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Are we getting to the point where it's safe to gene-edit babies?

A team in the US has reported promising results after using an improved form of CRISPR to gene-edit human embryos, but a…

Small modular nuclear reactor reaches criticality in first test

The reactor, from a startup called Antares, isn't ready to generate power yet.

The saga of the International Space Station air leak took a worrying turn Friday

"We look forward to working with Roscosmos on a collaborative approach to address the leaks."

Aging and Eye Problems

Two bloggers share their experiences with age-related eye problems: Robert Breen developed double vision in his fifties…

Cuts to US ocean programme will hinder monitoring of El Niño and AMOC

Scientists warn that the Trump Administration's push to dismantle a vital network of ocean sensing instruments will…

Nasa tells ISS astronauts to shelter during air leak repair attempt

Russian attempt to repair tunnel area sparks safe-haven procedure for five other astronauts onboard.

Everest guide survived six-day ordeal by eating chocolate and 'chewing ice'

Dawa Sherpa was spotted alive by a cleaning crew as he slid slowly down the world's tallest mountain and spoke to the…

New method turns ocean water into drinking water, without waste

# Summary Researchers have developed a new method to convert ocean water into drinking water without producing waste,…

Astronauts on ISS told to shelter as repairs under way to fix air leaks

The five astronauts aboard the International Space Station were instructed to shelter in their spacecraft while Russian…

A chromosome from a frozen rat has been resurrected inside mice

Mice that contain cells with an added rat chromosome have been created by scientists.

NASA tells astronauts to shelter in SpaceX Dragon due to new ISS leaks

The space agency says Roscosmos has discovered new leaks in the Russian service module that it is trying to repair.

Safety officials finally have a good idea of what a big rocket explosion can do

Overpressure from the Blue Origin blast shattered windows at a hangar about a mile away from the pad.

The maths meme that has been distracting mathematicians for a century

A seemingly simple set of rules kicks off a kind of mathematical magic trick, which has kept great minds busy since the…

Entanglement Builds Space-Time. Now "Magic" Gives It Gravity

Recent research suggests that quantum entanglement builds the structure of space-time, while a quantum property called…

Tracing a powerful GNSS interference source over Europe

Researchers have identified a Russian constellation of early warning satellites in Molniya orbits as the source of…

He Cracked the Code to Winning the Lottery 14 Times With a Hidden Method

On February 15, 1992, in Virginia, Romanian mathematician Stefan Mandel and his associates scooped $27 million after…

SpaceX: Flying High on Impunity

# Summary SpaceX faces serious safety violations at its Starbase facility, including a worker death in 2026 and…

The Causes of Long Covid

US plans to fight flesh-eating screwworm outbreak with flies and dogs

The insect, which has been found in America for the first time since 1966, is a growing concern in the southern US.

Mangrove forests are healing after decades of human destruction

Swampy mangrove forests are staging a surprise comeback - which is good news for coastal communities and the climate.

Queen bees emerge from special wax chambers

Scientists have discovered that queen bee development depends not only on royal jelly diet but also on specialized wax…

Castor: CERN Advanced STORage Manager

CASTOR is a hierarchical storage management system developed at CERN that combines disk and tape storage to archive…

Bumblebees can spontaneously solve problems, study finds

Scientists in Finland found bees could solve an insect version of the classic "box-and-banana" problem.

Leap in DNA synthesis slashes time to build new genetic sequences

Researchers have developed a new DNA synthesis method called Sidewinder that significantly reduces the time needed to…

Becoming a parent may make you love your partner less

Parents report loving their partners less within the first year of having a child, but that doesn't mean the feeling is…

After 11 years at Mars, NASA's MAVEN spacecraft went out with a whisper

“I think the team has really experienced the loss of a loved one with the end of the mission.”

Mysterious ‘cold blob’ in the Atlantic suggests the AMOC is weakening

A patch of ocean south-east of Greenland is the only place on Earth that is cooling, and it could be a sign that the…

In a first, wind and solar generated more power than gas globally in April 2026

# Summary In April 2026, wind and solar energy generated more electricity than gas globally for the first time ever,…

How Rachel Carson's Silent Spring changed the world in 1962

Rachel Carson’s look at the dire effects of industrial and agricultural pollution birthed the modern environmental…