NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Launch
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts
First puberty blockers, now hormones: England’s NHS bans more gender-affirming drugs
This week, England’s National Health Service (NHS) threw up yet another roadblock to gender-affirming care for transgender youth in the UK. On Monday, the NHS
Israeli soldiers shoot at family car, killing 4, in occupied West Bank
Israeli soldiers fired on a car carrying a family in the northern West Bank, killing four people including two children, the Palestinian Authority’s Health Ministry
An engineering thesis disguised as a coupe: A history of the Honda Prelude
The Honda Prelude was never simply a car. It was an engineering thesis disguised as a coupe: compact, disciplined, and unapologetically technical. At its best
Magnetars drag spacetime to power superluminous supernovae
Some of the most extreme explosions in the universe are Type I superluminous supernovae. “They are one of the brightest explosions in the Universe,” says
Iran captain latest footballer to drop asylum bid, Iranian state media says
Five of the seven members of the women’s football delegation who originally sought to stay in Australia have now chosen to return home.
Sweden detains captain of Russian shadow fleet ship
The skipper of the Sea Owl One is suspected of producing forged documents when it was boarded by coast guard.
How Iranians are evading internet blocks to contact family abroad
Iranians are finding tech-savvy ways to get through the regime’s restrictions on phone and internet connections.
Why the driest place in North America is seeing an explosion of wildflowers
The driest place in North America is covered with an explosion of wildflowers right now. NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe talks with ecologist Tiffany Pereira about Death
Texas’s state animals, armadillos, are making North Carolina their home
Armadillos are making North Carolina their home. NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe talks with wildlife biologist Colleen Olfenbuttel about how Texas’ state mammal has gotten a foothold
IPC president disappointed with Ukraine, suggests team shifted focus to politics at Milan-Cortina Paralympics
The president of the International Paralympic Committee was disappointed with the complaints made by Ukraine’s National Paralympic Committee during the Milan-Cortina Games, saying they appeared
Jamal Rayyan, the first face of Al Jazeera, dies at 73
The Palestinian presenter delivered the network’s first-ever bulletin when it went on air in 1996.
Strategic oil release may calm markets but cannot fix Hormuz disruption
Record oil release steadies markets, but war-driven disruption in the Strait of Hormuz keeps energy supplies uncertain.