Weather drones are filling the data blind spot that armies and traders both need
The artificial-intelligence weather boom has a dirty secret. For all the talk of models that see storms days ahead, an AI forecaster is only as
Month: August 2026
Engine debris shattered Ryanair window, pulling passenger out, NTSB says
Flight crews had recorded four suspected bird strikes involving the same engine during the previous year.
The Gambian women turning grief into song
Known as the Kanyeleng, they have transformed their experience of child loss through a tradition of music.
Mars may have been losing its water more than 4 billion years ago, oldest-known Martian meteorite suggests
An unassuming, brownish stone may be one of the most precious objects on Earth. The rare rock, called Teghaza 001, is a piece of ancient
Mammal ancestors may have given live birth 90 million years earlier than we thought, rewriting evolutionary timelines
A dog-sized carnivore and mammal ancestor that lived around 236 million years ago seems to have given birth to live young, a new study suggests.
Pigs wearing heated diving suits and diapers reveal a better way to beat ‘the bends’
Deep-sea divers take careful measures to avoid “the bends,” a painful condition where gas bubbles form in divers’ blood and tissues when they ascend from
Sensitive medical data sent over unencrypted pager network
NHS Blood and Transplant apologises after sensitive data sent over unencrypted pager network.
Stolen Matisse artworks recovered by police in Brazil
A man is arrested after eight works by the French artist are found at a home in greater São Paulo.
Teens who fled Venezuela after deadly quakes caught in another disaster in Colombia
Deivi Delfín and his brother moved to Colombia after a quake in Venezuela killed their mother, but were caught in another deadly disaster.
‘Unprecedented’ rains in Japan kill six people
The storm cut power to more than 20,000 households and left 7,000 people stranded at Tokyo’s Narita airport.
What to know about surrogacy dispute between couple, their surrogate and Texas courts
A surrogate who gave birth in Texas to a California couple’s child is embroiled in a legal battle
US wait times for cancer surgeries are getting longer and longer
As cancer treatments have advanced and outcomes have improved, one aspect of cancer care in the US has consistently worsened over the last decade: the
Ukrainian drones wipe out entire US tank brigade in live war game
Ukrainian drone teams demolished a brigade of US Army tanks and armored vehicles during a live war game held this year—but the US soldiers were