NASA and IBM give AI a new job: making sense of the Moon
An open model brings old lunar observations together to help scientists ask new questions.
Tech 12 September 2026
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Swiss researchers are putting wool blankets on a glacier. The idea has limits
A small trial tests whether local sheep wool can replace synthetic covers used to slow melting in selected areas.
World 8 September 2026
Corals move water with tiny hairs. Heat can turn that lifeline into a problem.
Research into microscopic currents offers another way to understand the pressure warming oceans put on reefs.
World 21 September 2026
Africa did not get bigger. The UN wants maps to show its size more honestly
A map vote making headlines on September 5 is about proportions, not moving borders.
World 6 September 2026
China wants to bring Mars rocks home. The hard part is the return trip.
Tianwen-3 is targeting a 2028 launch and samples back on Earth in 2031.
World 10 September 2026
Germany’s Unity Day brings a warning: democracy needs more than a celebration
In Bremen, President Steinmeier challenged extremism while other leaders put fairness and everyday opportunity at the centre of unity.
Politics 5 October 2026
A telescope buried in Antarctic ice helps Francis Halzen win the physics Nobel
IceCube catches traces of elusive neutrinos, opening another way to study the distant universe.
World 7 October 2026