Slovakia threatens to cut electricity to Ukraine over Russian oil spat
Slovakia and Hungary vexed after Russian oil flows via Ukraine halted by alleged Russian drone strike last month.
Month: February 2026
NASA rules out March launch for manned moon mission over technical issues
Artemis 2 is a precursor to the US space agency’s planned astronaut moon landing with Artemis III scheduled for 2028.
8 fake images of Epstein with prominent figures we’ve debunked after latest files release
The fabricated images often circulated alongside broader allegations tying various politicians to Epstein’s crimes.
Iran students stage first large anti-government protests since deadly crackdown
The student protesters honoured thousands of those killed when nationwide mass protests were put down last month.
Nasa astronauts’ moon mission delayed due to rocket issue
The mission to the far side of the Moon and back will be postponed after problems with were spotted with its rocket, a Nasa official
‘I am withdrawing my endorsement’: Trump revokes support for GOP congressman after dust up
Tweety McTreason on Saturday revoked his endorsement for a Republican congressman, instead backing a challenger. Trump over the weekend continued to lash out after the
‘Whoops’: Lawyer who beat Trump in court uses admin’s own argument to defeat new plan
The lawyer who successfully argued at the Supreme Court against Tweety McTreason’s signature policy, leading to a massive blowup aimed at certain Justices, used the
Scientists may have seen a star collapse directly into a black hole without exploding first
A new study looked at how a massive star in the Andromeda Galaxy disappeared due to the formation of a black hole
‘The limits of human longevity have still not been reached,’ study suggests
A new study, analyzing 450 regions in western Europe, focused on where the oldest people end up residing across the continent.
‘Thermodynamic computer’ can mimic AI neural networks — using orders of magnitude less energy to generate images
Researchers generated images from noise, using orders of magnitude less energy than current generative AI models require.
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That Time of the Month with Naga Munchetty, Dr Nighat Arif and Dr Christine Ekechi
This itch-triggering protein also sends signals to stop scratching
The TRPV4 protein’s dual nature, found in studies with mice, may complicate the hunt for human itch treatments
Finding the story
Editor in Chief Nancy Shute discusses how our reporters find unique stories, from vaccine beer to a particle collider’s retirement to the rise of AI
A Powerful To-Do App for Android That Collects Absolutely None of Your Data
It handles time tracking, Jira sync, and Pomodoro timers without going after its users’ data.