Odds Rise for Strongest El Niño in a Century as Climate Experts Fear Worldwide Disruption

Climate scientists are increasingly warning that Earth may be heading toward one of the strongest El Niño events in modern history, a development that could trigger extreme weather, accelerate global warming, and reshape climate patterns well into 2027. A report from The Washington Post says new forecasts and ocean data suggest the developing El Niño […]

Intellia Jumps After Gene-Editing Therapy Succeeds in Pivotal Trial for Rare Swelling Disorder

Intellia Therapeutics rose sharply after reporting successful late-stage results for its experimental gene-editing treatment for hereditary angioedema, a rare disorder that causes dangerous and recurring swelling attacks. The company’s therapy met the main goal of its pivotal trial, helping drive shares higher. The treatment is important because it represents a major step forward for in […]

Scientists Uncover New Clues to How the Grand Canyon Was Carved Over Millions of Years 

Scientists have produced a new reconstruction of the Grand Canyon’s geological history, offering fresh insight into how one of the world’s most famous landscapes formed over vast stretches of time. The research traces how the canyon’s layered rock, shifting river systems and tectonic changes interacted across millions of years to create the dramatic terrain seen […]

New AWS Platform Aims to Shrink Drug Discovery Timelines From Months to Weeks

Amazon Web Services has launched a new artificial intelligence platform designed to accelerate one of the slowest parts of pharmaceutical research: early-stage drug discovery. The new product, called Amazon Bio Discovery, is meant to help scientists run complex computational workflows without writing code, making advanced AI tools easier to use for researchers who may not […]

Scientists Grow “Moon hummus” Chickpeas in Simulated Lunar Soil for Future Bases

Scientists have taken a practical step toward feeding astronauts on long-duration lunar missions: they successfully grew and harvested chickpeas in a soil mixture made mostly from simulated lunar regolith—the dusty, rocky material that covers the Moon.The experiment was designed to answer a question that becomes urgent as NASA and other space programs move from short […]

The Next Global Race AI Isn’t Just Who Discovers More, But Who Discovers Faster

Physicist Nishant Sahdev argues that the speed of scientific discovery has become a strategic asset—and that artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming the “super-accelerator” that will decide which nations lead and which become dependent. Writing from Chapel Hill, he points to a recent move by the US Department of Energy: the launch of 26 “science and […]

AI succeeds in detecting masses of missing science data

Huge quantities of valuable research data remain unused, trapped in laboratories or lost to time. It is estimated that out of every 100 datasets produced, about 80 stay within the lab, 20 are shared but seldom reused, fewer than two meet the standards of shared research, and only one typically leads to new findings. Researchers […]