NASA Sets Coverage for Astronaut Jonny Kim, Crewmates Return
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky, is preparing to depart the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft and return to Earth. Kim, Ryzhikov, and Zubritsky will undock from the stationâs Prichal module at 8:41 p.m. ES
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Hospitals facing unprecedented flu season, say NHS bosses
Record number of patients in hospital in England with flu for this time of year, figures show.
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NHS must take elderly infections more seriously, Chris Whitty warns
England's chief medical officer says doctors do not appreciate risk of heart attack and stroke, as flu cases rise.
Daily coffee may slow biological aging in mental illness
Researchers studying people with major psychiatric disorders found that drinking up to four cups of coffee a day is associated with longer telomeres. This suggests a potential slowing of biological aging by about five years. However, drinking five or more cups showed no benefit and may even contribu
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US and EU critical minerals project could displace thousands in DRC â report
Global Witness says plan to upgrade railway line to Angola puts up to 1,200 buildings at risk of demolitionUp to 6,500 people are at risk of being displaced in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by a multi-billion-dollar infrastructure project funded by the EU and the US, amid a global race to sec
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Volcanic eruption may have triggered Europe's deadly Black Death plague
A volcanic eruption may have set off a chain reaction that led to Europe's deadliest pandemic.
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Preventing infections in older people is hit and miss, says Englandâs chief medic
Chris Whitty contrasts systematic approach in children and calls for more research into managing infections in elderlyThe medical profession must do more to prevent and manage infections in elderly people as the current methods are âhit and missâ, the chief medical officer for England has said.Writi
NASA-JAXA XRISM Finds Elemental Bounty in Supernova Remnant
For the first time, scientists have made a clear X-ray detection of chlorine and potassium in the wreckage of a star using data from the Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) spacecraft. The Resolve instrument aboard XRISM, pronounced âcrism,â discovered these elements in a supern
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NASA Completes Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Construction
NASAâs next big eye on the cosmos is now fully assembled. On Nov. 25, technicians joined the inner and outer portions of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in the largest clean room at the agencyâs Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. âCompleting the Roman observatory brings us to
Astronomers find a planet orbiting at a wild angle no one can explain
A network of powerful ground-based telescopes captured rare starspot-crossing events on TOI-3884b, revealing cooler patches on the starâs surface and rapid changes tied to its rotation. By combining multicolor transit observations with months of high-cadence brightness monitoring, researchers nailed
3.3 billion-year-old crystals reveal a shockingly active early Earth
Fresh evidence suggests early Earth wasnât locked under a rigid stagnant lid but was already experiencing intense subduction. Ancient melt inclusions and advanced simulations point to continents forming far earlier than expected. The findings overturn long-held assumptions about the planetâs infancy
RosalĂa Announces Massive 2026 Tour
Dates in North and South America and Europe behind Lux kick off in March
Simple nutrient mix delivers surprising autism breakthrough in mice
A low-dose mix of zinc, serine, and branched-chain amino acids boosted neural function and social behavior in autism mouse models. The combination restored more typical synaptic protein patterns and reduced excessive amygdala activity. Individual supplements had no effect, showing that the nutrients
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Earthquake of 3.3 magnitude rattles Lancashire and Lake District
Residents report homes shaking from quake with epicentre near the village of Silverdale in LancashireResidents were shaken by what felt like an âunderground explosionâ after Englandâs strongest earthquake in two years affected towns and villages across Lancashire and Cumbria.A 3.3-magnitude earthqua
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âOne bite and he was hookedâ: from Kenya to Nepal, how parents are battling ultra-processed foods
Five families around the world share their struggles to keep their children away from UPFsParents and young people: share your concerns about ultra-processed foods (UPFs)The scourge of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) is global. While their consumption is particularly high in the west, forming more than
âIncredibleâ carved canoe dates back to first settlement of islands near New Zealand
Fibers found on waka in Chatham Islands roughly align in age with earliest known human arrival
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âNever seen anything like thisâ: alarm at memo from top US vaccine official
Vinay Prasad memo said at least 10 children had died from Covid vaccination â but offered scant evidence for claimAmericaâs top vaccines official promised, in a long and argumentative memo to staff on Friday, to revamp vaccine regulation after claiming that at least 10 children died from Covid vacci
Medieval volcano may have indirectly sparked Europeâs Black Death
Crop failures caused by eruptions possibly forced grain imports from plague-ridden regions
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MND took our son at 14 - anyone at any age can get it
Kyle Sieniawski, from Pontypridd, died last month, after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease in January.
Scientists capture flu viruses surfing into human cells in real time
Scientists have captured a never-before-seen, high-resolution look at influenzaâs stealthy invasion of human cells, revealing that the cells arenât just helpless victims. Using a groundbreaking imaging technique, researchers discovered that our cells actually reach out and âgrabâ the virus as it sea