One in three Palestinians in Gaza going days without food, UNICEF says
UN agency warns of grave risk of famine as the number of starvation deaths hits 162 Palestinians, including 92 children.
Month: August 2025
Karoline Leavitt says the president plans to extort schools into ending gender-affirming care
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has claimed that the presidential administration’s recent extortion of Brown University in Rhode Island will help end “gender extremism”
Earth, Mars, Venus — and a long-lost planet — may have once ‘waltzed’ in perfect harmony around the sun
New simulations suggest that up to four of the solar system’s rocky planets, including Earth and a long-lost world, once orbited in mathematical harmony around
Aye-ayes: The strange nocturnal lemurs with long, creepy fingers
Aye-ayes are remarkable thanks to their extra-long, bony middle fingers, which they use to locate grubs and pick their noses.
NASA unveils 9 stunning snapshots of the cosmos in X-ray vision: Space photo of the week
Scientists have released nine dazzling images from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, blending data with the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes to reveal black holes
RIP Corporation for Public Broadcasting: 1967–2026
Despite the protests of millions of Americans, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced it will be winding down its operations after the White House
Under RFK Jr, CDC skips study on vaccination rates, quietly posts data on drop
Vaccination rates among the country’s kindergartners have fallen once again, with coverage of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccination dropping from 92.7 percent in
South Koreans are obsessed with Netflix’s ‘K-pop Demon Hunters.’ Here’s why
“K-pop Demon Hunters,” an American-made film, has gained a huge audience in South Korea, thanks to its nods to Korean folklore, pop culture and habits.
Wild Pennsylvania Highway Spill Leads To Commuters’ Wurst Nightmare
Crews couldn’t help but see the humor in a situation they did not relish.
South Africa Hopes Injecting Horns With Radioactive Material Curbs Rhino Poaching
The anti-poaching campaign injects rhino horns with radioactive isotopes that are harmless for the animals but which can be detected by customs agents.
At 17, Hannah Cairo Solved a Major Math Mystery
It’s not that anyone ever said sophisticated math problems can’t be solved by teenagers who haven’t finished high school. But the odds of such a
Synthetic torpor moves closer to real-world medical use
Nature is often the best model for science. For nearly a century, scientists have been trying to recreate the ability of some mammals and birds
Mapping microbiomes across the food system to restore health
Researchers have mapped how microbes underpin healthy food systems—and how we can stop their decline.
Competitive Pipe Smoking
Competitive pipe smoking has been a sport for several hundred years. The challenge is simple. To smoke a pipe as slowly as possible without relighting