Science word of the day: Abiogenesis

Across Kenya, schools are increasingly embracing innovation programmes, STEM competitions and technology workshops that encourage students to move beyond textbooks and develop solutions to real-world challenges. While many promising ideas emerge in the classroom, only a few students continue that journey beyond high school, transforming their innovations into ventures with lasting social impact. From Science…

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Two organizations show how patient trust is reshaping clinical trials and accelerating drug development. Boston Globe via Getty Images Research by the Tufts Center reports that every day a clinical trial runs behind schedule it costs sponsor organizations an average of $800,000 in unrealized drug sales. And most trials run very far behind with around…

LHS 3844b is an exoplanet just slightly larger than Earth that orbits the red dwarf star LHS 3884, located 48.5 light years from our solar system. Unlike Earth, it is tidally locked, meaning it rotates once on its axis in exactly the same amount of time it takes to orbit its star. As a result,…

The United States has announced another round of early-morning strikes on Iran, as the two sides continue to exchange attacks over questions of control in the Strait of Hormuz. On Sunday, US Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East region, indicated that the latest fusillade was designed to weaken Iran’s attack capabilities….

Long before 2018’s God of War became one of the most obvious examples of the gaming industry’s pivot towards “cinematic” storytelling, the franchise was well on its way to live-action. Talk of a God of War adaptation first began around 2005, only a few months after the original game was released, and something concrete seemed…