Science
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2026-04-04 19:52
UK medicines regulator investigates peptide clinics
Guardian finds unlicensed injections marketed with medicinal claims, websites edited after scrutiny but subscription model persists
theguardian.com
2026-04-03 10:50
William Shatner debunks AI cancer hoax circulating on Facebook
Actor says fake stories used AI images and were monetised, platform takedowns lag behind low-cost synthetic clickbait
standard.co.uk
2026-04-03 10:49
New York City raises Covid alert without restoring mandates
Mayor Eric Adams points to stable hospitalisations and deaths, risk shifts from city hall to households and employers
ipsnews.net
2026-04-02 16:48
Nvidia CaP-X finds frontier models fail at robot control without abstractions
Agentic scaffolding and test-time compute bring performance near human code, reliability shifts from model size to system design
the-decoder.com
2026-04-02 02:48
King County confirms two new measles cases tied to travel
Officials list exposure sites across Seattle Kirkland and Bellevue, vaccination status still unknown
fox13seattle.com
2026-04-02 02:47
King County reports first local TMVII fungal STI case
Rare Trichophyton mentagrophytes type VII spreads via skin contact and sex, surveillance surge may drive the next case count
fox13seattle.com
2026-04-01 17:48
EU opens state-aid probe into French nuclear buildout
EDF-backed EPR2 program targets 10 GW across Penly Gravelines and Bugey, 2040s commissioning turns financing terms into an engineering variable
euobserver.com
2026-03-31 23:47
Starlink satellite breaks into multiple fragments
LeoLabs detects tens of objects after SpaceX reports on-orbit anomaly, crowded low Earth orbit absorbs the cost before anyone prices it
arstechnica.com
2026-03-31 03:47
LiteLLM drops Delve after malware incident
AI gateway redoes compliance with Vanta and a separate auditor, security paperwork proves easy to outsource and hard to trust
techcrunch.com
2026-03-30 12:47
Artemis II nears launch window
NASA preps Orion lunar flyby as 10-day crewed systems test, mission science yields to verification and schedule discipline
euronews.com
2026-03-29 09:47
Robotic exoskeletons tighten violinists’ timing
Science Robotics study tests haptic coupling as stand-in for visual cues, the best-performing metric may not be the best-performing duet
euronews.com
2026-03-28 16:47
Humpback whale strands again in Germany
Rescue channel frees animal at Timmendorfer Strand but it reappears stuck near Wismar, repeated interventions test what counts as a successful wildlife response
independent.co.uk
2026-03-27 01:48
Nexgrill recalls more than 10 million grill brushes over loose metal bristles
CPSC cites ingestion injuries and medical removals, low-probability product failures surface after years of use
foxbusiness.com
2026-03-26 13:50
US senator floats data centre tax for AI disruption
Energy and water footprints hinge on PUE and marginal power not slogans, measurement gaps decide who gets billed
techcrunch.com
2026-03-26 13:49
Mexico probes Gulf of Mexico oil spill source
Satellite images and chemical fingerprinting decide what politics cannot, cleanup totals arrive before attribution does
english.elpais.com
2026-03-25 16:48
Longer abstinence worsens sperm DNA quality
Meta-analysis of nearly 55000 men challenges standard two-to-seven-day clinic advice, fertility optimisation market gains another variable to sell
independent.co.uk
2026-03-25 04:47
Colombian military C-130 crash kills at least 66
Early footage and statements narrow timelines but not mechanisms, investigators must reconcile recorders wreckage and maintenance logs
independent.co.uk
2026-03-25 04:47
Iran war raises medical supply costs in India
Petrochemical feedstocks and Hormuz freight hit gowns syringes and dialysis kits, hospital procurement built for stable prices meets rationing logic
scroll.in
2026-03-24 13:53
Self-propagating malware poisons open-source packages
TeamPCP supply-chain attack hits Trivy and pushes Iran-targeting wiper, automation turns CI pipelines into distribution channels
arstechnica.com
2026-03-24 13:52
Vatican approves xenotransplantation for Catholics
Ethical green light targets organ shortages as pig-to-human trials still wrestle with rejection and zoonotic risk
independent.co.uk
2026-03-23 23:47
Trump surgeon general nominee Casey Means faces GOP resistance
Senators cite inactive medical licence and evasive vaccine answers, wellness influencer brand collides with public health role
arstechnica.com
2026-03-23 09:47
Air Canada Express jet hits fire truck on LaGuardia runway
Pilot and co-pilot killed as airport shuts, emergency access to runways collides with layered safety systems
independent.co.uk
independent.co.uk
2026-03-22 17:52
AuroraWatch issues red alert for UK auroras
Met Office flags CME and fast solar wind as geomagnetic activity stays elevated, space weather tests navigation and power systems as much as cameras
independent.co.uk
2026-03-22 17:51
US heat dome drives March records across western states
National Weather Service logs more than 150 daily records as cooling stations open, acclimation and air conditioning become the real thresholds
nbcnews.com
2026-03-22 06:48
Loneliness research shifts from metaphor to biomarkers
UCLA psychologist Matthew Lieberman cites inflammation pathway after pandemic isolation, policy slogans outrun causal evidence
english.elpais.com
2026-03-21 12:52
US hospitals report rising refusals of newborn preventive care
JAMA data show vitamin K shot refusals nearly double since 2017, complications still land in emergency wards
independent.co.uk
2026-03-21 12:52
Ryugu asteroid samples yield all DNA bases
Improved assays resolve earlier non-detections, origin-of-life claims still hinge on contamination controls and chemistry gaps
arstechnica.com
2026-03-20 03:48
Dozens die in South Africa’s traditional circumcision season
Initiation schools operate as a parallel health system outside routine inspection, hospital costs arrive after the ritual fails
independent.co.uk
2026-03-19 13:47
UK Covid inquiry faults Stay home messaging
Report links slogan to fewer emergency visits for heart attacks, delayed care leaves some patients untreatable
standard.co.uk
2026-03-19 13:47
UK meningitis cluster reaches London, Canterbury-linked cases rise to 27
Universities and nightlife turn asymptomatic carriage into rapid local spread
independent.co.uk
standard.co.uk
2026-03-19 01:47
RVC study links popular poodle crossbreeds to more reported behaviour problems
PLOS One analysis draws on survey responses from more than 9000 UK dogs, designer-dog marketing outruns evidence on temperament
theguardian.com
2026-03-18 10:47
Maternal sepsis deaths in sub-Saharan Africa dwarf Europe
WaterAid links fatality gap to missing water sanitation and hygiene in maternity wards, the cheapest fixes are taps toilets and soap
independent.co.uk
2026-03-13 11:47
Melatonin gummies move from jet lag aid to children’s sleep routine
UK prescription rules collide with cross-border supplement market, testing finds some products far exceed labelled doses
independent.co.uk
2026-03-12 05:49
Bedbugs avoid wet surfaces in lab tests
UC Riverside study links aversion to spiracle blockage and surface adhesion, household quick-fix claims may outrun what the data actually supports
independent.co.uk
2026-03-11 12:47
Quantum computer helps model half Möbius ring molecule
IBM-backed chemistry result mixes lab synthesis with hybrid computation, practical advantage remains narrow and benchmark-like
arstechnica.com
2026-03-10 22:47
Toronto confirms first mpox clade Ib cases
Two travel-linked infections prompt vaccine push, variant label arrives faster than local severity data
globalnews.ca
2026-03-10 06:51
Leeds bus fare coin identified as Carthaginian-era issue
Museum attribution relies on iconography and typology without excavated context, provenance gap outlasts the object’s new display case
independent.co.uk
2026-03-10 06:50
AI reconstructs grainy video from mouse visual cortex activity
Infrared laser recordings paired with model inversion to match neural signals, validation hinges on what the algorithm adds when data are ambiguous
theguardian.com
2026-03-09 17:49
Daily multivitamin shifts epigenetic ageing clocks in older adults
Nature Medicine trial finds roughly four months difference over two years, biomarker market races ahead of clinical proof
independent.co.uk
businessinsider.com
2026-03-09 04:50
London boy receives heart transplant after ultra-rare LMNA diagnosis
Great Ormond Street case highlights N-of-few medicine, donor organs and research funding stay scarce
independent.co.uk
2026-03-08 15:47
SETI Institute warns stellar plasma can smear alien radio signals
Astrophysical Journal study uses spacecraft transmissions to model signal broadening, narrowband search pipelines may be tuned to miss what arrives
theguardian.com
2026-03-08 00:51
Ghost elephants documentary highlights detection problem in conservation science
Researchers infer presence from DNA audio and camera traps, absence remains hard to prove
arstechnica.com
2026-03-07 13:48
New Spinosaurus fossil from Niger challenges aquatic diver model
Inland river-basin site supports wading ambush predator interpretation, horned skull feature revives species-splitting debate
arstechnica.com
2026-03-06 20:47
Anthropic Claude finds dozens of Firefox vulnerabilities
Mozilla patches most issues in Firefox 148, bug discovery scales faster than patch capacity
techcrunch.com
2026-03-06 20:47
NASA DART impact shifts Didymos system orbit
Long-baseline occultation data capture micrometre-per-second deflection, ejecta plume moves more mass than the spacecraft
arstechnica.com
2026-03-06 05:47
Black Death linked to post-plague plant diversity decline
Fossil pollen data tracks farmland abandonment and forest spread, Rewilding can erase the habitats it promises to restore
independent.co.uk
2026-03-05 11:47
UCL study finds binge drinking rises in early 20s
UK cohort data challenges Gen Z sobriety narrative, Self-reports and sampling frames do much of the work
standard.co.uk
2026-03-04 18:47
UK dentists warn of silver tsunami in complex care
Older adults keep teeth longer and implants need lifelong maintenance, NHS capacity crunch shifts from dentures to restorations
independent.co.uk
standard.co.uk
2026-03-04 01:47
Google traces leaked iPhone exploit kit from government use to cybercrime
Coruna chains 23 vulnerabilities across iOS 13 to 17.2.1, secondhand zero-days turn stockpiles into a resale market
techcrunch.com
2026-03-03 11:49
GLP‑1 drugs link to fewer migraine emergency visits
Observational comparison pits semaglutide class against topiramate, Utilisation falls faster than proof arrives
independent.co.uk
2026-03-02 16:48
Gerontologist Nir Barzilai warns looks mislead on health
Longevity market sells biological age via clocks and panels, Genomics of centenarians competes with retest-driven biomarker business
english.elpais.com
2026-03-01 20:47
Colon cancer diagnoses rise among younger adults
A Business Insider case highlights uncertainty over true risk versus earlier detection, Screening expansion creates both capacity strain and overdiagnosis incentives
businessinsider.com
2026-03-01 05:48
Space One cancels Kairos launch again
Weather scrubs leave Japan’s private orbital bid grounded after two 2024 failures, The third attempt becomes another non-event
japantimes.co.jp
2026-02-28 16:47
China leads early humanoid robot market
Supply chain and factory pilots outpace demo culture, Unitree ships dozens of times more units than US rivals
techcrunch.com
2026-02-27 17:49
NASA adds Artemis test mission in 2027
Agency says extra lander checkout in low Earth orbit keeps 2028 Moon landing target alive, Risk reduction arrives as Artemis II slips again
independent.co.uk
2026-02-27 04:49
Large diet study links vegetarian patterns to lower cancer risk
Pooled cohorts track 1.8 million people for 16 years, Vegan subgroup shows higher colorectal cancer signal
theguardian.com
2026-02-26 14:47
Cooling cooked carbs reduces glucose spikes
Retrograded starch survives reheating in small studies, Weight loss claims outrun the calorie math
independent.co.uk
2026-02-25 23:48
Shield AI flies Anduril Fury drone with Hivemind autonomy
Air Force CCA program shifts competition from airframes to software integration, test milestones still leave edge cases unpriced
businessinsider.com
2026-02-25 23:47
UK hay fever season arrives early
University of Worcester forecast flags very high tree pollen after warm dry spell, measuring season start depends on counters as much as climate
independent.co.uk
2026-02-25 09:47
Japan naked festival crowd crush hospitalises six in Okayama
Saidaiji Eyo ritual draws 10,000 men into dark temple hall, defibrillators used as organisers weigh rule changes
independent.co.uk
2026-02-24 19:47
Red blood cells act as glucose sink under hypoxia
Cell Metabolism study links altitude physiology to lower blood sugar, human causality still unproven
foxnews.com
2026-02-24 00:47
Microplastics detected in prostate tumours
Small ASCO-presented study compares tumour vs benign tissue, contamination and causality remain unresolved
nbcnews.com
2026-02-23 08:48
Tourette tics audible during BAFTA broadcast
Host Alan Cumming explains on air, live TV standards meet involuntary speech
independent.co.uk
2026-02-22 21:52
Fin whale ship strikes rise in Chile
AIS tracks and necropsies map collision hotspots, Voluntary slowdowns fail when schedules price time
gcaptain.com
2026-02-22 17:02
China sets reimbursement pathways for brain–computer interfaces
Provincial pricing and national roadmaps push BCIs beyond labs, Consumer telepathy talk arrives before signal quality does
techcrunch.com
2026-02-22 09:52
Cat tumours share core driver mutations with human cancers
Sequencing of 500 pet cats finds TP53 and breast-cancer parallels, Comparative oncology promises realism but imports clinic-selection bias
euronews.com
2026-02-22 06:52
Hyperbolic geometry escapes Euclid’s parallel postulate
Beltrami and Poincaré models formalise consistency, Intuition loses to proof-by-model
english.elpais.com
2026-02-22 03:32
Trial protocol tests pharmacogenetic antidepressant prescribing in adolescents
PGx-GAP RCT bets CYP-based guidance improves outcomes, Personalisation pitch depends on auditable algorithms not vibes
mdpi.com
2026-02-22 03:32
NASA rules out March Artemis II launch
Helium-flow fault hits SLS pressurisation system, Moon return timetable collides with physics not messaging
japantimes.co.jp
cbsnews.com
yahoo.com
2026-02-22 00:23
Nine skiers killed in Sierra Nevada avalanche near Lake Tahoe
Recovery complete as officials probe possible criminal negligence, Snowpack uncertainty and group dynamics outpace warning models
nytimes.com
theguardian.com
miamiherald.com
2026-02-21 21:03
Gut bacteriophage found inside Bacteroides fragilis links to colorectal cancer in metagenomic cohort
Intriguing signal but causality and confounding still do the heavy lifting
foxnews.com
2026-02-21 15:32
OpenAI flags violent ChatGPT use but declines police referral in Canada shooting case
Abuse detection yields ambiguous signals and high false-positive stakes, AI safety quietly drifts toward privatized pre-crime
independent.co.uk
foxnews.com
2026-02-21 15:32
Measles can trigger SSPE decades later
Rare persistent CNS infection follows childhood measles with long latency, public messaging still sells measles as harmless until it isn’t
independent.co.uk
globalnews.ca
2026-02-21 12:43
Password managers share a structural weak point despite strong cryptography
Client compromise and autofill abuse turn centralized secret vaults into single points of failure, Doing everything right still concentrates blast radius
wired.com
2026-02-21 12:43
72 captive tigers die in Chiang Mai after feline parvovirus outbreak
Tiger Kingdom pet-and-photo business model turns biosecurity into a customer-facing failure, Close-contact wildlife tourism sells risk surfaces as entertainment
independent.co.uk
2026-02-21 09:13
Paris Agriculture Fair opens without cows over disease fears
Biosecurity model prioritizes optics when pathways and probabilities stay vague, precaution beats evidence by default
france24.com
2026-02-21 09:12
Bilingual mothers keep neural synchrony with children while switching languages
University of Nottingham study uses fNIRS during play, 15 pairs and a proxy for bonding become a headline anyway
euronews.com
2026-02-21 04:02
Study links women’s longer-lasting chronic pain to sex-specific immune pathways
Science Immunology findings challenge one-size pain models, decades of male-default research now marketed as universal biology
japantimes.co.jp
2026-02-21 01:33
EPA moves to loosen coal-plant mercury controls
Methylmercury neurotoxicity depends on emissions-to-fish exposure chain not slogans, Regulators promise savings while outsourcing uncertainty to the public
independent.co.uk
2026-02-21 01:33
Dark-matter-dominated dwarf galaxy confirmed
Stellar velocity dispersion and distance systematics drive mass-to-light inference, ΛCDM and MOND both inherit a nuisance datapoint
wired.com
dnyuz.com
2026-02-20 23:12
Legionnaires’ disease lawsuit targets Las Vegas resorts
Case underscores how building water systems amplify Legionella via biofilms and aerosols, liability follows incubation-time uncertainty
independent.co.uk
2026-02-20 23:12
UK puberty-blocker Pathways trial paused
MHRA flags unquantified long-term biological harms and demands minimum age 14, evidence gap widens as even the RCT hits the precautionary wall
theguardian.com
standard.co.uk
2026-02-20 20:42
Grail multi-cancer blood test flops in major UK study
MCED hype collides with screening math, false positives still billable even when benefits are not
nytimes.com
2026-02-20 17:52
Las Vegas Legionnaires lawsuit targets South Point
Grandview after tourist death, health district allegedly found Legionella and control failures, water-system engineering becomes courtroom evidence
independent.co.uk
2026-02-20 17:52
London measles outbreak exposes school veto over NHS vaccination teams
LSHTM finds dozens of schools block access and data sharing, herd immunity turns into logistics and incentives
independent.co.uk
2026-02-20 15:22
Epstein–Barr virus infects >95% for life
Latent B-cell reservoir links to cancers and multiple sclerosis, Near-universality makes biomarkers and co-factors the real battleground
independent.co.uk
2026-02-20 12:53
UCI pushes framework for rider airbags in road cycling
Road.cc reports move toward standardised crash-detection and inflation tests, safety regulation arrives before consensus on failure modes
road.cc
2026-02-20 12:52
Whisky warehouses deploy Boston Dynamics Spot to detect ethanol vapor leaks
Wired details VOC-sensing patrols and anomaly detection, automation turns craft mystique into audit trail
wired.com
wired.co.uk
2026-02-20 10:02
Abandoned Japanese macaque clings to stuffed orangutan at Ichikawa City Zoo
Zookeepers deploy surrogate object to replace maternal contact, viral welfare intervention still needs measurable stress and reintegration outcomes
japantimes.co.jp
2026-02-20 07:02
Antarctic Peninsula study maps best- and worst-case warming scenarios
Frontiers in Environmental Science models ocean heat, sea ice, ice-shelf risks, Uncertainty bands become policy props
euronews.com
dailymail.co.uk
euronews.com
2026-02-20 04:32
South Korea reports second foot-and-mouth disease case
FMD control hinges on strain match diagnostics and movement networks, culling remains bureaucracy’s favorite measurable output
koreaherald.com
2026-02-20 04:32
Dhaka ranks No 2 in global pollution tables
PM2.5 metrics depend on monitor placement and averaging windows, environmental reality becomes a ranking-industrial product
dhakatribune.com
2026-02-20 02:02
Google Gemini 3.1 Pro posts record benchmark scores
Evaluation suites invite contamination and gaming, leaderboard science remains optional
techcrunch.com
2026-02-20 02:02
NASA-Boeing Starliner failure report spreads blame
Valves thrusters software and test gaps recur, partnership model turns accountability into a rounding error
nytimes.com
cbsnews.com
2026-02-20 00:02
UK plans easier deer culls in England
Predator-free trophic cascade drives woodland browsing and regeneration failure, state first removes wolves then subsidizes bullets
theguardian.com
2026-02-20 00:02
Lake Tahoe avalanche kills two sisters
Standard transceivers and backcountry norms fail under slab-and-terrain dynamics, safety gear cannot outvote bad route choice
nytimes.com
2026-02-19 23:32
Neuroscientist Steve Ramirez markets memory editing as time travel
Engram tagging and reconsolidation research inch from mice toward human protocols, Regulators and courts will treat recollection like evidence that can be tampered with
wbur.org
2026-02-19 21:23
Japan panel greenlights iPS-cell regenerative products under conditional approval
Cardiomyocyte patches and Parkinson’s neurons move toward health minister sign-off, world-first status doubles as political KPI
japantimes.co.jp
2026-02-19 21:03
Arrokoth formation simulations favor gentle pebble-cloud collapse over violent impacts
Contact-physics tweaks change outcomes, observed binary fraction still mismatches models
theguardian.com
2026-02-19 21:02
Newly hatched chicks show bouba-kiki sound–shape mapping
Study suggests crossmodal bias predates language, blank-slate theories take another hit
arstechnica.com