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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

Tourists use umbrellas to shield themselves from intense sun outside Istanbul's Hagia Sophia during a summer 2025 heatwave

Human-Caused Warming Hit 1.37C in 2025, and the 1.5C Budget Now Runs Out Around 2030

Seventy scientists put human-caused warming at 1.37C last year and the carbon budget for 1.5C at about three years of emissions. The Paris ceiling the world promised to defend is now projected

June 12, 2026

Climate·News·Science

People wade through a recreational vehicle park flooded by a king tide near Corte Madera in Marin County, California

Once-Rare Coastal Floods Are Now 12 Times More Likely, Twin Studies Find

Floods that coastal planning treats as one-in-a-century events are now about 12 times more likely, two new studies find, with human-driven sea level rise behind most extreme water days. The math underneath

June 12, 2026

Climate·News·Science

Huge Pacific waves crash against the rocky shore at Shore Acres on the Oregon coast, the kind of surf El Nino winters drive into the US West Coast

El Niño Is Back, and NOAA Puts 63 Percent Odds on a Super Event by Winter

NOAA has declared El Niño with two-in-three odds it reaches super strength by winter, a class of event seen only five times since 1950. It arrives on a planet already at record

June 12, 2026

Climate·News·Science

Smartphone displayed with social media app in Brussels June 2026, illustrating new research on birth rate decline

Governments Are Spending Billions to Raise Birth Rates. The iPhone May Have Already Won.

A new NBER study by Middlebury College economists finds that the iPhone's 2007 rollout explains up to 52% of the U.S. fertility decline — exposing a fundamental gap in the pronatalist policy

June 10, 2026

News·Science·Technology

A NOAA scientific monitoring buoy being deployed at sea, the kind of ocean observing instrument the US is now removing

Trump Administration Pulls America’s Deep-Ocean Sensors as the Atlantic Sends Warnings

Recovery ships are pulling the Ocean Observatories Initiative's sensors out of the Pacific and Atlantic this month, ending a $368 million system built to watch for the ocean's tipping points. Scientists call

June 10, 2026

Climate·News·Science

Neolithic Linear Pottery culture vessels, the farming culture that occupied the Vrable settlement in Slovakia

A Neolithic Ditch in Slovakia Held 77 Headless Skeletons. Only a Child Still Had a Skull.

A new study describes 78 Neolithic skeletons in a ditch at Vrable, Slovakia, all but one missing their skulls. The lead researchers argue the heads were removed in a deliberate burial rite

June 10, 2026

News·Science

Bleached white coral and dead reef near Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef as ocean temperatures rise

UN Warns the Ocean Is Nearing a Tipping Point as Heat and Acid Build

The ocean is approaching a tipping point after a ninth straight year of record heat, a sweeping UN assessment by 600 scientists from 86 nations warns. It found marine heatwaves across nearly

June 9, 2026

Climate·News·Science

NASA Artemis III Space Launch System rocket ahead of crew Earth orbit mission 2027

NASA Names Artemis III Crew for Earth-Orbit Mission That Was Supposed to Go to the Moon

NASA named the four-person Artemis III crew at Johnson Space Center on June 9, 2026. The mission, originally designed to return humans to the Moon's surface, was redesignated as a low Earth

June 9, 2026

News·Science·Technology

An Ozempic injection pen, a GLP-1 drug linked in a study to lower breast cancer risk

Ozempic-Style Drugs Linked to a Third Less Breast Cancer in a Large Study

Women taking GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic had roughly 30% lower odds of developing breast cancer, a study of more than 111,000 patients presented at the ASCO cancer meeting found. The finding is

June 9, 2026

Health·News·Science

NASA's Parker Solar Probe spacecraft flying through the Sun's corona during its record-breaking perihelion approach

Seven Years Into the Sun: Parker Solar Probe Rewrote Space Physics But Its Central Question Remains Unanswered

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has completed 27 passes through the Sun's corona, survived a record-breaking 6.1 million kilometre perihelion, and fundamentally changed solar physics. The one thing it hasn't done is answer

June 6, 2026

Astronomy·News·Science

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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

Human-Caused Warming Hit 1.37C in 2025, and the 1.5C Budget Now Runs Out Around 2030

Once-Rare Coastal Floods Are Now 12 Times More Likely, Twin Studies Find

El Niño Is Back, and NOAA Puts 63 Percent Odds on a Super Event by Winter

Trump Administration Pulls America’s Deep-Ocean Sensors as the Atlantic Sends Warnings

A Neolithic Ditch in Slovakia Held 77 Headless Skeletons. Only a Child Still Had a Skull.

UN Warns the Ocean Is Nearing a Tipping Point as Heat and Acid Build

NASA Names Artemis III Crew for Earth-Orbit Mission That Was Supposed to Go to the Moon

Ozempic-Style Drugs Linked to a Third Less Breast Cancer in a Large Study

Seven Years Into the Sun: Parker Solar Probe Rewrote Space Physics But Its Central Question Remains Unanswered

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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