How the cavefish lost its eyes—again and again
Time and again, whenever a population was swept into a cave and survived long enough for natural selection to have its way, the eyes disappeared.
SpaceX’s latest Dragon mission will breathe more fire at the space station
SpaceX completed its 33rd cargo delivery to the International Space Station early Monday, when a Dragon supply ship glided to an automated docking with more
Cartel boss ‘El Mayo’ to plead guilty. Will he spill secrets about corruption in Mexico?
Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada built the Sinaloa cartel into the world’s most powerful drug trafficking organization. He is set to plead guilty to federal charges
Firefighting helicopter crashes as it retrieves water in France
A firefighting helicopter spun out of control and crashed into a pond in northwestern France.
Israel kills journalists, rescuers in double Gaza hospital attack
Israel killed journalists in an attack on Nasser Hospital, and as rescuers scrambled to the scene Israel struck again.
Hezbollah chief rejects disarmament, demands Israel comply with ceasefire
Naim Qassem says group will not abandon weapons ‘that protect us from our enemy’, insists on end to Israeli attacks.
South African women warned about viral Russian job videos
A large number of young South Africans are jobless and attracted by social media offers of work abroad.
James Webb Space Telescope uncovers 300 mysteriously luminous objects. Are they galaxies or something else?
Deep-field images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope revealed 300 unusually energetic early galaxy candidates, offering new insights into how the universe formed and evolved
New Pluto mission could uncover dwarf planet’s hidden ocean — if the ‘queen of the underworld’ gets to fly
A conceptual mission known as “Persephone” could explore Pluto and its moons for 50 years — if it ever gets funded and approved.
Laser-blasted ‘black metal’ could make solar technology 15 times more efficient
Unlike solar panels, solar thermoelectric generators can convert heat from any source into electricity. But poor efficiency has held the technology back – until now.
Indonesia launches a measles vaccination campaign after 17 die in an outbreak
Indonesian authorities have rolled out a vaccination campaign in response to an outbreak that has caused 17 deaths
Elon Musk’s xAI Sues Apple Over Claims It Favors OpenAI
Mr. Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, claimed that its Grok chatbot app was being artificially suppressed in Apple’s App Store.
SpaceX Reschedules Scrubbed 10th Test Launch of Starship Rocket
Elon Musk’s company says it will try again on Monday for the next trip of its Starship prototype, which experienced setbacks during its last three
Vibe coding is transforming software. Enterprise is the next frontier
Vibe coding is redefining who can build software. By enabling code generation through natural language prompts, it’s quickly gained traction among startups and indie developers.