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...
Starwatch: Celestial sleuthing needed to track down Hercules the hero
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...
Heatwaves are making people age faster, study suggests
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,...
SpaceX scraps Starship rocket launch in Texas for second time in two days
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...
Surgeons transplant pig lung into brain dead human recipient for first time
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...
How Hurricane Katrina shaped these New Orleans educators
Hurricane Katrina changed New Orleans' education system forever, creating the first all-charter school district in the U.S. The Associated Press spoke with three survivors about their experiences
University of South Carolina all clear after unconfirmed reports of active shooter
Just days after false reports of active shooters at two other schools.
France summons US ambassador over ‘unacceptable’ letter about antisemitism
He wrote to Macron alleging France did not do enough to combat antisemitism.
Mexican drug lord Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada to plead guilty to federal charges
Former Mexican cartel kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada is expected to plead guilty to federal charges related to his role in the violent drug trade that for years flooded the U.S. with cocaine, heroin and other illicit substances
What to know: Four ways ICE is training new agents and scaling up
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, is key in President Donald Trump's plan for mass deportations