NASA’s Swift telescope faced a fiery demise after a failed rescue
Designed to study the powerful outbursts, the Swift Observatory quickly contributed to a wide range of discoveries. Now, it’s met a fiery fate.
It’s been viewed millions of times – Abdul El-Sayed’s interaction with me felt like a misstep
All news is local now. I suppose that’s one lesson from my encounter with Abdul El-Sayed.
Stop teaching leadership. Start letting people practise it
Organizations are preparing a generation raised on digital technology and interactive games to lead in a world of complexity. Yet many still train managers through
Pangram’s new models spot AI fakes in images and video, it says
Pangram launched Pangram Image 1.0 for AI images and the faster Image Flash 1.0 for video. It claims near-perfect scores on its own tests and
Democrats won Congress. But can they deliver on their promises?
Despite their midterm election victories, Democrats face major obstacles to reining in Trump on Iran, tariffs and more.
Historic firsts redraw US political map in 2026 midterm elections
The 2026 US midterms delivered a wave of historic firsts for women, Black, Muslim, gay and Native American politicians.
Iran war live: Trump says war caused election wipeout but he ‘had to do it’
Tweety McTreason admits Iran war ‘largely’ caused Republicans’ US election wipeout, but says he ‘had to do it’.
Why a US-funded vaccine trial on babies was cancelled in Guinea-Bissau
The trial was condemned as “unethical” and “neocolonial” because half of the babies would not be given the vaccine.
The NHS is relying more on charities – and that might be creating problems for patients
Is it symptom a health service at breaking point – or a positive way of involving the public?
Nintendo’s biggest ROM chip supplier is bowing out of the business
For years, the AI industry’s insatiable demand for memory and storage has had plenty of knock-on effects on the price and availability of PC components
Hackers exploited iOS and Android flaws to infect phones
Hackers possibly linked to the Kremlin exploited previously patched iOS and Android flaws in an attempt to hack visitors of multiple websites, including one celebrating
5 healthcare fights Democrats could take on after midterms sweep
Democrats’ victories in the midterm elections could impact healthcare, from how much people pay for health insurance and prescription drugs to what coverage is available.
Lawyers rush to halt Indiana execution over state’s lethal drug supplier
Hours before Indiana was poised to carry out its first execution of the year, set for Thursday before sunrise, lawyers and supporters for the condemned
Sharp objects found in Halloween sweets in three European nations
Dozens of cases are reported in Austria, Germany and Hungary, including a nine-year-old girl hurting her tongue while eating chocolate containing a pin.