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Why Trump is dismantling peer review system: Everything to know about OMB rule
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (249+ words) Published June 03, 2026 The Trump administration wants to make a big rule change. It would let political appointees have way more control over federal research grants. Critics think this move is about aligning science with the President's policies, not merit. So…...
Mathematicians say 'don't believe hype' on AI capabilities
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (387+ words) Published June 02, 2026 Dozens of mathematicians on Tuesday signed a declaration calling for the discipline to resist beating the drum for artificial intelligence developers. The "Leiden Declaration", backed by over 150 professors from across the world, including Europe, Japan and the US,…...
Mystery deepens as one of 11 missing US scientists found dead in National Forest
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (318+ words) Published June 03, 2026 One of the 11 nuclear and UFO-linked missing U. S. scientists has been found dead almost one year after she went missing under bizarre circumstances. Melissa Casias, 54, was a nuclear lab employee when she vanished without a trace in June 2025; however,…...
China launches three-crew space flight as part of Moon ambitions
2+ week, 1+ day ago (596+ words) Published May 24, 2026 BEIJING: China launched its Shenzhou-23 mission on Sunday, which will see a Chinese astronaut spend a full year in orbit for the first time, a crucial step in Beijing's ambition to send humans to the Moon by 2030. The…...
School bus-sized asteroid 2026 JH2 flies past Earth today at 56, 000 miles: See full details
3+ week, 1+ day ago (230+ words) Published May 18, 2026 Scientists discovered a new asteroid roughly the size of a school bus to fly safely past Earth today, May 18, 2026. The asteroid will be approximately within 56, 000 miles of our planet, about a quarter of the distance to the moon....
Portrait of a killer: The deadly virus that refuses to die " Ebola's 50-year reign of death
3+ week, 2+ day ago (636+ words) Published May 17, 2026 Ebola, which has killed more than 80 people in a fresh outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and one person in Uganda, has been wreaking havoc in Africa for 50 years now. During that time, it has claimed more…...
Scientists find first effective treatment for pancreatic cancer in decades
3+ week, 5+ day ago (232+ words) Published May 14, 2026 After decades of dashed hopes, researchers have found an experimental drug that has the potential of extending the lives of patients with pancreatic cancer. The drug named as "daraxonrasib" is considered as the first significant treatment that yields…...
Duchess Sophie glows up by placing her hands on plasma ball
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (165+ words) Published May 05, 2026 The ever beautiful Duchess of Edinburgh with a strong interest in science was in Stevenage today as she visited Airbus Defence and Space. Sophie toured the facility in Hertfordshire, where she explored cutting-edge aerospace and satellite technology and…...
The strategic blind spot
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (516+ words) Published April 29, 2026 When Admiral Samuel Paparo, commander of US Indo-Pacific Command, testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee, he delivered a paradigm-shifting statement: Bitcoin's Proof-of-Work protocol is more than a financial asset; it is a critical computer science tool for…...
Who is Cole Allen, the suspect in the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting?
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (679+ words) The suspect arrested in the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting on Saturday was identified by a law enforcement official as Cole Tomas Allen, a Los Angeles-area man who appears from social media sites to be a Caltech graduate. .. Who is…...