Born into a family of Palestinian refugees in Jordan with little schooling, Nobel chemistry laureate Omar Yaghi on Wednesday (October 8, 2025) paid tribute to science's "equalising force". Prof. Yaghi ...

Nobel chemistry laureate Omar Yaghi was born to Palestinian refugees in Jordan, a quiet, studious child in a "large, rowdy family" that shared a single room with cattle they raised. Which made ...

Ask someone where outer space is, and they’ll probably point at the sky. It’s up, right? Simple. Except, no one really knows where “air space” ends and “outer space” begins. That might sound trivial, ...

This mission will be the 85th orbital launch from Florida's Space Coast in 2025, a pace nearly two months ahead of last year's record. The launch will increase Amazon's Project Kuiper constellation to ...

Last year, health officials in Seattle decided to stop requiring bicyclists to wear helmets. Independent research found that nearly half of Seattle’s helmet tickets in recent years went to unhoused ...

To be fair, humans aren't shaped like sheep or grains. And unlike in the study with the board, Zuriguel believes that all ...

A pharmacologist, she was certain Elizabeth Holmes’s blood-testing idea would fail, and spoke up about it. At first, few listened. By Clay Risen Phyllis Gardner, who as a pharmacology professor at ...

The government could consider pursuing more curbs on protest laws, including targeting some of the chants used at pro-Palestinian demonstrations, the prime minister has said. Sir Keir Starmer said his ...

A man in Uttar Pradesh’s Hapur district died after he was allegedly assaulted by his in-laws and force-fed poison following a dispute with his wife. The victim, identified as Sonu, was chased down a ...

Officials in Washington State have agreed to water down a key provision of a child abuse reporting law passed to prevent misconduct by religious clergy, under pressure from both Catholic bishops and ...

Plate tectonics is the theory that Earth's outer layer is made up of plates, which have moved throughout Earth's history. The theory explains the how and why behind mountains, volcanoes, and ...