Technology

[OPINION] The problem with DOE’s Mid-Merit Natural Gas Capacity Auction Program

Natural gas can provide useful mid-merit and balancing services. That capability does not justify a uniform gas procurement across grids with differen...

Oct 09, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

Rappler Live Jam: Charlie Lim

Singaporean artist Charlie Lim returns to Rappler Live Jam!

Oct 08, 2026 • 5 min read

Sports

FDA-approved epilepsy drug may help reverse osteoarthritis damage

For millions of people with osteoarthritis, pain and stiffness can make everyday activities increasingly difficult. Common treatments, including over-...

Oct 08, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

Scientists accidentally discover a genetic code that breaks the rules of life

A routine experiment involving a microscopic organism from a freshwater pond led scientists to an extraordinary genetic discovery. The tiny creature w...

Oct 08, 2026 • 5 min read

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This “golden tree” coral was too strange for any known family

Scientists surveying underwater mountains off Costa Rica have identified a remarkable new coral that is unlike any known coral family. Its genetic mak...

Oct 08, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

Einstein Probe reveals a hidden phase of neutron star collisions

Short gamma-ray bursts, or short GRBs, are believed to occur when two compact objects, such as neutron stars, spiral toward one another before collidi...

Oct 08, 2026 • 5 min read

Sports

Just 7 days of strength training started shrinking fat cells in mice

Just one week of strength training was enough to increase visceral fat breakdown in obese mice, even though their body weight had not yet changed. Res...

Oct 08, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

Scientists warn a popular vitamin D supplement may have a hidden downside

A common vitamin D supplement may have an unexpected effect inside the body. Research published in 2025 found that taking vitamin D2 can reduce levels...

Oct 08, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

Not all trans fats are bad, major review finds

A new study suggests that the trans fats naturally present in dairy foods, including milk, butter, and cheese, do not increase the risk of heart disea...

Oct 07, 2026 • 5 min read

Sports

Dads are dying after their kids are born, and almost no one is tracking it

Maternal mortality has become widely recognized as an urgent public health problem in the United States, although it took decades for the issue to rec...

Oct 07, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

Stanford scientists turn a cancer driver into a kill switch

Stanford Medicine researchers have developed a two-part molecule that turns a major driver of B-cell lymphoma against the cancer cells that depend on...

Oct 07, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

NASA’s Webb finds signs of Mars-sized worlds smashing together

Scientists think one of the most important events in the early solar system was a colossal collision between the young Earth and a Mars-sized body kno...

Oct 07, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

Taking antibiotics? Sugar may be making the damage worse

Eating more sugar while taking antibiotics may intensify the disruption those drugs cause to beneficial gut bacteria, according to new research. The s...

Oct 07, 2026 • 5 min read

Sports

Scientists changed how zoo lions eat. Their wild side came out

A new Australian study suggests that zoo lions behave more like their wild counterparts when they are given whole animal carcasses as part of a feast...

Oct 07, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

Physicists just found the ‘ghost’ of superconductivity

Physicists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's Grainger College of Engineering have uncovered evidence of an unusual form of superconduct...

Oct 07, 2026 • 5 min read

Sports

Drug target could block brain inflammation linked to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s

Scientists may have found a new way to reduce harmful inflammation in the brain by targeting a receptor that can already be blocked with existing drug...

Oct 07, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

Webb finds a surprising atmosphere on a scorching lava world

For scientists searching for life beyond Earth, rocky planets with atmospheres are among the most promising places to investigate. An atmosphere is es...

Oct 07, 2026 • 5 min read

Finance

Trump reveals the make of his suit – and it isn’t what people were expecting

Trump reveals the make of his suit – and it isn’t what people were expectingThe president has worn Brioni suits since the days of his reality show, ‘T...

Oct 07, 2026 • 5 min read

Finance

Putin pal responds to Trump’s claim that Don Jr. paid him back for wedding

Putin pal responds to Trump’s claim that Don Jr. paid him back for weddingThe Russian boxing chief expressed confusion over the transaction, saying th...

Oct 07, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

Personal information for over 1 million people stolen in a cyberattack on Arizona's court system

Personal information for over 1 million people stolen in a cyberattack on Arizona's court systemA cyberattack on Arizona’s court system has compromise...

Oct 07, 2026 • 5 min read