Category: Science
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Pancreatic cancer cells keep changing form to dodge treatment, a large new study finds
A Nature Genetics study of 443,451 cells from 62 tumours shows pancreatic cancer cells shifting between…
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The brain’s ‘blue spot’ is not one loudspeaker: new map shows neurons with different jobs
A Nature study in mice maps about 35,000 neurons in the locus coeruleus, the brain’s main…
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ESA loses a full-scale Space Rider test model: what failed in Sardinia, and what it means for Europe’s reusable spaceplane
In the final drop test of Europe’s reusable Space Rider, the wing-like parachute did not deploy…
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Does exercise slow Parkinson’s? A seven-year study finds a link, but the differences are small
A study of 294 people with Parkinson’s, followed for up to seven years, links more physical…
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A bionic arm that can feel: what Utah’s first home trial of the LUKE Arm shows, and what it does not yet prove
The University of Utah has started a one-year home trial of a bionic arm controlled by…
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NASA’s Swift telescope ends its mission after nearly 22 years: what it found and what comes next
NASA’s Swift observatory has made its last observation and will re-enter within weeks. What it found…
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Bennu may be a hybrid world: what its samples say about the early Solar System and Jupiter
A study of asteroid Bennu’s samples suggests it formed where inner and outer Solar System dust…
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Euclid finds its first comet by accident: what C/2026 S1 is
ESA’s Euclid telescope, built to map galaxies, has found a new comet, C/2026 S1. How a…
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Thwaites Glacier could raise seas more than expected, a NASA-backed model suggests
A model built by NASA’s JPL with UC Irvine and Dartmouth finds that seawater under Antarctica’s…
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Japan’s MMX probe sets off for Mars to bring back a piece of its moon Phobos
Japan’s MMX probe was launched on 19 October to collect about 10 grams of soil from…
