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SpaceX's Starship to Make First Orbital Flight September 22
SpaceX's 121-metre Starship will attempt its first-ever orbital mission on September 22nd, deploying 26 Starlink V3 satellites during a 10-hour, six-orbit flight that marks the vehicle's pivot from su
IN8bio Hires Polyakova as SVP of R&D
IN8bio hired Oxana Polyakova as senior vice president of research and development, bringing her over from LAVA Therapeutics where she served as chief scientific officer.
Cells That Cheat Death Rebuild Tissue — and Fuel Cancer
Researchers at the Weizmann Institute identified 'DARE cells' in fruit fly larvae that begin the self-destruct process but stall mid-way, survive radiation, and then multiply to rebuild nearly half of
LZ Detector's Single Burst Spawns Dozens of Dark Matter Theories
Physicists are racing to identify the particle behind a single high-energy burst of light recorded on 1 September by the LUX-ZEPLIN detector in South Dakota — an event with roughly a 1-in-200 chance o
Fishapod fossil had pointed forearm, simple hinge elbow
A 350-million-year-old fishapod fossil from Canada's Ellesmere Island reveals an animal with a pointed forearm bone and a restrictive hinge-like elbow — distinct from any of the 16 known fishapods com
NOACs Linked to Slower Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer's
Karolinska Institutet researchers found that newer blood thinners called NOACs were associated with slower cognitive decline in patients with both atrial fibrillation and Alzheimer's disease, based on
Brain Evolved From Two Merged Ancient Nervous Systems
Stanford researchers have shown that the human brain develops from two distinct types of embryonic progenitor cells—one forming the forebrain and midbrain, the other the hindbrain—suggesting our brain
Young Men Seek More Plastic Surgery Amid Social Media Pressure
A plastic surgeon in Boston observes a surge in young men seeking cosmetic procedures, driven by social media's monetization of appearance and the influence of 'looksmaxxing' content that promotes ext
Educate East Asian patients on 'Asian glow' cancer risks
A Stanford medical student argues clinicians should educate East Asian patients about the cancer and cardiovascular risks linked to ALDH2 deficiency, the genetic condition behind the 'Asian glow' alco
In Sudan, attacks on hospitals force patients to make dangerous journeys
Sudan's civil war has destroyed so much of the country's health infrastructure that cancer patients now travel hundreds of miles through active frontlines to reach one hospital in the Nuba Mountains s
Improved air quality linked to better mental development in toddlers, study finds
A two-decade Columbia University study of more than 1,100 children in northern Manhattan and the South Bronx found that as fine particle pollution and nitrogen dioxide halved between 1998 and 2016, to
Brain Protein Menin Reverses Aging Signs in Mice
Researchers found that declining levels of the brain protein Menin drive age-related inflammation, cognitive decline, and physical deterioration in mice, and restoring Menin in the hypothalamus partia
Ozempic can change your body. Can it change your life?
A University of Chicago study of over a decade of data found GLP-1 medications like Ozempic show little evidence of improving mental health, employment, or marriage among adults with diabetes, despite
RFK Jr. Launches SPECTRA to Speed Autism Diagnoses
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced SPECTRA, a new ARPA-H initiative to accelerate autism diagnoses and develop new assessment tools, delivering the keynote at the anti-vaccine organizati
RFK Jr. Renews Vaccine Attacks at CHD Conference
Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivered a keynote at the Children’s Health Defense conference — the anti-vaccine nonprofit he helped found — spending over 20 minutes casting doubt on vaccine
AI Team Discovers Promising Lung-Cancer Drug
Nature, Phys.org, and The New York Times report that a virtual biotech deployed thousands of AI scientist agents that collaborated to discover a promising lung-cancer drug candidate.
VIPR Gene Editor Found in Viruses May Rival CRISPR
Scientists have discovered VIPR, a gene-targeting system in viruses that appears to be more than four billion years old and may predate CRISPR, potentially offering a more versatile genome-editing too
FDA approves first-ever gene therapy for Sanfilippo syndrome
The FDA on Thursday approved Ultragenyx's gene therapy Fayuvi, the first drug specifically cleared to treat Sanfilippo syndrome type A — an ultra-rare disease sometimes called "childhood Alzheimer's"
Call for 18-Week Dementia Target in England
Alzheimer's Society and senior health figures are pressing the government to introduce an 18-week referral-to-treatment waiting-time target for dementia in England, modelled on existing NHS cancer car
Royal Observatory Names 2026 Astronomy Photo Winners
The Royal Observatory in Greenwich has unveiled the winners of the 2026 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition, with Kuwait's Ali Alobaidly taking the top prize for a 28-hour exposure of the d
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