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Technicians prepare the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory spacecraft before its 2004 launch at Cape Canaveral

NASA’s Swift Observatory Re-enters Over Indonesia After Nearly 22 Years in Space

NASA confirmed Swift’s atmospheric re-entry over North Sumatra on November 4, ending a mission that observed more than 2,000 gamma-ray bursts.

November 5, 2026

by Amanda Graham

Amelia Earhart's red Lockheed Vega 5B monoplane on display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

Earhart Search Team Says Lagoon Object Was Likely Trees, Not Her Plane

The Purdue-backed team that called its evidence "very strong" says the Taraia Object in Nikumaroro's lagoon was most likely a collection of large trees, not Amelia Earhart's Electra. Its steel-tube find and castaway theory survive, but no outside specialist is

October 19, 2026

by Dilnaz Shaikh

Image accompanying Euronews reporting on the end of leap seconds in 2027

Leap Seconds End in May 2027, but Your Clock Won’t Jump an Hour

Global timekeepers have voted to end leap-second adjustments from May 20, 2027. The new rule allows

Portrait of Stephen Cash, a smiling man in a dark suit and red-and-blue striped tie against a gray background

NASA Hands Marshall Center to a Shuttle-Era Safety Chief After 13 Months

NASA named retired Marshall engineer Steve Cash director of its Huntsville center, effective Monday, ending 13

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

Health·News·Science

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

August 4, 2026

News·Science

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 monsoon death toll has exceeded 100 while wildfires spread across southern Europe, as UN chief Guterres

August 1, 2026

Climate·News·Science

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 JPL have proposed three formation theories, none yet confirmed, while the rover's 14-year mission continues to

July 30, 2026

News·Science

CRISPR base editing diagram showing viral vector gene delivery to DNA

6-Year-Old Died in Unauthorized Chinese CRISPR Trial. Her Death Was Concealed for 14 Months.

A 6-year-old with Snijders Blok-Campeau syndrome died in March 2025 after an unauthorized CRISPR brain surgery trial in Shanghai, her death concealed for 14 months. Shanghai Jiao Tong University opened a formal

July 30, 2026

Health·News·Science

Older adults queuing for registration at a community health centre in China

China’s Outpatient Insurance Reform Cut Inequality but Left a Two-Tier Care Divide

A new study in Scientific Reports finds China's outpatient pooling reform cut pro-rich inequality in doctor visits and slashed out-of-pocket costs for lower-income urban workers, but wealthier patients are drifting toward specialist

July 30, 2026

Health·News·Science

Daily multivitamin supplement pills used in the Harvard COSMOS clinical trial for older adult health

Daily Multivitamin May Help Older Adults Stay Independent, Harvard Study Finds

Harvard's COSMOS trial finds daily multivitamins may cut symptomatic COVID-19 risk by 30% in older adults, adding to evidence the supplement supports aging independence. Earlier COSMOS data showed multivitamins slow biological aging

July 30, 2026

Health·News·Science

Infant breastfeeding and mother feeding a toddler in a highchair, illustrating early childhood nutrition

Limiting Sugar Before Age Two Linked to Lower Dementia Risk, Two New Studies Find

Two studies published Tuesday in Neurology and npj Aging, using Britain's wartime sugar rationing as a natural experiment, found that limiting sugar from before birth through age two was linked to a

July 30, 2026

Health·News·Science

Non-invasive sensor devices used in Ateneo de Manila cardiac index AI study

Scientists Build Neural Network That Predicts Heart Efficiency From Skin Sensors

Scientists at Ateneo de Manila University built a neural network that predicted cardiac index with 97.78% accuracy using three measurements from non-invasive skin sensors, outperforming SVM, KNN, and classical regression. The study

July 30, 2026

News·Science·Technology

Overview of excavated track surface showing hominin and hippopotamus footprints at GaJi10 site Lake Turkana Kenya 1.4 million years ago

Kenyan Fossil Footprints Reveal Gender Divide Among 1.4-Million-Year-Old Human Relatives

Twenty-one fossil footprints from Kenya's Lake Turkana reveal that Paranthropus boisei moved in male-dominated groups 1.43 million years ago and was substantially larger than skeletal evidence had suggested, according to a new

July 28, 2026

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NASA’s Swift Observatory Re-enters Over Indonesia After Nearly 22 Years in Space

Earhart Search Team Says Lagoon Object Was Likely Trees, Not Her Plane

Leap Seconds End in May 2027, but Your Clock Won’t Jump an Hour

NASA Hands Marshall Center to a Shuttle-Era Safety Chief After 13 Months

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

6-Year-Old Died in Unauthorized Chinese CRISPR Trial. Her Death Was Concealed for 14 Months.

China’s Outpatient Insurance Reform Cut Inequality but Left a Two-Tier Care Divide

Daily Multivitamin May Help Older Adults Stay Independent, Harvard Study Finds

Limiting Sugar Before Age Two Linked to Lower Dementia Risk, Two New Studies Find

Scientists Build Neural Network That Predicts Heart Efficiency From Skin Sensors

Kenyan Fossil Footprints Reveal Gender Divide Among 1.4-Million-Year-Old Human Relatives

Radical Islam is being appreciated by Indian authorities too

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

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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