Science & Health
The World’s Most Beautiful Diving Paradise Is Being Mined — and Indonesia Is Letting It Happen
Raja Ampat, an archipelago of around 600 islands in Indonesia's West Papua province that contains the most biodiverse marine ecosystem on Earth, is being...
Scientists Say They Finally Know Enough About the Brain to Start Fixing It — A $400 Million Bet
The Allen Institute in Seattle — which has spent two decades mapping the human brain's cellular architecture — has launched a $400 million Brain...
Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket Explodes on the Launch Pad — What It Means for NASA’s Moon Plans
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded during a ground test at Cape Canaveral on May 28, destroying the 322-foot...
Hurricane Season 2026 Starts Today — NOAA Forecasts a Below-Normal Year
The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season begins officially on June 1, with NOAA forecasting a below-normal season for the first...
UN Warns 2027 Will Likely Be the Hottest Year on Record as Earth Passes 1.5°C Threshold
The World Meteorological Organization's 2026 Global Annual-to-Decadal Update, released on Thursday, finds that global temperatures are overwhelmingly likely to...
China Launches Shenzhou 23 With One Astronaut Set for a Full Year in Space
China successfully launched its Shenzhou 23 crewed spacecraft on May 24, sending three astronauts toward the Tiangong space station...
Ebola Outbreak in DRC and Uganda Declared Global Health Emergency — What We Know
The World Health Organization has declared the Bundibugyo Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and...
World Health Assembly Calls for Global Health Architecture Reform as Funding Gaps Threaten Decades of Progress
Meeting in Geneva for its 79th session, the World Health Assembly agreed this week that the international health system...