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SpaceX’s Starship Succeeds in Final Test Flight of 2025
With the successful 11th test flight of its Starship megarocket, SpaceX is on the cusp of a new era in spaceflight
Coral Die-Off Marks Earth’s First Climate ‘Tipping Point,’ Scientists Say
A surge in global temperatures has caused widespread coral reef bleaching and death around the world
Nobel Prize Winner Shimon Sakaguchi Reflects on How He Discovered Regulatory T Cells
Nobel laureate Shimon Sakaguchi reflects on the role of regulatory T cells in peripheral immune tolerance and how the cells could transform treatment for cancer, autoimmune disease and organ transplant rejection
Moving NASA Space Shuttle to Texas from DC Could Damage It, Experts Say
Texas lawmakers want to move the Smithsonian’s retired space shuttle to Houston. It’s “a vanity project that is apt to destroy a near-priceless American treasure,” one historian says
Scientists Map Microbiome Hidden Deep inside Tree Trunks
Trees’ inner heartwood harbors methane-producing microbes adapted to oxygen-poor swamps and cow guts
2025 Nobel Prize Winners in Medicine, Physics and Chemistry Explained
The CDC updates COVID vaccine guidance and stirs controversy over childhood immunizations. And global health experts warn of rising child malnutrition in Gaza.
How the Math That Powers Google Foresaw the New Pope
A decades-old technique from network science saw something in the papal conclave that AI missed
OpenAI’s New Sora App Lets Users Generate AI Videos—And Star in Them
Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies
Part of a Pig Liver was Transplanted into a Human
Surgeons in China transplanted part of pig liver into a patient with an incurable cancerous tumor, and it functioned for more than a month
