Technology

How journalists and communities work together to confront low levels of trust

Although it’s important that journalists practice diligence and deference, communities need to be willing to engage, forgive and voice concern.

Aug 20, 2026 • 5 min read

Sports

Schizophrenia’s lost brain connections follow a surprising pattern

Researchers, including a Rutgers professor, have gained a clearer view of the biological changes associated with schizophrenia by directly measuring s...

Aug 20, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

The “Asian water tower” is losing 24 billion tonnes of groundwater every year

Groundwater reserves beneath High Mountain Asia (HMA), often called the "Asian Water Tower," are shrinking at an alarming pace, according to a new sat...

Aug 20, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

Scientists crushed diamond beyond Neptune-like pressures—and solved a 20-year mystery

Diamond is famous for its beauty, but its value extends far beyond jewelry. This exceptionally hard form of carbon is used to make the tiny capsules t...

Aug 20, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

A SpaceX rocket smashed into the Moon — NASA just revealed the crater

Between Aug. 11 and 12, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) photographed a newly formed crater on the Moon. The crater appeared after a SpaceX F...

Aug 20, 2026 • 5 min read

Sports

AI-designed “intrabodies” could unlock new treatments for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and MND

Researchers at the University of Essex have developed microscopic medicines that could pave the way for new approaches to treating neurodegenerative d...

Aug 19, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

MIT physicists discover electrons rebuilding like ice inside a quantum material

A glass of ice water offers a familiar example of two phases existing at the same time. The same substance can appear as both liquid water and solid i...

Aug 19, 2026 • 5 min read

Sports

Researchers reveal deeper workings of brain’s information hub

The human brain is continuously processing enormous amounts of information. Even something as familiar as driving requires several mental tasks at onc...

Aug 19, 2026 • 5 min read

Sports

A mother’s age can shape her offspring without changing their DNA

A mother's age can influence the physical traits and behavior of her offspring in humans and across many other animal species. Researchers refer to th...

Aug 19, 2026 • 5 min read

Finance

US sanctions ICC president, senior trial lawyer in latest attack on court

The move is the latest escalation in the Trump administration's campaign against The Hague-based court

Aug 19, 2026 • 5 min read

Sports

Coffee drinkers have less fat, more muscle, and surprising hormone differences

Coffee is consumed around the world every day, and earlier research has associated coffee drinking with a reduced risk of conditions including type 2...

Aug 19, 2026 • 5 min read

Sports

Scientists turn probiotic bacteria into tiny drug factories for pancreatic cancer

Cancer immunotherapy has dramatically changed how doctors treat many forms of cancer, yet pancreatic cancer has remained particularly resistant to the...

Aug 19, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

Tiny quantum engines reveal useful energy hiding in “waste heat”

What counts as heat, and what qualifies as useful work when a machine is made from only an atom and particles of light? In emerging quantum technologi...

Aug 19, 2026 • 5 min read

Sports

Pollen has a surprising problem — and honeybees have found a way around it

New research led by the University of Oxford has uncovered an unexpected ability in bees. They can change how much they eat depending on the balance o...

Aug 19, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

16 mummies and a dog reveal a hidden order inside an ancient Egyptian tomb

The Theban Necropolis, located across the Nile from Luxor, contains more than 400 tombs. In a new study published in Frontiers in Environmental Archae...

Aug 19, 2026 • 5 min read

Sports

Breast cancer is surging among Asian American women — and scientists don’t know why

A new UC San Francisco-led study has identified a sharp increase in invasive breast cancer among Asian American women over the past two decades. Breas...

Aug 19, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

Japanese scientists use tiny silver particles to make DNA assembly up to 5x more efficient

DNA consists of long molecular chains that carry the genetic instructions needed for life. In genetic engineering, researchers cut DNA at carefully ch...

Aug 19, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

Once shaped by court rituals, China’s imperial cuisine lives on today

Once shaped by court rituals, China’s imperial cuisine lives on todayA restaurant in Beijing is preserving culinary traditions associated with China’s...

Aug 19, 2026 • 5 min read

Sports

CBS’s 60 Minutes adds another high-profile hire after firings and exits

CBS’s 60 Minutes adds another high-profile hire after firings and exitsWith the new season set to premiere Sept. 13, the broadcast team faces a compre...

Aug 18, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

Samson and Goliath cranes set for £3.1m overhaul at Harland & Wolff

Samson and Goliath cranes set for £3.1m overhaul at Harland & WolffWork has already begun on Goliath, the older of the two cranes.BookmarkBookmark pop...

Aug 18, 2026 • 5 min read