J. Craig Venter, ‘swashbuckling’ scientist who helped decode human genome, dies at 79

by News Feed Editor | Apr 30, 2026 | Science

J. Craig Venter, one of the lead scientists in sequencing the human genome and a pioneer of modern genomics, died on Wednesday, his research institute announced.He was 79.The J. Craig Venter Institute said in a statement on Wednesday that he died in San Diego after...

Welcome home! Artemis 2’s Orion capsule returns to Florida after epic moon mission (photo)

by News Feed Editor | Apr 30, 2026 | Science

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.NASA’s Orion spacecraft for the agency’s Artemis 2 mission arrives at the Kennedy Space Center Multi Payload Processing Facility in Florida on Tuesday, April...

Egyptian mummy unearthed with literary text on abdomen in first ever find

by News Feed Editor | Apr 30, 2026 | Science

Archaeologists working at the ancient city of Oxyrhynchus in Egypt have unearthed a mummy with a passage from Homer’s “Iliad” stuck to its abdomen, in a first-of-its-kind discovery.While other mummies in the area have been found with sealed packages containing papyri...

Europe’s powerful Ariane 6 rocket launches 32 Amazon internet satellites to orbit

by News Feed Editor | Apr 30, 2026 | Science

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: ArianespaceEurope’s most powerful rocket roared into action early Thursday morning (April 30).An Ariane 6 heavy lifter topped with 32 Amazon Leo...

James Webb Space Telescope’s strange little red dots may really be ‘black hole stars’, X-ray data suggests

by News Feed Editor | Apr 29, 2026 | Science

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.An artist’s impression of a window into the heart of a little red dot, revealing the supermassive black hole within. | Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO/M. Weiss; adapted by...

Europe’s powerful Ariane 6 rocket launching 32 Amazon internet satellites early April 30: Watch it live

by News Feed Editor | Apr 29, 2026 | Science

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace-ArianeGroup/Optique Video du CSG-P. Piron[embedded content]Europe’s most powerful rocket will roar into action early Thursday...