Science & Health
New York Just Became the First State to Ban New AI Data Centres — Here Is What That Means for the $5 Trillion AI...
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order on Tuesday imposing a one-year moratorium on permitting and construction of new hyperscale data centres...
80% of New Ebola Cases in Congo Are From Unknown Sources — the Outbreak Has Passed 2,000 Cases
The World Health Organisation's emergencies chief confirmed on Tuesday that eight in ten new Ebola cases in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are now...
Russia Has Just Had Its Hottest 12 Months Ever Recorded — Even as Its Economy Bleeds From Fuel Shortages
The global heatwave of 2026 — which has broken records across Europe, the United States and Asia — has...
2026 Is Already the Hottest Year Ever Recorded — and Scientists Are Alarmed by the Pace
The European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service has confirmed that the first six months of 2026 — January through...
A Measles Surge Is Quietly Spreading Across the Americas — 20,500 Cases This Year, Led by Mexico
Measles — a vaccine-preventable disease that the Pan American Health Organisation declared eliminated from the Americas in 2016 —...
The Ebola Outbreak in Congo Has Now Passed 1,460 Cases — and Could Become the Worst in History
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, caused by the Bundibugyo strain of the virus for which...
The Antwerp Apartment Fire That Killed Six Exposes Europe’s Growing High-Rise Building Safety Crisis
At least six people were killed and many more injured when a fire broke out on the ground floor...
A New Interstellar Comet Has Entered Our Solar System — and It May Be the Largest Ever Detected
Astronomers have confirmed that a newly discovered comet — designated 3I/ATLAS — is an interstellar object: a visitor from...