SpaceX launch creates “jellyfish” cloud visible across the US East Coast
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launch to the International Space Station (ISS) produces a striking “jellyfish” effect cloud in the pre-dawn sky, visible to people along the US East Coast. Several outlets re...
Deep-Sea Mining Trials Hit Setback as Rock Samples Spontaneously Combust
Scientists report that rock samples brought up from the deep sea have spontaneously combusted in laboratory conditions,...
Perseverance rover sets new record for distance driven on Mars, NASA says
NASA’s Perseverance rover sets a new off-world record for the longest distance driven by any vehicle on a surface beyond...
Hall and Woodford win Nobel for economic stabilisation models
Two American economists, Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford, win the 2026 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences...
Researchers build 3D model of Turkey’s boat-shaped Durupınar formation using radar data
Researchers investigating a boat-shaped geological feature in Turkey known as the Durupınar formation create a 3D model after using ground-penetrating radar and conducting subsurfa...
High-speed video shows how honeybee stingers keep pumping venom after detaching
Researchers use high-speed filming to explain a long-noticed mystery: a honeybee stinger can continue injecting venom even after it detaches from the bee’s body. Multiple outlets r...
Scientists identify new 170-million-year-old crocodile relative with needle-like teeth
Scientists report the discovery of a new ancient relative of modern crocodiles from fossils dating to roughly 170 million years ago. Researchers say the animal had a long, narrow s...
Scientists from Andhra Pradesh and Bihar named in Stanford’s World Top 2% Scientists list
Researchers from India’s Andhra Pradesh and Bihar are featured in Stanford University’s annual “World’s Top 2% Scientists” list. The recognition highlights researchers whose publis...
MIT develops nanoparticle method to reprogram NK cells against cancer and autoimmune disease
MIT researchers report a nanoparticle-based approach that reprograms natural killer (NK) immune cells in the body to attack specific T cells involved in disease. The method is desi...
Tiny magnetic robots aim to deliver antibiotics inside beating hearts
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University report a new approach using pencil-tip–sized magnetic robots designed to travel through the body and reach infections inside a beating heart...
Illegal 1983 release of fungus aimed at controlling blackberries in Australia, decades later examined
In 1983–84, a fungus known as *Phragmidium violaceum* was introduced in Australia in secret and illegally, with the stated goal of killing blackberry plants. The releases happened...
SpaceX launches NASA CRS-35 cargo and health research to the International Space Station
SpaceX launches NASA’s 35th Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-35) to the International Space Station on Oct. 13. The Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40...
Astronomers Identify IRAS 18293-0941 as Strong Candidate ‘Microblazar’ Jet System
Astronomers say they have identified IRAS 18293-0941 as the strongest candidate yet for a rare class of object called a “microblazar.” The system is described as a stellar-mass bla...
About 300 glaciers vanish from the U.S. West since mid-20th century
A new analysis finds that roughly 300 glaciers have disappeared from the American West’s Rocky Mountain region since the mid-20th century. Researchers compare glacier records and h...
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