CBS News' new editor-in-chief Bari Weiss is planning to create a masthead for the broadcaster as part of a broader overhaul of standards and procedures, according to a source familiar with her plans. Why it matters: The masthead is meant to drive a more streamlined hierarchy and set of processes acr…
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XGS Energy, an advanced-geothermal startup, says it has completed crucial testing that proves its novel technology can operate reliably at commercial...
WIRED spoke with DeepMind’s Pushmeet Kohli about the recent past—and promising future—of the Nobel Prize-winning research project that changed biology and chemistry forever.
This giant bubble on the island of Sardinia holds 2,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide. But the gas wasn’t captured from factory emissions, nor was it pulled from the air. It came from a gas supplier, and it lives permanently inside the dome’s system to serve an eco-friendly purpose: to store large amount…
From Appwrite to Zulip, Universe 2025’s Open Source Zone was stacked with standout projects showing just how far open source can go. Meet the maintainers—and if you want to join them in 2026, you can now apply for next year’s cohort.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had a "very good" Christmas Day call with Trump advisers Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on ending the Russia-Ukraine war, per a post to X Thursday that Kushner reposted.The big picture: Zelensky, President Trump's son-in-law Kushner and Witkoff discuss…
This summer, more than a dozen Burrowing Owls hatched in an unusual habitat: in plastic underground tunnels within the footprint of a sprawling, 10,000-acre solar energy complex outside of Phoenix...
The European Space Agency (ESA) reacted promptly to the discovery of comet 3I/ATLAS on 1 July 2025. Soon after they were alerted to its existence by automated detection systems, ESA astronomers began using ground-based telescopes in Hawaii, Chile, and Australia to monitor its progress.Since then, th…
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Directorate of Navigation was pledged close to €1 billion by the Agency’s Member States during this week’s ESA Council at Ministerial Level (CM25) on 26 and 27 November in Bremen, Germany.With the continuation and expansion of the NAVISP and FutureNAV programmes and…
Press Release N° 36–2025
Uninterrupted access to satellite navigation is essential in our modern world, but it is threatened daily by external interference, such as jamming and spoofing. New technologies and concepts can help increase the resilience of our satellite navigation solutions. ESA and Le…
Maintaining a healthy ocean includes ensuring that fisheries are sustainable and fish stocks are abundant. If you like to eat seafood, go fishing or visit the coast, then how United States fisheries are managed affects you. We see a number of troubling signs that our fishery management system is unr…
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Bepi, Mio and MTM’s adventures continue! What have they achieved on their extraordinary journey to Mercury, planet of extremes and mysteries?They haven’t been bored, that’s for sure. They snapped cool photos and collected real science data as they flew past Earth, Venus and M…
If a major disaster like Fukushima or Chornobyl ever happens again, the world would know almost straight away, thanks to an array of government and DIY radiation-monitoring programs running globally.
Nineteen states and D.C. sued Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his health department to block the Trump administration's plan to curb young people's gender-affirming care. Why it matters: Kennedy announced last week he would stop Medicare and Medicaid payments to any provider offering gend…
Fast, direct-current charging can charge an EV’s battery from about 20 percent to 80 percent in 20 minutes. That’s not bad, but it’s still about six times as long as it takes to fill the tank of an ordinary petrol-powered vehicle.One of the major bottlenecks to even faster charging is cooling, speci…
Achieve accurate RCS predictions for electrically large aerospace structures in minutes instead ofhours using advanced approximation techniques on standard desktop hardware.What Attendees will Learn“Simulate smart, not slow” -- Extrapolation cuts 1-hour MoM runs to minutes.95%+ time savings -- Physi…
“AI is not going to take your job. The person who uses AI is going to take your job.”This is an idea that has become a refrain for, among others, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who has publicly made the prediction several times since October 2023. Meanwhile, other AI developers and stalwarts say the techn…
In the modern era of rapid digital transformation, engineering leaders are expected to be more than project managers and technical experts. They need to be vision-setters, innovation enablers, and mentors shaping the next generation of talent.Leadership and mentorship, when paired with intention, do…
Her death was announced Sunday in a statement by her foundation, saying Bardot had chosen to abandon “her prestigious movie career to dedicate her life and energy” to defend animal welfare.
Quantum computing is a devilishly complex technology, with many technical hurdles impacting its development. Of these challenges two critical issues stand out: miniaturization and qubit quality.IBM has adopted the superconducting qubit road map of reaching a 1,121-qubit processor by 2023, leading to…
When Mark Benedict and his wife, Mary Shaw, moved in 2017 to Salmon Prairie, Montana, a remote enclave about two hours north of Missoula, they felt like they had won the retirement lottery. Their...
“Russia wants to see Ukraine succeed,” Trump said during a late afternoon news conference following a meeting with Zelenskyy, whom he repeatedly praised as “brave.”
These days, it’s common knowledge that birds are living dinosaurs. Victorian naturalists proposed the notion after spotting similarities between dinosaur fossils and contemporary bird skeletons...
The Kennedy Center board unanimously voted to rename the performing arts venue the "Trump-Kennedy Center," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Thursday.The board's effort will likely hit hurdles — and require an act of Congress to change the name.The big picture: Exerting his infl…
Democratic officials and strategists blasted the Democratic National Committee on Thursday for withholding its autopsy of the party's loss in the 2024 presidential election, despite repeatedly pledging to release it.Why it matters: Several Democrats — including many advising possible 2028 presidenti…
The sun had risen, but clouds and a thick stand of trees prolonged the darkness at Reeds Lake in East Grand Rapids, Michigan. Standing on a floating boardwalk, Steve Jessmore heard the swans before...
Editor’s Note: Frank Graham was Audubon magazine’s field editor for 45 years, during which time he skillfully captured the beauty and complexity of subjects from across the natural world. This...
The Supreme Court declined Tuesday to let President Trump send National Guard troops to the Chicago area.Why it matters: The 6-3 ruling in the conservative-majority high court leaves in place a lower court order temporarily barring Trump from deploying the National Guard to Illinois.It marks a signi…
The suspect in the mass shooting at Brown University that killed two people and injured nine others was found dead in Salem, New Hampshire, officials announced on Thursday night. The big picture: The 48-year-old Portuguese national and former Brown student was also the suspected shooter in Monday's …
One video shows multiple Black women screaming and pounding on a door with the caption "store under attack." Another captures distraught Walmart employees of color being loaded into an ICE van. Why it matters: These AI-generated viral videos aren't just perpetuating racism — they're influencing pol…
America faces an aging crisis: We have too few young people supporting too many older people — at the very moment Social Security, our national retirement program, nears insolvency.To make matters worse, young people are increasingly scared to have kids — in part because they fear AI will make findi…
Long before modern telescopes, early astronomers mapped the heavens with math, myth, and sheer curiosity. This crossword quiz celebrates the minds who first charted the cosmos.
As schools and universities take varying stances on AI, some teachers believe the tech can democratize tutoring. Here's how - and where the drawbacks lie.
The Emerging Markets Week Ahead column and the “What’s Happening in EM” podcast won’t be published on Sunday, Dec. 28. Both will resume on Sunday, Jan. 4.
Clashes broke out between Syrian security forces and demonstrators led by the Alawite religious minority as pressure mounts on President Ahmed Al Sharaa to reconcile long-standing sectarian disputes.
Silver retreated sharply after smashing through $80 an ounce for the first time, with traders taking profits from a record-breaking rally powered by a structural imbalance in supply and demand.
Inspired by kirigami, a type of Japanese paper art, researchers have created a new material that transforms from a grid into any 3D structure you'd like.
In its 50th anniversary year, European Space Agency (ESA) Member States have recommitted to space science. A historic budget increase for the Science Programme of 3.5% per year through to 2028, in addition to inflation, will enable some of the most ambitious missions ever, and bolster European leade…
ChatGPT Image 1.5 launched, and while it seems comparable to Gemini's Nano Banana Pro, the product around it shows OpenAI's advantages. Then, Apple v. Epic rolls on.
NASA NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has measured a tenfold spike in methane, an organic chemical, in the atmosphere around it and detected other organic molecules in a rock-powder sample...
According to the patent, habitable modules would rotate around a central axis to simulate gravity for crew by producing an outward-pushing centrifugal force.
Sarah DeWeerdt, Anthropocene Environmentally friendly and even carbon-negative drinking straws exist, according to a new study. But the analysis also lays bare the potential for...
llen Institute Scientists have engineered a protein able to record the incoming chemical signals of brain cells (as opposed to just their outgoing signals). These whisper-quiet...
Mark Golden, Stanford A 2022 California law mandates net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045 and negative emissions every year thereafter. The state can achieve this but will have to act...
Leading X-ray space telescopes XMM-Newton and XRISM have spotted an extraordinary blast from a supermassive black hole. In a matter of hours, the gravitational monster whipped up powerful winds, flinging material out into space at eye-watering speeds of 60 000 km per second.
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed the source of a super-bright flash of light known as a gamma-ray burst, generated by an exploding massive star when the Universe was only 730 million years old. For the first time for such a remote event, the telescope provided a detection of…
The ocean has long been the end of the pipe for plastic pollution, with ocean wildlife bearing the brunt of the overproduction and overconsumption of single-use plastics. The world now produces more plastics than at any point in history—hundreds of millions of tons each year—and more than 11 million…
On 17 December, two Galileo satellites lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana aboard an Ariane 6 rocket. This marked the 14th launch for Europe’s Galileo constellation, reinforcing Europe’s satellite navigation capabilities, resilience and autonomy.
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On 17 December 2025, two new Galileo satellites lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. This was the 14th launch for Europe’s satellite navigation operational satellite programme, reinforcing Europe’s resilience and autonomy. The flight, VA266, was the first laun…
In 2025, Europe celebrated the 30th anniversary of satellite navigation on the continent, a milestone built on decades of innovation, collaboration and excellence. Three decades of challenges and triumphs that have shaped the navigation systems we rely on today: EGNOS and Galileo, and that serve as …
On 17 December, two Galileo satellites will be launched on Ariane 6 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana in the 14th operational launch of the Galileo programme. These satellites will improve the precision, availability and robustness of the Galileo system by adding spares to guarantee the syste…
When the Trump administration slashed foreign aid, it gutted a program that had reduced malaria deaths world wide. In northern Cameroon, health workers tried to protect children in one last rainy season.
Ansar al-Sunna, which experts say appears to be an ISIS splinter group, claimed responsibility for the explosion, which happened as worshipers were attending Friday Prayer.
Premier David Eby says logging the province's old-growth forests for pulp is not an option, as the BC government looks for ways to help a pulp mill closing on Vancouver Island.
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As the world looks to incorporate more renewables into energy grids, centuries-old systems that can balance supply and demand are being reappraised and innovated upon.