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Ice caps, a trillion genes and the London AI firm using DNA to design new drugs
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Climate war shock
THE war between the US-Israel and Iran catapulted a regional conflict into a systemic shock within an already fragile global economy, causing a dangerous rupture in the world’s climate trajectory. What made the moment uniquely perilous was not only the scale of military confrontation, but the fact that it was occurring at a time when scientists have repeatedly warned that the window to keep global warming within 1.5 degrees Celsius is rapidly closing effectively by 2030. Energy lies at the heart...
Chinese AI solves decade-old maths problem in hours, with no human intervention
A Chinese artificial intelligence framework has autonomously resolved an open problem proposed more than a decade ago by a US mathematician, according to the Peking University-led team that developed it. The dual-agent framework solved the problem posed in 2014 by former University of Iowa professor Dan Anderson – who died in 2022 at the age of 73 – the researchers said in a preprint paper published on April 4. By synthesising decades of mathematical literature, the Chinese team’s AI framework.....
SpaceX launches Cygnus XL with over 5 tonnes of supplies to ISS
WASHINGTON: SpaceX launched a massive cargo ship packed with over 5 tonnes of gear for astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) early Saturday, then aced a rocket landing minutes after the Florida liftoff.A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soared into a blue sky over Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 7:41 a.m. EDT (1141 GMT) on Saturday, sending Northrop Grumman's "Cygnus XL" resupply freighter toward the International Space Station (ISS). The mission, called NG-24, is Northrop G...
Recapping the historic Artemis II mission around the moon
Artemis II's crew has returned home to Houston after covering nearly 700,000 miles on their voyage around the moon. Mark Strassmann has more.
Lunar soil samples from Chang’e missions reveal history of organic matter
An international research team has made important discoveries from lunar soil samples brought back by China’s Chang’e-5 and Chang’e-6 missions. Published in Science Advances, the study uncovers the evolutionary history of organic matter in the solar system. Led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and in partnership with the University of New Mexico, the team systematically identified, for the first time, multiple nitrogen-rich organic compounds in lunar soil grains. These findin...
Spain’s Sanchez calls China trade imbalance with EU ‘unsustainable’
BEIJING: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called China’s trade imbalance with the European Union “unsustainable” on Monday, as he began a three-day visit to Beijing where he hopes to strengthen economic ties. Sanchez’s visit is his fourth to China in four years as he seeks to position Spain as a bridge between Beijing and the 27-member European Union, whose relations with the United States show signs of strain. US President Donald Trump’s tariffs and unpredictab...
China successfully launches test satellite for space-based internet tech
BEIJING: China launched a Smart Dragon-3 (SD-3) carrier rocket from the sea, sending a test satellite into its planned orbit to promote satellite internet technology.According to Xinhua News Agency, the SD-3 rocket blasted off at 7:32 p.m. (Beijing Time) from waters off the coast of Yangjiang in south China's Guangdong Province.The offshore launch mission was carried out by the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre.China’s satellite laser shreds Starlink, 1 Gbps data from 36,000 km high with a 2-Watt...
Scientists feud over South Africa's missing great white sharks
60 Minutes Overtime South Africa's great white sharks mysteriously vanished. Scientists can't agree who, or what, is the culprit. .chip { background-image: url('/fly/bundles/cbsnewscore/images/chip-bgd/chip-bgd-60-minutes-overtime.jpg'); } By Anderson Cooper, Anderson Cooper 60 Minutes Correspondent Anderson Cooper, anchor of CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360," has contributed to 60 Minutes since 2006. His exceptional reporting on big news events has earned Cooper a reputation as one of television's pr...
Iran's nuclear programme has survived US-Israeli attacks and can still make bombs, experts say
Vice President JD Vance has identified Iran's nuclear ambitions as the 'critical flashpoint' behind the collapse of 21-hour emergency talks in Islamabad.
Russian Orthodox Christian leader sends warning from Earth to space (VIDEO)
Patriarch Kirill spoke with Russian cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) via a video link Scientific knowledge should go hand-in-hand with religious faith for humankind to avoid a potential catastrophe, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, has said while speaking to the Russian cosmonauts working at the International Space Station (ISS). The Patriarch delivered his address to the cosmonauts via video link on Sunday as Orthodox Christians cele...
NASA's Artemis follow-up mission 'right around the corner' after successful lunar flight
The world may still be captivated by the breathtaking views, record-setting distance and emotional homecoming of Artemis II, but for NASA, the next chapter is already in motion.Entry flight director Rick Henfling alluded to Artemis III being in the space agency’s sights after the Artemis II crew safely splashed down in the Pacific on Saturday."The next mission’s right around the corner," Henfling said.In the next high-stakes mission set to launch next year, Artemis III astronauts will remain in...
Space Race Goes Multipolar
From Russia's early strides to India's Mars orbit, China's space station, Iran’s rocket advancements, Brazil's growing program, and South Africa's satellite launches — BRICS+ countries are shaping the future of space.
Artemis II pilot Victor Glover praises God after return, says mission was 'too big to be in one body'
Artemis II astronaut Victor Glover on Saturday used a public appearance to praise God and talk about how he felt a deep sense of gratitude following the crew's monumental return from space.Glover and his fellow astronauts spoke in Houston, Texas, about the experience of traveling to the far side of the moon, further from Earth than any in human mission."I wanted to thank God in public," Victor Glover said. "And I want to thank God again, because even bigger than my challenge trying to describe w...
Artemis II crew speak out at welcome home event: ‘Earth was this lifeboat hanging in the universe’
Astronauts make first remarks at jubilant homecoming in Houston after their record-breaking flybyStill marveling over their moon mission, the Artemis II astronauts received a thunderous welcome home on Saturday from hundreds who took part in setting a record for deep space travel during the US space agency Nasa’s lunar comeback.The crew of four arrived at Ellington Field near Nasa’s Johnson Space Center and Mission Control in Houston, flying in from San Diego, where they splashed down just offsh...
The Spacecraft That Took Humanity to Stars
Vostok, also called model 3KA, was the first Soviet series of crewed spacecraft developed by Experimental Design Bureau 1 under the leadership of Sergei Korolev between 1958 and 1963 for missions in low Earth orbit.
Could unusual Pacific storms signal a 'super El Nino' in 2026?
Cyclone Maila and Typhoon Sinlaku, a pair of tropical systems in the Pacific, could help accelerate the development of El Nino conditions, according to The Weather Channel, drawing renewed attention to the possibility of a "super El Nino" in 2026.What
NASA chief declares America 'absolutely back' in space race, says US will beat China to the moon
A top NASA official declared America is "absolutely back" in the space race, as the U.S. races to beat China to the moon under an aggressive Trump push to build a lunar base and eventually plant Old Glory on Mars."We are absolutely on an achievable path now," NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said Saturday."There is no question... President Trump gave us the Artemis program that's currently underway right now during his first term... he gave us the resources to actually execute on an achievable...
‘Never been closer’: UFO watchers buoyed by Trump and Vance’s alien ‘obsession’
From Vance’s interest to Trump’s commitment to disclosure, administration’s fascination with UFOs has experts feeling close to evidence of aliensLike most politicians, Donald Trump did not campaign on the issue of space aliens. But 15 months into his second term, UFO enthusiasts have been buoyed by the Trump administration’s apparent fascination with extraterrestrials, with one expert claiming the human race has “never been closer” to being presented with hard evidence of aliens.After a largely...
The quantum mystery that may explain how God knows every thought you have
For millennia, the concept of an omniscient God — a deity who knows every sparrow that falls, every thought that forms, and every star that burns across the vast expanse of the cosmos — has boggled the human imagination. How in the world can any entity, no matter how supreme, know everything that’s happening everywhere, all at once, in real time, and with atomic-level intimacy?To the strict materialist, it sounds like an impossibility, a wondrous but completely illogical relic of ancient philoso...