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How one coder hacked science paywalls and made millions of research papers free

How one coder hacked science paywalls and made millions of research papers free

Super Earth discovered where daytime temperature is a blistering 725°C

Super Earth discovered where daytime temperature is a blistering C

The shehnai of India's birth is silent, and physics can't ignore it

The shehnai of Indias birth is silent and physics cant ignore it

Meteor shower to light up Britain this week as stargazers treated to ‘beautiful streaks'

A spectacular meteor shower is set to light up Britain’s skies this week, with stargazers being treated to dazzling "beautiful streaks" overhead.The Eta Aquariid meteor shower will peak in the early hours of Wednesday, offering skywatchers the best chance to catch the celestial display between midnight and sunrise.Britons hoping to witness the annual spectacle are being urged to head away from streetlights and artificial light for the clearest possible view.Royal Museums Greenwich said the showe...

Inside the effort to replace America's Minuteman III nuclear missiles

Exclusive CBS Evening News America's aging Minuteman III nuclear missiles are getting replaced. We got an inside look. .chip { background-image: url('/fly/bundles/cbsnewscore/images/chip-bgd/chip-bgd-evening-news.jpg'); } By Ian Lee Ian Lee Correspondent Ian Lee is a CBS News correspondent based in London, where he reports for CBS News, CBS Newspath and CBS News 24/7. Lee is a multi-award-winning journalist whose work covering major international stories has earned him some of journalism's top h...

Astronomers find signs of atmosphere on mysterious world beyond Pluto

Japanese astronomers on Monday said a tiny, little-known world beyond Pluto may possess an atmosphere, defying what had been thought possible for icy...

Surprising future plan for controversial Oregon monkey research center where primates are tortured in the name of science

Surprising future plan for controversial Oregon monkey research center where primates are tortured in the name of scienceBy LAUREN ACTON-TAYLOR, US NEWS REPORTER Published: 18:51, 4 May 2026 | Updated: 18:51, 4 May 2026 e-mail View comments

China 'covered up suicide plane crash' that killed all 132 on board

Officials have claimed China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 crashed into mountains due to deliberate pilot error, which resulted in all 132 people on board being killed

She sold herself as kindly Earth mother potter to A-List stars... now her dreams of opening Nantucket studio have been shattered by shocking mean girl allegations

She sold herself as kindly Earth mother potter to A-List stars... now her dreams of opening Nantucket studio have been shattered by shocking mean girl allegationsSign up for our US Editor's Picks newsletter to get all the biggest exclusive stories By ELIOT FORCE, US NEWS REPORTER Published: 17:22, 4 May 2026 | Updated: 17:23, 4 May 2026 e-mail View comments

Fatal 2022 China Plane Crash Points to Deliberate Fuel Cutoff

The China Eastern Airlines Corp. jetliner that plummeted into a hillside in 2022, killing all 132 people on board, had its fuel supply cut mid flight, newly-released investigative material shows that bolsters the theory that the aircraft was intentionally brought down.

Mysterious world beyond Pluto may have atmosphere, study says

Space Mysterious world beyond Pluto may have an atmosphere, astronomers say By Agence France-Presse May 4, 2026 / 11:54 AM EDT / CBS/AP Add CBS News on Google A new study suggests that a tiny, icy world beyond Pluto harbors a thin, delicate atmosphere that may have been created by volcanic eruptions or a comet strike.Just 300 miles or so across, this mini Pluto is thought to be the solar system's smallest object yet with a clearly detected global atmosphere bound by gravity, said lead researcher...

Mysterious world beyond Pluto may have an atmosphere: astronomers

A tiny, little-known world beyond Pluto appears to have an atmosphere, Japanese astronomers said on Monday, defying what had been thought possible for icy objects in our cosmic backyard. If confirmed, the roughly 500-kilometre-wide rock would become just the second world past Neptune in our Solar System to host an atmosphere — after only Pluto itself. Formerly classified as a planet, Pluto was demoted to dwarf planet status in 2006, in part because astronomers were discovering other similar obje...

Russia needs to support biotech instrument-making

The head of state gave such assignment in conclusion of the Future Technologies Forum

Finnish military says it is impossible to down drones near Russian border — Yle

There have been multiple reports of UAVs being spotted within Finland and its airspace

These Are the Players in the Million-Dollar Dinosaur Fossil Business

Why are dinosaur bones joining the collections of millionaires and billionaires like Ken Griffin? On this episode of the Odd Lots podcast, we are joined by Salomon Aaron, a director at London-based gallery David Aaron. He tells Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway how the private market for fossils actually works and how similar it is to the market for art and other antiquities. (Source: Bloomberg)

'We're looking at connections': Mystery as 10 scientists linked to top secret research dead or missing

The FBI has launched an investigation into the deaths and disappearances of 10 American scientists who possessed access to sensitive government research programmes.Director Kash Patel confirmed the bureau would examine potential links between the cases.He said: "We’re going to look for connections."Mr Patel told Fox News that investigators would scrutinise the researchers' "access to classified information" and "foreign actors". TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say He added: "If there’s any con...

'Only part of the solution': Are Electric Vehicles truly sustainable?

As Electric Vehicles (EVs) have become increasingly central to global climate policy, DawnNews explores whether they really are the straightforward climate solution they appear to be. As economist Ammar Habib Khan says, EVs are “part of the solution, but not an overall policy intervention”. Behind the clean image lies a complicated story about minerals, water, economics and sustainability. Watch Front Seat to Climate Change to unpack the complex story of the real costs and opportunities behind t...

What is Hantavirus? The disease suspected of killing three onboard a cruise ship

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‘Point of no return’: New Orleans relocation must start now due to sea level, study finds

Louisiana’s cultural hotspot could be surrounded by Gulf of Mexico before end of this century, authors sayThe process of relocating people from New Orleans should start immediately as the city has reached a “point of no return” that will see it surrounded by the ocean within decades due to the climate crisis, a stark new study has concluded.Ongoing sea level rise and the rampant erosion of wetlands in southern Louisiana will swallow up the New Orleans area within a few generations, with the new...

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