2025 saw relatively fewer natural disasters. Will you get a break on home insurance?
Disaster costs fell in the U.S. in 2025. Still, it was the fourth time in five years that extreme weather inflicted more than $100 billion
At least 17 killed after drone strikes school in Sudan
An explosive-laden drone blamed on Sudanese paramilitaries struck a secondary school and a health-care centre in southern Sudan Wednesday, killing at least 17 people, mostly
‘Under no circumstances can we participate’: Iran rules out playing at World Cup
“Under no circumstances” can Iran compete in this year’s World Cup, the country’s sports minister has said.
Van driven into barricade near White House, police say
A van has been driven into a barricade near the White House, officials have said.
Meta rolls out new scam detection across WhatsApp, Messenger, and Facebook
The company removed 159 million scam ads last year and took down 10.9 million accounts linked to criminal networks. Now it wants to catch scammers
EchoPrime – Cedars-Sinai’s AI system can read echocardiograms and write the report
EchoPrime, published in Nature in February 2026, outperforms both task-specific AI tools and previous foundation models across 23 cardiac benchmarks, and its code, weights, and
Not ‘a litre of oil’ to pass Strait of Hormuz, expect $200 price tag: Iran
Warning comes as 400 million barrels of oil are being released from global reserves during waterway’s closure.
US military confirms use of ‘advanced AI tools’ in war against Iran
Admiral Brad Cooper says artificial intelligence is helping process data, but humans are making final decisions.
Oil facilities in Oman’s Salalah port ablaze after drone strikes
Drones struck oil storage facilities in Oman’s Salalah port, as local authorities say they’re responding to a big fire.
Photoreceptor cells can recover from early stages of cell death
Photoreceptors are specialized cells in the eye that convert light energy into neural signals.
Electrical stimulation restores movement and sensory feedback after severe spinal injury
The effects of spinal cord injuries are complex and multifaceted. People lose not only the ability to control the movement of their limbs, but also
DNA-based barcoding reveals which nanoparticles successfully deliver genetic therapies
Drug delivery researchers have vastly improved the potential of genetic therapies by overcoming the challenge of consistently getting genes and gene-editing tools where they need