Jessica Atkin’s team proved chard, radishes, and dwarf tomatoes can grow in lunar soil with added light and water, cutting food-shipping costs—critical for lon…

Sperm whales in the Mediterranean are splitting into two clans with distinct vocal dialects, likely due to isolation from shipping noise and food scarcity. Thi…

The U.S. lifted sanctions on Iranian oil trade until August 21, allowing Iran to resume oil exports and access $6 billion in frozen revenues, though Iran rejec…

AI companies struggle because their models need clean, specialized data from messy web and private sources, so a new "data infrastructure layer" is emerging to…

655 million people lack electricity, with 560 million in sub-Saharan Africa; meeting the 2030 energy access goal requires urgent action. Progress is slow due t…

Extreme heat impairs animals' cognitive abilities, causing aggression and poor decision-making, which threatens their survival. As climate change intensifies h…

Ebola likely began in Mongbwalu, a gold-mining town in eastern DRC, before officials identified it, spreading rapidly due to poverty, misinformation, and distr…

Devout Catholics in Bibiclat, Philippines smear mud on their bodies during the Tibag sa Banlik festival to honor St. John the Baptist, blending Catholic and pr…

The Yarrabubba crater in Western Australia is now confirmed as Earth’s oldest impact crater at 2.23 billion years old, not 3.47 billion as previously thought. …

The U.S. Treasury’s General License X waiver allows Iran to sell oil in dollars, unlocking up to $9 billion by freeing stranded crude for humanitarian purchase…

A nuclear lab worker vanished with a skeleton found near the facility and reports of missing nuclear material; authorities now suspect foul play. This matters …