Ticks are small, and you might not notice when they bite, but the diseases they carry can dramatically harm your health. Each year, deer ticks alone cause an estimated 476,000…
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Africa can lead the Age of Electrification
Mohamed Adow is the founder and director of Power Shift Africa. At London Climate Action Week, electrification moved from the margins of climate policy to the centre of the road…
‘Full steam ahead’: NASA ramps up prep for Artemis III astronaut launch in 2027
NASA is picking up the pace on its Artemis III mission preparations, pressing forward on multiple fronts to assemble launch vehicle hardware and beginning routine simulations inside Artemis mission control.…
2,400-year-old sword found beside child in Gaulish burial
An iron sword discovered beside the remains of a child at an Iron Age settlement in central France is providing archaeologists with rare insight into the social and ritual practices…
Gene Therapy Reverses Severe Traits of Fragile X Syndrome
Summary: Utilizing specialized adeno-associated viral (AAV) vectors to deliver functional human FMR1 directly into the central nervous system, the team successfully restored FMRP production within key cortical and subcortical regions…
Loneliness Directly Causes Poor Mental Health
Summary: By combining standard observational tracking with rigorous sibling comparisons and genetics-based Mendelian randomization, an international team of researchers proved that loneliness carries a direct, independent causal grip on decaying…
Campaigners oppose Dangote’s planned Kenya refinery over climate and ecological risks
Climate and environment campaigners have urged the Kenyan government to halt plans for a proposed 700,000-barrel-per-day oil refinery backed by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, warning the project threatens one…
FDA drug approval affects healthcare around the world, but political shortcuts could hurt the agency’s international reputation
At the beginning of July 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first gene therapy for young children with sickle cell disease. While this is good news for…
Air Force Test Pilot and Former RHIC Operator
Newswise — Flying combat sorties over Afghanistan, training pilots, and pushing airplanes to their limits may bear little resemblance to the science that takes place at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC),…
Which among war, weather and cyber attacks is the biggest world threat? None of the above. It’s misinformation, and here’s why.
The UN and the World Economic Forum have identified misinformation and disinformation as top global risks—ranking them as higher short-term threats than extreme weather, state-based armed conflict, and cyber insecurity.1,2 Although…
