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‘Starship is in orbit’: cheers go up as huge SpaceX rocket circles Earth for first time
SpaceX successfully launched its Starship rocket into Earth’s orbit for the first time, achieving a major milestone on its 14th test flight despite an engine failure during ascent.
Scientists just pushed superconductors beyond their usual current limit
Scientists successfully pushed superconductors beyond their typical current limits using picosecond-duration electrical pulses, revealing fundamental properties normally masked by vortex motion and heating effects.
Your health insurance premiums may take a big jump in 2027 — here’s why
Health insurance premiums are expected to rise significantly in 2027 due to increased GLP-1 drug use, expiring enhanced subsidies, and persistent healthcare inflation, affecting both employer-sponsored plans and ACA marketplace coverage.
Broadcom delivers strong earnings view as CEO touts growth with AI labs
Broadcom shares rose in extended trading after issuing an optimistic fiscal year outlook and highlighting growing business with artificial intelligence laboratories.
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Nebula image wins Royal Observatory Greenwich competition
The Royal Observatory Greenwich named Ali Alobaidly’s Shark Nebula image as winner of its Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition, competing against nearly 4,000 entries from 66 countries.
NASA’s Moon orbiter finds a 728-foot crater that wasn’t there before
NASA scientists discovered the largest newly formed impact crater ever found in the solar system on the Moon, measuring 728 feet wide and created between April and May 2024.
When a beloved tree began withering away, locals suspected a killer in their midst
Residents of a Seoul neighborhood suspect a museum of secretly poisoning their beloved 100-year-old ginkgo tree with herbicide funnels, sparking a community investigation and police inquiry.
Amazon study reveals the best strategies for protecting biodiversity and carbon
A new study finds that protecting existing Amazon forests from fires and logging delivers greater biodiversity and climate benefits per dollar spent than forest restoration alone.
NASA just powered up Roman’s massive 300-megapixel camera
NASA has successfully powered up the Roman Space Telescope’s 300-megapixel Wide Field Instrument, a major milestone in the observatory’s journey toward its operational destination at the second Lagrange point.
Black holes of every size follow the same surprising rule
Astronomers have discovered that black holes of all sizes produce powerful jets at the same critical feeding rate, regardless of whether they are stellar-mass or supermassive black holes.
Almost 75% of A&E staff in UK face violence or aggression daily or weekly
Nearly three-quarters of UK A&E staff experience violence or aggression daily or weekly, with 96% reporting abuse from patients or the public, according to a Royal College of Emergency Medicine survey.
‘I felt robbed’: bereaved parents hope for answers from Sussex maternity review
A major independent review into maternity services at Sussex hospitals has begun, led by midwife Donna Ockenden. The review will examine cases following investigative reporting that revealed potential avoidable deaths.
As assisted dying bill returns to Commons, families recall loved ones’ battle to ‘go out on own terms’
As an assisted dying bill returns to Parliament, families of terminally ill people who died while awaiting its passage recount their loved ones’ final wishes and struggles.
‘Mistrust’ of Palantir may affect NHS research, says health minister
UK health officials express concern about patient mistrust of Palantir affecting NHS data sharing, as tens of thousands of patients recently withdrew their medical data from research use.
Trump administration changes how it counts measles deaths amid Pennsylvania outbreak
The Trump administration has altered how it counts measles deaths during a Pennsylvania outbreak that has claimed three apparent lives, prompting criticism from public health experts over the methodology change.
Plan to limit NHS diagnoses of ADHD attacked as ‘rationing’ healthcare
A government-commissioned review recommends limiting formal ADHD diagnoses to severely affected patients, offering support without diagnosis to less severe cases, sparking criticism over healthcare rationing.