2025-01-09

Here’s what we know, and what we don’t, about the awful Palisades wildfire

"I think we’ve got more questions than answers at this point." [...]

2025-01-08

NASA will decide how to bring soil samples back from Mars in 2026

NASA will analyze and explore two different landing options for its Mars Sample Return program, though it will take almost two years to do so and is expected to announce its decision in late 2026. The [...]

2025-01-08

NASA defers decision on Mars Sample Return to the Trump administration

"We want to have the quickest, cheapest way to get these 30 samples back." [...]

2025-01-08

China is having standard flu season despite widespread HMPV fears

Data shows a completely normal respiratory illness season, WHO says. [...]

2025-01-08

California’s Wildfires Show No Signs of Slowing Down

As hurricane-force winds fan the most destructive wildfires in California history across bone-dry foothills, communities face the dual threat of natural forces and a warming world. [...]

2025-01-08

NASA Wants to Explore the Icy Moons of Jupiter and Saturn With Autonomous Robots

Research and development is underway to create robots that can hunt for signs of life in the vast oceans that exist under the thick ice shells of bodies like Europa. [...]

2025-01-08

It’s remarkably easy to inject new medical misinformation into LLMs

Changing just 0.001% of inputs to misinformation makes the AI less accurate. [...]

2025-01-07

Correcting Genetic Spelling Errors With Next-Generation Crispr

Treatments for rare diseases are hard to create and expensive to deliver, but there is new hope for editing the software of the genome. [...]

2025-01-07

Satellites Can Now Identify Methane ‘Super-Emitters’

Two eyes in the sky are now trained on Earth, locating the worst offenders for releasing methane, wherever they may be. [...]