Deadly strike on Kyiv warehouse prompts evacuations
Ukraine correspondent Dan Johnson reports from Kyiv after the deadly strike, which authorities said killed more than 30 people.
Month: August 2026
At least 37 dead and hundreds evacuated after strike on Kyiv weapons depot
An investigation has begun into the storage of weapons for Ukraine’s military near a residential area.
Norway’s King Harald dies aged 89: A beloved monarch buffeted by family crises
The late king, who reigned for 35 years, broke with tradition by marrying a commoner and was widely loved by Norwegians.
Cursing Conway quotes Janis Joplin as he explains ‘sociopath’ Trump’s ‘strange’ choice
George Conway hurled expletives and quoted Janis Joplin Saturday as he tried to explain why President Tweety McTreason won’t spend money on his fellow Republicans
America mourns its legends like family — but Trump will get a very different send-off
I have rarely, if ever, seen the kind of outpouring of praise and adoration as that for Dolly Parton upon news of her death on
Plyo-HIIT program targets healthier body composition in children
Traditional weight-loss strategies for children, from calorie restriction to general aerobic exercise, often carry an unwanted side effect: they cut fat, but they also erode
Updated consensus offers new roadmap for childhood bedwetting care
Nocturnal enuresis (NE) in school-age children is more than a nighttime inconvenience: when persistent, it can affect self-esteem, sleep, family life and social functioning.
Study identifies KRAS G12C as a precision-medicine target in genitourinary cancers
A new research paper was published in Volume 17 of Oncotarget on August 19, 2026, titled “Incidence of KRAS G12C mutations in genitourinary malignancies; emerging
New stroke guidelines could help pave the way for precision rehabilitation
A University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) stroke rehabilitation specialist helped develop new recommendations for studying molecular biomarkers associated with recovery from stroke.
Stanford scientists develop an ultracompact gene activation tool
The ability to precisely adjust the expression of genes inside the human body – ramping up protective ones and tamping down harmful ones – holds
New kind of AI uses a fresh approach to reasoning — researchers say it costs up to 11 times less to run than a leading OpenAI model
A new artificial intelligence (AI) model used a novel approach to AI cognition to dramatically reduce the cost of requests, suggesting that nonverbal reasoning may
Does water drain in different directions in the Northern and Southern hemispheres?
There’s a commonly cited idea that water in a drain swirls in opposite directions in the Northern and Southern hemispheres. But is there any truth
‘It’s kind of the holy grail of what is memory’: Neuroscientist Steve Ramirez studies the physical basis of memory in a quest to manipulate it
In 2013, MIT neuroscientists Steve Ramirez and Xu Liu published a paper detailing how they had created false memories in mice. They’d used optogenetics —
OpenAI to stop supplying models to Cursor after SpaceX acquisition
OpenAI is ending its contract to supply models to Cursor following SpaceX’s $60B acquisition, with access shutting off on 12 November and its forthcoming Astra