Space
NASA’s oldest active astronaut lands with space station crewmates on his 70th birthday
NASA's oldest active astronaut has redefined traveling "home" for your birthday, landing from the International Space Station on the same day that he turned 70.Don Pettit touched down on Saturday (April 19) with his Soyuz MS-26 crewmates, Aleksey Ovchinin,...
Life
Lucy Edwards: Why I want an IVF baby to screen out gene that made me go blind
RNIBAnd that's the quandary. IVF will edit out the very thing that has made Lucy who she is today - a journalist, advocate, author and broadcaster.It is an emotive topic of debate. The most well-known conversation is around Down's...
Science
3 Top Dividend Stocks Yielding Over 3% to Buy With $500 Right Now
Dividend stocks can be fantastic investments. The best ones pay an attractive and growing stream of dividend income while also delivering healthy stock price appreciation over the long term. That combination of income and...
Life
People Are Reverse Location Searching Photos on ChatGPT, and It Actually Works
This week, OpenAI announced its latest models: o3 and o4-mini. These are reasoning models, which break down a prompt into multiple parts that...
Life
Why the Treadmill Can Feel so Much Easier Than Running Outside
Is the treadmill harder or easier than running outdoors? Survey runners, and you’ll get plenty of different opinions on which feels harder or...
Environment
New colour seen for the first time by tricking the eyes
Five people have witnessed an intense green-blue colour that has never been seen by humans before, thanks to a...
Space
NASA to Cover US Spacewalk 93, Hold Preview News Conference – NASA
Two NASA astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station, conducting U.S. spacewalk 93 on Thursday, May 1, to complete station upgrades.
NASA will preview the upcoming spacewalk during a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT on Thursday, April 24,...
Space
Claims of alien life are overhyped – and miss the real accomplishment
If you’re the kind of person who keeps an eye on astronomical news – or glances at any news...
Life
Quantum GPS can help planes navigate when regular GPS is jammed
A quantum magnetic navigation system has been tested to guide an aircraft – and it outperformed standard backup systems...
Science
Fires in the Amazon forest may melt sea ice in Antarctica
Soot from forest fires in the Amazon might play a role in the melting of faraway ice in Antarctica.For decades, scientists have known that black carbon from burning fossil fuels or forests accelerates ice melt in different parts of...
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Student killed in French school stabbing attack, reports say
One student has been killed and at least three people were injured in stabbing at a school in western...