Watch an asteroid the size of an aircraft carrier make a close pass of Earth on June 5

Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (424482) 2008 DG5 close encounter: online observation – 5 June 2025 – YouTube Watch On A potentially hazardous asteroid roughly the size of an aircraft carrier is…

Game theory explains why reasonable parents make vaccine choices that fuel outbreaks

When outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles occur despite highly effective vaccines being available, it’s easy to conclude that parents who don’t vaccinate their children are misguided, selfish or…

Cuts to school lunch and food bank funding mean less fresh produce for children and families

The U.S. government recently cut more than US$1 billion in funding to two long-running programs that helped schools and food banks feed children and families in need. The U.S. Department…

Brazil’s new funding initiative can help bring rainforests back from the brink

Carolina Pasquali is executive director of Greenpeace Brazil and Jasper Inventor is executive director of Greenpeace Southeast Asia. In times like these, we must ask ourselves some fundamental questions. Why…

Private Japanese lunar lander heads toward a touchdown in the moon’s far north

This image provided by ispace, inc. shows the Resilience lander circling the moon, Wednesday June 4, 2025. Credit: ispace, inc. via AP A private lunar lander from Japan is closing…

Probiotics helped great star corals fend off a deadly disease

Great star corals in the grip of disease have been saved with probiotics — beneficial bacteria that attack or displace invading pathogens or possibly trigger immune responses to them. What’s…

Diabetes drug shows benefits for patients with liver disease

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT-2) inhibitor drug dapagliflozin, widely used to treat type 2 diabetes, also shows improvements for patients with progressive liver disease, finds…

Baby’s microbiome may protect against later childhood viral infection

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A baby’s makeup of gut bacteria—their microbiome—which starts to form as soon as they are born, could help protect against viral infections later in childhood, a…

Hallucinogens Linked to Milder PTSD

Summary: In a unique real-world study, researchers examined the psychological effects of trauma on survivors of the October 7 Nova Festival attack in Israel, focusing on their use of mind-altering…

Royal tomb unearthed in Gordion could belong to King Midas’ family

Archaeologists from the Gordion Project have uncovered a Phrygian royal tomb, potentially belonging to a member of King Midas’ Family from the 8th century BC. Gordion was the capital city…