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Editor’s note: As of Oct. 1, 2025, this news conference was cancelled due to a lapse in government funding.  NASA will host a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Oct. 1, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston...

Hidden within veils of gas and dust lies the brilliant heart of Messier 82 (M82), better known as the Cigar Galaxy. This galaxy has earned its reputation as one of the most energetic star-forming galaxies in the universe.Recently, the...

Another business-led effort to fight climate change is unraveling.On Aug. 27, 2025, the Net-Zero Banking Alliance suspended its activities after several major U.S. and European banks backed out.While most observers are blaming the...

When you think about heat waves, you might picture sweltering cities, shimmering asphalt and unbearable summer afternoons. These heat waves dominate the headlines because we feel them directly.Rivers, on the other hand, are often...

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The price the NHS pays for medicines will need to rise to stop a wave of pharmaceutical investment leaving the UK, science minister Patrick Vallance has said.His comments follow several recent announcements from some of the world's largest drug...

Annotating regions of interest in medical images, a process known as segmentation, is often one of the...

The government's flagship NHS pledge to get back to hitting the 18-week waiting time target in England by the end of the parliament is hanging in the balance, experts say.An analysis by the Health Foundation shows, on current trends,...

Nadine YousifSenior Canada reporterGetty ImagesStill, experts like Jen Beverly, a wildland fire professor at the University of Alberta, warn there is little Canada can do to prevent wildfires altogether."These are high intensity fire ecosystems" in Canada, she said, that...

Commercial-scale carbon-capture systems for cement plants are now being deployed, raising hopes that one of the trickiest industrial sectors...