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Mexico threatens lawsuit against SpaceX over Starship explosion ‘contamination’
Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum has threatened to file a lawsuit against SpaceX over what the leader described as “contamination” following an explosion at SpaceX’s Starbase facility earlier this month. On…
Death Isn’t the End: AI Brings Lost Voices Back to Life
Summary: A new paper explores how generative AI is transforming the way we interact with the dead, from virtual reality reunions to lifelike digital avatars. These “generative ghosts” can remember,…
Brain Injury Could Explain Sudden Criminal Behavior
Summary: A new study has found that damage to a specific white matter pathway in the brain—the right uncinate fasciculus—may increase the likelihood of criminal or violent behavior following brain…
Mining for transition minerals can be responsible with joint push, experts say
Mining companies are repeating past human rights violations and harmful policies to extract the minerals the world needs to build modern technologies and transition to clean energy, Elisa Morgera, UN…
Bangladesh pushes solar to tackle energy woes
A young Rohingya refugee spreads out fire wood for drying on the roof of a shack, next to a solar panel, in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar in 2018. Bangladesh’s caretaker leader…
Ketamine ‘epidemic’ among UK youth raises alarm
One 10 ml vial of 1000 mg ketamine. Credit: Psychonaught/Wikipedia The first time Barney Casserly used ketamine at a UK music festival he thought he had found “nirvana”. Five years…
How should we regulate human-created stem-cell embryos
The stem cell-based embryo model (SCBEM) takes advantage of the flexibility of pluripotent stem cells (non-reproductive cells that can give rise to many different types of cells) to resemble that…
Supreme Court rules that states may deny people covered by Medicaid the freedom to choose Planned Parenthood as their health care provider
Having the freedom to choose your own health care provider is something many Americans take for granted. But the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority ruled on June 25, 2025, in…
Discovery of ‘Mini Halo’ Points to How the Early Universe Was Formed
Newswise — Astronomers have uncovered a vast cloud of energetic particles — a ‘mini halo’ — surrounding one of the most distant galaxy clusters ever observed, marking a major step…
