SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

Editor’s Note: This article was updated on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, to correct that the signed contract is an unfunded Space Act Agreement, rather than a reimbursable Space Act Agreement. NASA is continuing the Astrobee mission through a collaboration with Arkisys,...

Mark Poynting and Matt McGrathBBC News Climate and ScienceEuropean Photopress AgencyChina, the world's biggest source of planet-warming gases, has for the first time committed to an absolute target to cut its emissions. In a video statement to the UN...

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A device with more than 6000 quantum bits, or qubits, has smashed a previously-held record and is the first step...

Science & Exploration 24/09/2025 2962 views 39 likesThe NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a colourful array of massive stars and glowing cosmic dust in the Sagittarius B2 (Sgr B2) molecular cloud, the most massive and active star-forming region...

James GallagherHealth and science correspondentBBC/Fergus WalshResults from the trial - which involved 29 patients - have been released in a statement by the company uniQure, but have not yet been published in full for review by other specialists.The data...

new video loaded: Trump Pushes Unproven Link Between Tylenol and AutismBy Azeen Ghorayshi, Claire Hogan, Theodore Tae and June Kim•September 23, 2025Top U.S. health officials urged pregnant women not to use acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, claiming it...

Transistors, the building blocks of modern electronics, are typically made of silicon. Because it’s a semiconductor, this...

On Monday, the US government announced two initiatives related to autism. It will update labelling on the common painkiller...

Just six months ago, the Trump administration promised to find the cause of autism. On September 22, top U.S. health officials announced both a cause and a treatment — though neither is on solid scientific footing, and no data...