22 killed as truck carrying refugees overturns in Afghanistan
22 people have been killed and 36 others injured when a truck carrying recently returned Afghan refugees overturned
World Health Organization chief visits epicentre of Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo
WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stressed the importance of building community trust and ensuring safe burials to prevent the spread of the disease, and
Are some people wired to see ghosts? A psychologist explains what makes paranormal experiences more likely
Is my brain wired to never see a ghost? A psychologist on three factors that make a paranormal experience more likely
Scientists got mouse eyes to perform photosynthesis — and no, they didn’t turn green
Special eye drops containing photosynthetic machinery from spinach leaves have helped combat dry eye, a new mouse experiment reveals.
Blue Moon 2026: An extremely rare micromoon rises tonight
A rare Blue Moon, the second full moon in May, will also be a “micromoon” near its farthest point from Earth.
WHO chief visits epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo as cases outpace response
World Health Organization head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is in eastern Congo’s Bunia, where a rare type of Ebola is spreading faster than the response
3 climbers who fell near treacherous pass on Alaska’s Mount McKinley are dead; 1 rescued
Three climbers on Alaska’s Mount McKinley who fell near a treacherous pass on North America’s tallest peak have died, a Latvian mountaineering group announced Friday.
Oscar-winning Star Wars editor Marcia Lucas dies aged 80
The film editor and ex-wife of director George Lucas was widely recognised as a pivotal creative force behind the original space trilogy.
Utility companies want to pay you to generate power for the electrical grid
The Wrights turned their Texas home from a solar-powered standalone into part of a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) network, which returns excess energy to the
Trump attacks artists dropping out of US Freedom 250 concert and mulls appearing himself
Performers Young MC, Poison frontman Bret Michaels and country singer Martina McBride raised concerns the event will be political.
‘No-one feels safe now’: Residents of Romanian city hit by drone share fears
People have just begun returning to check on their homes in the block that was hit early on Friday morning.
Ebola spread in DR Congo ‘alarming’, charity warns, as WHO chief visits worst-hit area
Médicins Sans Frontières says that never before has an Ebola outbreak recorded so many cases so soon after its declaration.
US, UK and Australia to develop underwater drones through defence pact
Unmanned undersea vehicles will be developed under the AUKUS defence pact, US secretary of defence Pete Hegseth said.
Hidden force behind Star Wars films dies
The Oscar-winning editor of the original Star Wars films, Marcia Lucas, has died aged 80.