SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

Editor’s Note: This article was updated Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026, to reflect a change to the event start time. Students in Florida will hear from NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney as they answer prerecorded STEM questions while aboard...

Charity Brain Tumour Research said the disease was the cancer most likely to kill patients under 40 in the UK.They said charities made up more than 75% of the total national investment in brain tumour research, with the government...

“Exponentially exploding,” mathematician Thomas Bloom told me by phone, describing the flood of new results in his field. Little did he know that hours later, OpenAI was going to post 722 mathematical manuscripts an unreleased AI model had produced.The...

In 2021, Texas suffered the worst energy infrastructure failure in state history, following three severe winter storms in February. At least 246 people were killed as a result of the disruptions, which led to food, water, heat and electricity...

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YouTube TV is one of several streaming services for live TV—and a particularly good pick for sports fans who want to be able...

When Hurricane Isaias hit the Florida Panhandle on Oct. 9, 2026, it was just the latest weather disaster for Americans in a year that continues to break records.The hottest U.S. summer on record left millions...

One of the consequences of failing to agree budget is that healthcare staff still have not received this year's pay rise, unlike their counterparts in the rest of the UK.On Wednesday, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) opened a...

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On Oct. 13, 1773, a French astronomer named Charles Messier discovered the "Whirlpool Galaxy," also known as Messier 51, or M51.Charles Messier was scanning the sky for objects that could confuse comet hunters when he catalogued the galaxy as...