ORLANDO, Florida, April 2: The Orion spacecraft carrying four astronauts aboard NASA’s Artemis II mission blasted off Thursday to launch the crew on a lunar trajectory, setting them the furthest humans have ever traveled in space. A successful launch maneuver put the crew on track to enter the moon’s magnetic field on Sunday morning, as … Read more
By SHIVALI INNOVATOR, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Published: 7:01 PM EDT, April 2, 2026 | Updated: 7:04 PM EDT, April 2, 2026 With Easter only a few days away, many Brits will be stocking up for Sunday roasts. But if you have lamb on the menu, a new study suggests it could cost you. Experts from … Read more
Anthony Leggett not only made a name for himself as a pioneering academic physicist but in 2003 he shared the Nobel Prize in physics for his research on superfluidity and the theory of superfluidity. However, he had left science at school as something “incomprehensible” – especially physics, which “knows in one ear and out the … Read more
Levi Kosmicki of Wyoming has supplemented his 300-350-cow cow/calf operation near Yoder with a high stakes game over the past 12 years. He works as an independent agent for ABS Global selling bull semen to producers and genetic companies. Bull semen is a major driver of rising prices, and the industry is booming. The reason … Read more
We used to think of moons as a boring part of the planetary system. For decades, we treated them as celestial remnants – cold, dead rocks that did nothing but mark their planets. We were wrong. Over the years, we’ve discovered that moons can be only as interesting as their host planets. They have oceans … Read more
For the first time, physicists have discovered that ‘holes’ of light can travel faster than light itself. They are known as phase singularities or optical vortices, and since the 1970s, scientists have predicted that, just as the eddies in the river can move faster than the water flowing around them, so can the waves of … Read more
For the first time, physicists have discovered that ‘holes’ of light can travel faster than light itself. They are known as phase singularities or optical vortices, and since the 1970s, scientists have predicted that, just as the eddies in the river can move faster than the water flowing around them, so can the waves of … Read more
One of the biggest unsolved problems in physics has to do with combining quantum mechanics and general relativity – two theories that are equally successful. And the latest attempt to close the bridge brings into the equation the explosion that started everything: the Big Bang. In a recent paper in Physical Review Letters, physicists at … Read more
Item 1 of 4 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin looks on during a briefing on microplastics at EPA headquarters in Washington, DC, US, April 2, 2026. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno [1/4]Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin looks on during a briefing on microplastics at EPA headquarters in Washington, DC, US, April 2, 2026. REUTERS/Ken … Read more
Credit: fpm/Getty Images A computer program that can predict which genes help bacteria defend against pathogens could lead to the next generation of precision genetic engineering tools. The artificial intelligence model recognizes the sequence of genes involved in defenses against bacteriophages—viruses that infect bacteria. These immune systems have been transferred to powerful gene editing technologies, … Read more