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The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi for their groundbreaking “discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance that prevents the immune system from harming the body.“The Nobel Assembly at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute announced the award on Monday, recognising the trio for their pioneering work…

Anna Menon is an accomplished American engineer and astronaut candidate whose remarkable career bridges the worlds of NASA, SpaceX, and private spaceflight. Born in Houston, Texas, she has played key roles in advancing human spaceflight — from managing astronaut operations at SpaceX to serving as a mission specialist on the historic Polaris Dawn mission. In…

Every year, the Nobel Prize in Medicine honours people who help us understand how the human body works — and how to fix it when it doesn’t. In 2025, the prize went to Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi. They discovered something remarkable: how the immune system stops itself from attacking the body it’s…

WARNING NOTES: Jane Goodall’s research showed humans were not so superior to chimpanzees — she thus paved the way for questioning speciesism and the ecocides done by the Anthropocene (Getty Images) The primatologist and scientists like her illuminate our minds — their vision alters how we look at lifeDid you know, dear reader, it’s not…

Source: European Commission Across the billions of stars and galaxies in the universe, Earth remains the only known planet to host life. Yet, the search for other habitable worlds drives scientists to develop ever-smarter observational tools. Despite cataloguing over 6,000 exoplanets, astronomers have yet to find a true Earth analogue, a planet similar in size…

The tomb of Pharaoh Amenhotep III, ruler of ancient Egypt between 1390 B.C.E. and 1350 B.C.E., was opened on Saturday to the public in Luxor.The tomb is one of the largest in the Valley of the Kings and has been undergoing two decades of renovation work under a Japanese-led, three-phased restoration project.Tomb over 3,000 years…

US researchers have achieved a groundbreaking milestone by successfully creating early-stage human embryos from adult skin cells. By using advanced DNA manipulation and fertilization techniques, scientists were able to generate embryos without relying on traditional egg cells. This pioneering research opens up new possibilities in reproductive medicine, potentially transforming fertility treatments. It could offer hope…

Amazon founder and executive chair Jeff Bezos has predicted that the next generation of data centres could be built in space within the next 10 to 20 years. Speaking at the Italian Tech Week in Turin, Bezos explained that orbiting data centres would benefit from uninterrupted solar power, allowing them to outperform Earth-based facilities in…

Far beyond Earth, Saturn’s small moon Enceladus has turned into one of the most intriguing worlds in our solar system. Though only about the size of Arizona, Enceladus is coated in a thick layer of bright white ice. Beneath this frozen shell lies something extraordinary, a vast ocean of liquid water stretching across the entire…

NASA has temporarily scaled back most of its operations due to a deadlock in US government funding. When Congress fails to pass a budget or short-term funding measures, the agency is forced to limit work to activities vital for safety and security. As a result, many ongoing projects, from research and public outreach to preparation…