Environment
Why AI has trouble predicting the fury of hurricane intensity
Artificial intelligence has revolutionized weather forecasting in just a few years, with global AI weather models now able to produce forecasts that rival some of the world’s best physics-based prediction systems.This remarkable progress has...
Space
First switch on for ESA-JAXA Ramses asteroid mission
Space Safety
23/09/2026
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15 likesThe European Space Agency’s and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Ramses planetary defence spacecraft has been turned on for the first time by its prime contractor – marking a major milestone in its time-critical development...
Environment
Farmers’ race for £233m funding like ‘scramble for Oasis tickets’
The Nature Friendly Farming Network (NFFN), which helps farmers to manage land in environmentally-friendly ways, criticised the "frantic scramble" and said farmers had "faced a desperate race against time" to secure their funding agreements.Cambridgeshire arable farmer Martin Lines, who...
Life
Fresh bedsheets and dusk walks: Experts’ sleep tips for freshers
When you feel groggy, it's tempting to chug multiple coffees or fizzy drinks. But caffeine hangs around in the body and blocks the build-up of sleepiness throughout the day. Too many flat whites and you'll not only be short...
Life
Your Fitness Tracker Has No Idea How Many Calories You’re Burning
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Life
Why a Test Can’t Tell You Your ‘Biological Age’
It's not enough to live forever—everybody wants to stay young forever, too. In most wellness spaces, "youth" is a word that gets thrown...
Space
Risks of Decompression Sickness and Venous Thromboembolism during Spaceflight and Patent Foramen Ovale Implications – NASA
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The purpose of this working group was to assemble a panel of experts to review the most recent data related to extravehicular activity (EVA) prebreathe testing and decompression sickness (DCS) events, venous thromboembolism (VTE) in-flight occurrences, and patent foramen...
Life
Poitras Center to fuel early careers of 50 young scientists dedicated to psychiatric disorders research
Patricia and James Poitras ’63, longtime MIT supporters, have launched a fellowship program for graduate students and postdocs studying major mental illness, expanding their MIT philanthropy to directly support early-career scientists. The commitment establishes 50 two-year fellowships through the Poitras...
Space
3I/ATLAS Has An Extreme Taste For Heavy Water
More and more details about 3I/ATLAS are filtering through the scientific process as time goes on. Our third known interstellar visitor attracted the attention of some of the most powerful observatories...
Environment
EPA says repealing power plant emissions rules will save billions – but its estimate leaves out health and climate costs
The Trump administration is repealing federal rules that limit greenhouse gas emissions from coal- and gas-fired power plants.It says the changes will make electricity cheaper for Americans. What consumers pay will depend partly on the...
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Prince Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma: The Ugandan journalist who became king amid a succession row
Prince Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma Nyabongo II, who is set to be crowned king of Uganda's Tooro kingdom later, has...