Mary E Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi win for work on preventing immune system harming body The Nobel prize in physiology or medicine 2025 has been awarded to three scientists for their work on how the immune system is prevented from attacking the body. Mary E Brunkow, now at...
Test post title
Test post content
Kids in New York keep dying while ‘subway surfing’ on top of trains. Can they be stopped?
New York City is trying to deter dangerous “subway surfing” through education programs, but some transportation advocates and lawmakers say it's not enough
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from sending National Guard troops to Oregon
A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying any National Guard units to Oregon, including the California National Guard
Jews this week will be celebrating Sukkot
Sukkot, a week-long Jewish holiday celebrating the traditional gathering of the harvest, is getting underway
Signs of life? Why Saturn moon offers hope of finding ET in Earth’s back yard
Discovery of wide array of carbon-based substances on Enceladus shows solar system is fertile hunting ground From tentative evidence of habitable planets to the eyebrow-raising suggestion an interstellar comet might not be what it seems, the possibility of life beyond our solar system has long tantalised scientists and the public...
Starwatch: Draconids meteor shower promises an early-evening treat
Comet responsible for phenomenon passed close to the sun earlier this year, creating high chance of a meteor storm October is the beginning of the autumn and winter meteor shower season, which culminates in the Geminids in December. This week features the Draconids. It may not be a prominent shower,...
Was prehistory a feminist paradise?
Visions of matriarchal utopia may be wishful thinking, but there’s growing evidence of women wielding power There is a stubborn and widely held idea that in some earlier phase of our species’ existence, women had equal status to men, or even ruled, and societies were happier and more peaceful for...
The great butterfly heist: how a gentleman collector stole thousands of butterflies from Australian museums
Scientists are still unravelling the thefts of Colin Wyatt, an English adventurer, artist and naturalist who charmed the entomological community The butterfly was dead when the old man found it, lying in the snow 1,600 metres above sea level. It didn’t have a name then, as he bent down and...
Fears of massive battery fires spark local opposition to energy storage projects
Lithium-ion batteries are increasingly being used to store power for electrical grids, but some localities are concerned about fire risks