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

Rodrigo Duterte fit for trial, says ICC

(1st UPDATE) '[The chamber] is satisfied that the Accused is able to effectively exercise his fair trial rights in the proceedings and is therefore fi...

Oct 08, 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

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

Technology

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

Scientists found Homo erectus 200,000 years earlier than expected

Archaeologists from La Trobe University have described 18 newly published hominin fossils from South Africa, including a second skull fragment belongi...

Oct 08, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

NASA is searching for hidden caves to build its first Moon base

NASA is moving closer to establishing humanity's first Moon base with the selection of three scientific investigations designed to answer some of the...

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

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

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

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

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

Technology

Earth’s center is moving, and NASA just measured it

Earth's center of mass does not stay perfectly still. As water, ice, and air move around the planet with the seasons, they redistribute enough weight...

Oct 07, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

Scientists reprogram immune cells inside the body to fight cancer

CAR-T cell therapy has transformed the treatment of certain blood cancers, but getting the therapy to patients remains complicated, expensive, and slo...

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

Technology

Woman faked being a substitute teacher just to go into class and berate the teens

Woman faked being a substitute teacher just to go into class and berate the teensAmy Jones, 23, told police she went to the Milwaukee high school ‘bec...

Oct 06, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

Christa Pike awake, speaking — and shackled to her bed days after botched execution

Christa Pike awake, speaking — and shackled to her bed days after botched executionPike’s attorneys expressed gratitude to hospital first responders a...

Oct 06, 2026 • 5 min read