FDA approves first gene therapy for inherited deafness, shown to restore hearing for children with rare condition

by News Feed Editor | Apr 23, 2026 | Science

The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the first gene therapy for inherited hearing loss, a one-time treatment that proved to be life-changing for a small number of children in a clinical trial who were born without hearing.The condition it treats is...

Why the Southeast is burning – extreme drought is only part of the reason

by News Feed Editor | Apr 23, 2026 | Science

Large parts of the southeastern U.S. are in the midst of an exceptional drought, and it is fueling dozens of wildfires in Florida and Georgia.One of those wildfires, in southeastern Georgia’s Brantley County, had destroyed more than 50 homes by April 23, and state...

What will happen when our sun starts dying? These ‘stellar archaeologists’ may have found a clue

by News Feed Editor | Apr 23, 2026 | Science

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.The sun seen in two different X-ray wavelengths, 17.4 and 30.4 nanometers, on 21 May 2024. | Credit: ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI TeamActing as stellar...

These ‘interstellar glaciers’ could give water to young star systems. Could they support alien life, too?

by News Feed Editor | Apr 23, 2026 | Science

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.The chemical signatures of water ice (shown in bright blue) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (orange) in Cygnus X, one of the most active and turbulent regions of...

A destructive ‘jumping worm’ is invading Colorado and Western states, officials warn

by News Feed Editor | Apr 23, 2026 | Science

A destructive “jumping worm” species is threatening gardens in Colorado and the West, state officials said Tuesday as they urged green thumbs to keep their eyes peeled for the invasive pests.There are “currently no effective eradication methods...

NASA’s TESS spacecraft discovers a weird system of exoplanets unlike anything seen before

by News Feed Editor | Apr 23, 2026 | Science

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.An illustration of a super-Earth exoplanet orbiting its star with very different siblings. | Credit: Robert Lea (created with Canva)Using NASA’s...