Nobel prize for medicine goes to the pair who discovered microRNA
Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun are announced as the winners of the 2024 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine Jonathan
Hera mission set to revisit asteroid Didymos after NASA’s DART redirection test
The European Space Agency’s Hera mission will study the asteroids Dimorphos aided by two CubeSats called Juventas and Milani ESA/ScienceOffice.org
The best new sci-fi this month featuring an Alan Moore epic and a Blake Crouch reissue
Tim Winton’s new novel Juice is being compared to the post-apocalyptic Station Eleven and The Road Buena Vista Images/Getty Images
CBD shows promise as pesticide for mosquitoes
Mosquito larvae die after consuming hemp leaves because they react strongly to the cannabidiol in the foliage. The discovery might
Smart TVs take snapshots of what you watch multiple times per second
Smart TVs watch everything on the screen Shutterstock Popular smart TV models made by Samsung and LG can take multiple
XEC: What we know about the new covid-19 variant and its symptoms
Covid-19 variant XEC may spread more easily than previous variants Jarun Ontakrai/Shutterstock A new covid-19 variant called XEC has started
Giant rats trained to sniff out illegal wildlife trade
African giant pouched rats proved adept at detecting four commonly trafficked products derived from endangered species including rhino horn and
Polaris Dawn mission is one giant leap for private space exploration
An artist’s rendering of the spacewalk on the Polaris Dawn mission SpaceX SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission is a leap forward
Weather forecasts could warn about events made worse by climate change
A new kind of weather forecast could tell us beforehand whether extreme events, like the 2018 Hurricane Florence, were made
Astronomers worried by launch of five new super-bright satellites
Five satellites due to launch this week could be brighter than most stars, and astronomers fear the growth of such