Evolution Reaches Its Extreme Limit: How Nature Engineered the Most Advanced Vision System in Vertebrates

JWST Detects 13-Billion-Light-Year-Old “Cosmic Fossil” Galaxy Forged 800 Million Years After the Big Bang

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Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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