Day: August 26, 2025

Exposure to high temperatures could result in long-lasting damage to health of billions of people, scientists warn Repeated exposure to heatwaves is accelerating ageing in people, according to a study. The impact is broadly comparable with the damage smoking, alcohol use, poor diet or limited exercise can have on health,...

The constellation contains no bright stars – but once seen seems to dominate its patch of night sky In August, track down the constellation of Hercules, the hero. It is well placed from the northern hemisphere at this time of year, but finding it requires a little bit of celestial...

For more than a decade, scientists have been puzzling over what was causing billions of starfish to dissolve into piles of white goo. Sea star wasting disease has ravaged starfish populations, wiping out 90% of the once common sunflower sea star. Now, researchers have finally identified the culprit. Madeleine Finlay...

Genetically modified lung functioned for nine days, in latest development in xenotransplantation aimed at solving organ shortage crisis Surgeons have transplanted a lung from a genetically modified pig into a brain dead human recipient for the first time and found it functioned for nine days, researchers have revealed. The work...

Launch delay from Elon Musk’s company marks latest in streak of setbacks, including a liquid oxygen leak on Sunday SpaceX was forced to scrap the launch of its giant Starship rocket from Texas again on Monday, this time due to weather, marking the latest in a streak of setbacks for...