ScienceNew research suggests that ancient asteroid impacts, not just Earth's internal heat, were responsible for obliterating our planet's first crust during the mysterious 500-million-year Hadean eon.
ScienceThe WHO confirmed that a treatment trial for the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the DRC enrolled its first patient on Thursday, marking a critical step in the scientific response to the ongoing epidemic.
ScienceApril 26 marks 40 years since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine - the worst nuclear accident in human history - reshaped energy policy, Soviet politics, and our collective understanding of catastrophic risk.
ScienceNASA has launched a $30 million robotic mission to prevent the Swift space telescope from burning up in Earth's atmosphere - an unprecedented operation that could pave the way for reviving other ageing satellites.
ScienceImperial College London scientists studied health records before and after London's T-charge and ULEZ were introduced, finding a drop in emergency hospital admissions. Similar findings from Bradford suggest clean air zones are doing exactly what critics insist they don't.
ScienceMSF has warned that the current Ebola outbreak in DR Congo is spreading faster than any previously recorded outbreak, with the WHO chief visiting the worst-hit areas as alarm grows over containment efforts.
ScienceFor the first time, archaeologists have used AI to digitally reconstruct the face of a Pompeii victim killed in the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius, offering a striking new way to connect with ancient history.
ScienceNorwegian authorities have confirmed Europe's first case of bird flu in a polar bear, with the H5N5 strain detected in a young male bear and a walrus found dead on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard.
ScienceResearchers are running the numbers on using alternative rocks instead of limestone to make cement - a move that could eliminate the stubborn process emissions that even green energy can't fix.
ScienceAn American has tested positive for Ebola in Uganda and is being transferred to Germany alongside six high-risk contacts, prompting Trump to say he is 'concerned.' Here's what we actually know.
ScienceAstronomers used a gravitational lens to observe an ancient galaxy from just 800 million years after the Big Bang, finding chemical traces of the universe's very first supernovae.
ScienceScientists used AI to discover a naturally occurring molecule that may suppress appetite by acting directly in the brain, potentially offering an alternative to Ozempic and Wegovy with fewer side effects.
ScienceThe Pentagon has released decades of UAP files describing everything from Cold War rotating saucers to modern metallic hovering objects - and no, they still won't just say aliens.
ScienceThe four-person Artemis II crew is preparing to reenter Earth's atmosphere and splash down in the Pacific Ocean off California, marking a major milestone for NASA's crewed lunar program.
ScienceChina and the United States are locked in a race to establish permanent bases on the moon with lunar resource mining as a core objective - and Beijing may be quietly winning.
ScienceThe International Rescue Committee warns the current Ebola outbreak in central Africa may have been spreading undetected since January, while protests erupt over U.S. plans to treat infected Americans in Kenya.
ScienceNew malaria vaccines are showing real promise in Tanzanian trials, but scientists and clinicians warn that accelerating aid cuts could pull the plug on programs that could prevent 600,000 deaths annually.
ScienceWHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has traveled to the Ebola epicentre in the DRC to urge residents to seek treatment and practice safe burials, while Brazil investigates a suspected case of the virus.
ScienceThe BBC travelled to the heart of the DRC's latest Ebola outbreak, where more than 170 people have died - and found that even there, joy refuses to be fully extinguished.
