ScienceScientists resurrect a 160-million-year-old mammal immune system and watch it evolve
Researchers reconstructed antimicrobial peptides from mammal ancestors dating back about 160 million years and found that some ancient versions could strongly inhibit or kill disease-causing bacteria. A few amino-acid changes greatly increased potency, including one mutation that substantially strengthened activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
The Brighter Side of News7 min read
ScienceNASA's Roman Space Telescope is ready for launch aboard SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket is poised to lift off with the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on Aug. 30. This observatory is on a mission to usher in a new wave of astronomical discovery.
Space
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ScienceScientists Discover a Cannabis Receptor That Could Stop Breast Cancer Spreading
Here's what we know.
Science Alert
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BusinessGenerations Used It For Decades — Now This Cleaning Chemical Could Be Banned
Although it's been used for decades, this cleaning chemical may be banned soon. It's known to cause many health issues, and safer alternatives exist.
Hunker2 min read
SciencePhysics-trained AI reveals how Earth’s deep interior changed over time
Earth’s mantle moves only a few centimeters each year, but that slow motion helps drive plate tectonics, earthquakes and volcanic activity. A physics-guided AI model reconstructed hidden mantle flow in a controlled simulation using limited surface motion and present-day temperature clues.
The Brighter Side of News9 min read
ScienceTiny Wrinkles in Graphene Turn It Into a Battery, Physicists Find
Microscopic changes, big impacts.
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ScienceRoman telescope's data deluge will change who gets to do big astronomy
"Roman's data are so large that it really is going to take a village."
Mashable
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WorldUN, Nepal warn of climate threat after deadly floods
Nepal's foreign minister and the UN climate chief on Saturday warned of the growing threat from global warming to the Himalayas, as rescuers race to find thousands missing after torrential flooding along the border with China.UN climate chief Simon Steill meanwhile said in a statement that the "sudden glacial collapse and flash flood is a devastating reminder of how fragile these mountain environments can be".
AFP
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WorldOf 30 Global Food Goals, We're on Track to Hit Just One
A sobering reality check.
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ScienceNASA's Roman Space Telescope Could Finally Settle The Dark Energy Debate Once And For All
NASA's new Roman space telescope boasts advanced capabilities that might finally answer questions about dark energy after decades of debate.
BGR3 min read
WorldWhen a mountain falls: How ice and rock triggered Nepal’s catastrophic flood – and why climate change is raising the risks
A geologist explains how thawing permafrost and melting ice are increasing the risk of destructive floods in the Himalayas and other high mountain regions around the world.
The Conversation8 min read- Science
Mercury’s surface chemistry reveals clues to a much hotter volcanic past
Mercury’s surface may contain only about 37% silicon dioxide by mass, up to 25% less than previous estimates suggested. The low silica level could mean Mercury’s volcanic rocks came from hotter, more deeply melted material inside the planet, or that some silicon exists in reduced metallic or carbide forms.
The Brighter Side of News9 min read 
ScienceNASA launches its next-generation space telescope
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is expected to survey hundreds of millions of stars and billions of galaxies. Its findings could unlock clues about dark energy and dark matter.
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ScienceAn encounter with NASA’s game-changing ‘starglasses’
Go inside the room where a space telescope’s groundbreaking instrument comes to life, meet scuffling marmots and more in this week’s Wonder Theory newsletter.
CNN
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ScienceEl Niño puts Earth in 'uncharted territory.' Here's what could happen
Experts face a big problem with no clear answer: What will a historically strong El Niño look like stacked on top of Earth's unprecedented warming?
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ScienceWind Turbines Cause Fewer Bird Deaths Each Year Than This Common Culprit
Bird deaths are often used as an argument against wind power. Data from the U.S. and Germany shows why that argument needs more context than it gets.
BGR3 min read
ScienceWhen is the next lunar eclipse?
When will Earth's shadow cover the moon next following the August 2026 partial lunar eclipse?
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ScienceHand-Sized Joro Spiders Are Spreading Through the Smokies
A hand-sized spider from East Asia is quietly colonizing the Great Smoky Mountains, and park officials need your eyes to track how far it has already spread.
A-Z Animals2 min read
WorldThe race to stop England running out of water
Who is to blame for the summer drought, and can England future-proof its water supplies?
BBC12 min read
WorldManuscripts and art support archaeological evidence that syphilis was in Europe long before explorers could have brought it home from the Americas
The idea that Europeans brought new diseases to the Americas and returned home with others has been widely accepted. But evidence is mounting that for syphilis this scenario is wrong.
The Conversation607 min read
ScienceOver 10,000 endangered mountain yellow-legged frogs are taking California by storm
The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance recently reintroduced the amphibians in Bluff Lake.
Popular Science
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ScienceNew ‘Google-like’ search engine can scan millions of cells for hidden RNA clues in seconds
Malva can search RNA sequences across millions of individual cells in seconds without requiring researchers to download enormous datasets or use a reference genome. The platform has indexed more than 140 terabytes of public single-cell and spatial transcriptomics data, allowing searches for mutations, RNA isoforms, pathogens and other sequences often missed by conventional cell atlases.
The Brighter Side of News9 min read
WorldWhy A Shipwreck On The Ocean Floor Added Millions To The Cost Of A Natural Gas Pipeline
A ship that had settled on the seafloor over 2½ centuries earlier suddenly came into view, and the consortium building a nearby pipeline was on the hook.
Jalopnik4 min read
World2,600 silver coins found in outskirts of Moscow may have been buried by a medieval plague victim
A hoard of silver coins has been unearthed near Moscow, revealing new information about money minting in the 15th century.
Live Science2 min read
WorldWhy Navy Ships Zig-Zagged To Avoid Submarines In WW2
Naval vessels often employ multiple strategies to combat enemy ships, but zigzagging might be one of the weirdest. However, it was a solid maneuver.
SlashGear
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WorldA Brain Train Heads For Canada With Dozens Of American Scholars Aboard
Canadian universities have recruited 64 international scholars, 48 of them Americans, as part of a national strategy to attract top academics from around the world.
Forbes4 min read
ScienceNASA’s Roman Space Telescope could find alien Earths—but not like you think
When a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket blasts off from Kennedy Space Center as early as Sunday morning, it will be carrying a crucial stepping stone toward astronomers’ grand goal of finding Earth-like exoplanets in the Milky Way. NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope was designed for several high-priority studies of far-distant galaxies, but one of its key tasks closer to home will be an unprecedentedly long stare into the star-packed heart of our galaxy, an area known as the galactic bulge. Roman will spend more than a quarter of its planned five-year primary mission observing this 10,000-light-year-wide region, which is so sprawling and thick with stars that previous telescopes have scarcely probed its depths.
Scientific American5 min read
HealthGreat Lakes tap water for 40 million people is laced with microplastics, yet few rules are in place
The Great Lakes hold the planet’s largest supply of surface freshwater.
The Cool Down2 min read
ScienceNancy Grace Roman Thought Beyond A Single Mission. We Should Too.
NASA's Roman telescope launches Aug. 30. We narrate human spaceflight as a journey with a destination. Space science deserves the same story.
Forbes6 min read
ScienceThe Way You Draw Can Reveal Parkinson's Disease With Up to 99% Accuracy, Study Reveals
The most impressive results yet.
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USMassachusetts plans New England summit on advanced nuclear, fusion, and lower electric bills
"As demand for electricity grows, we need to be looking ahead at new technologies."
The Cool Down2 min read
USElectric and Autonomous Aircraft Trials Set to Begin in Louisiana
Pelican State breaks ground on facilities that will support future demonstrations of emerging precertified aircraft.
Flying
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ScienceThe universe may contain a staggering 40 quintillion black holes
Astronomers estimate that about 40 quintillion stellar-mass black holes exist within the observable universe, a number written as 4 followed by 19 zeros. Together, these black holes may contain nearly 1% of all ordinary, or baryonic, matter in the universe.
The Brighter Side of News9 min read
WorldJapan updates chances of major earthquake hitting country – and it’s worryingly high
The Kinki region has an unusually high concentration of active faults, largely because of the expansion of the Sea of Japan during the formation of the Japanese archipelago
The Independent2 min read
WorldIslanders asked to report sightings of rare eel
The Nature Commission asks people to record sightings of the critically endangered eels.
BBC2 min read- Business
Harbour offers vegetable oil fuel to boat owners
Falmouth Harbour is offering hydrotreated vegetable oil as an alternative to marine diesel.
BBC2 min read 
BusinessESC 2026: Congress brings key readouts across the cardiovascular space
Clinical Trials Arena shares its top research picks from day one and two of the ESC 2026 congress.
Clinical Trials Arena
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WorldScientists investigate if a herpes virus is behind the mass deaths of sardines off South Africa
Scientists in South Africa are investigating why masses of sardines have washed up dead or dying along parts of the country's west and south coast — and if a herpes virus detected in the fish is responsible. The mass mortality of sardines this month has so far stumped the country's Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, though scientists have come to at least one conclusion: it is the first time that the virus in question — pilchard herpesvirus, or PHV — has been identified in sardines off South Africa. PHV, which was linked to two mass sardine mortality events in Australia in the 1990s, can cause inflammation and thickening of sardines’ gills, which interferes with their oxygen uptake, according to the South African environment department.
Associated Press
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ScienceGlobal Warming Is Breaking The Link Between Two Major Oceans
It's happened before.
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ScienceWho was Nancy Grace Roman? NASA's next big space telescope is named after the 'Mother of Hubble'
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is about to launch on an incredible adventure to help scientists explore the great mysteries of the universe. But who was Nancy Grace Roman?
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WorldDrought reveals Danube’s lost treasures – and deadly legacy of war
Record droughts are shrinking Europe’s rivers, exposing ancient buildings and a deadly arsenal that has been buried since the Second World War.
The Telegraph
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WorldAerial images from Somerset show restored wetlands resisting heat, drought, and wildfire risk
"Nature is providing solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing society today."
The Cool Down3 min read- World
Proposal for space testing centre set for decision
The site could establish Keighley "as a nationally important hub for space technology", plans say.
BBC2 min read 
ScienceIndonesia releases 82 aquarium-bred leopard sharks into protected seas
"There were about 20 individual adult sharks remaining."
The Cool Down2 min read
HealthESC 2026: Identifying ‘silent’ atherosclerosis may help reduce global CVD burden
The REACT study measured silent atherosclerosis in 16,808 adults without known CVD aged 18 to 70 years old.
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WorldRise in number of homes generating power
The use of solar panels and biofuel is on the rise across the island.
BBC2 min read
US'We're running out of fresh water': Global drylands spread by nearly twice California's size each year
"Aquifers ... have been damaged so bad from overpumping that it's irreversible at this point."
The Cool Down2 min read
WorldYoungster science outreach scheme wins top award
The project encourages youngsters to take up science, technology, engineering and maths.
BBC2 min read
ScienceSix Never-Before-Seen Mystery Structures Found Lurking Deep Inside The Earth
What are they?
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WorldHeatwave leaves Britain facing threat of honey shortage
Britain is facing a shortage of high-end honey after heatwaves hammered the flowers that bees rely on.
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