Student suicides in Japan reached a record 538 deaths in 2025, with school-related problems accounting for nearly half of identified motives, as doctors and survivors warn that the return to school after
On 1 April, four astronauts left Earth to circle the Moon for the first time in over 50 years, marking a historic moment in space exploration. Flags may wave, speeches may be
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For decades, bacteria have been waging microscopic battles against viruses, wielding molecular weapons that scientists barely understood—until now. Two groundbreaking studies published in Science reveal the vast, previously hidden diversity of bacterial
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All eyes were on the sky yesterday as NASA launched four astronauts on its Artemis II mission, a lunar flyby designed to test the agency’s hardware and procedures for returning humans to
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On April 1, NASA is scheduled to launch its Artemis II mission, sending four astronauts on a roughly 10-day voyage around the moon—the deepest human spaceflight since Apollo 17 in 1972. The
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After two decades of painstaking work, a team of scientists has uncovered the ultimate limitation of mouse cloning: even with ideal conditions, a single animal’s lineage cannot be perpetuated indefinitely. The results,
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Researchers have stunned the synthetic biology community by resurrecting “dead” bacterial cells through the transplantation of complete genomes from other species. Reported this month on the preprint server bioRxiv, the technique could
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Chinese scientists have successfully tested a solid rocket engine at a simulated depth of 200 metres, far beyond the typical operating depths of submarine-launched ballistic missiles, raising the prospect of deeper and
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The past 11 years have marked an unprecedented streak of extreme global temperatures, with 2025 ranking as the second or third hottest year since modern observations began, according to the World Meteorological
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Humans have long considered themselves separate from the rest of the natural world, a view embedded in philosophy, religion, and modern science. Yet emerging research is challenging this assumption, revealing that the
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Despite being the most universal human experience, aging remains a scientific enigma. A recent survey conducted at the Gordon Research Conference in Newry, Maine, has revealed just how little consensus exists among
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NASA is revising its Artemis moon-landing plans, reducing Boeing Co.’s Space Launch System (SLS) role while elevating SpaceX’s Starship rocket to carry astronauts to lunar orbit, according to people familiar with the
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Erectile dysfunction (ED) has long been associated with older men, yet a growing number of younger men are experiencing the condition, often triggered by performance anxiety rather than biological factors. As reported
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A deadly outbreak of meningitis in Kent has jolted students, families and health officials, exposing the speed and severity with which the infection can spread through tightly knit communities. Two young people—a
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Archaeologists working in south-eastern Spain have uncovered rare evidence that sheds new light on how textiles were produced more than three millennia ago. The discovery of charred wooden timbers, plant-fiber ropes, and
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Astronomers at the University of Oxford have announced the discovery of a planet so extreme it evokes visions of literal hell. Known only as L 98-59d, the world is cloaked in a
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