[World Report] Report says attacks on health care in Ethiopia are systematic
89 attacks on health workers and facilities were documented between January, 2025, and April, 2026. Sharmila Devi reports.
Your feed
Top-ranked articles from the last 7 days, scored by your algorithm. Sign up to save your own.
[Department of Error] Department of Error
The Staphylococcus aureus Network Adaptive Platform (SNAP) Trial Group. Benzylpenicillin versus flucloxacillin or cloxacillin for the treatment of penicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (SNAP): an...
[Obituary] Joseph F Fraumeni, Jr
Pioneer of molecular epidemiology and long-serving Director of the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics at the US National Cancer Institute. Born in Boston, MA, USA, on April 1, 1933, he died in McLean, VA,...
The progress of a Blood Moon
Philippe Moussette from Saint-Agapit, Quebec During the night of Aug. 27/28, 2026, the Moon passed nearly fully through Earth’s umbra in a partial lunar eclipse, turning a coppery red. This photographer combined a...
Chevron Is in Talks to Expand in Venezuela, a Potential Win for Trump
President Trump’s administration has been pushing U.S. companies like Chevron to invest more in Venezuela’s oil industry.
Free-falling atoms in space put a new twist on Galileo’s gravity test
Rubidium atoms on China’s Tiangong space station fell with the same acceleration, upholding a cornerstone of Einstein’s general theory of relativity.
Say hello to the TSA’s Cutest Canine of 2026
Let’s have a round of ‘apaws’ for Bolt the German shorthaired pointer. The post Say hello to the TSA’s Cutest Canine of 2026 appeared first on Popular Science.
The World's Oldest Mummies, the Spread of a Rare Brain-Eating Amoeba, and a Manhattan-Sized Iceberg Breaks Off a Greenland Glacier
Discover the top stories from Aug. 22 to Aug. 28, 2026, including mummies made 2,000 years before the rise of Egypt and a rare brain-eating amoeba that is spreading across the U.S.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 28 – September 6
Venus and Spica finally have their conjunction just as they sink way down in twilight. After dark, Boötes and the Big Dipper have assumed their late-summer pose. The post This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 28 –...
GPS collars making shepherds' lives 'much easier'
Brothers Josh and Ben Voak are using a GPS technology featured on the TV show Clarkson's Farm.
NASA’s huge Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is about to launch
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which launches on 30 August, will observe space with the same detail as the Hubble Space Telescope, but over a much larger area
'Please help us find her': Families fly to Nepal in search for 33 missing British nationals
Among the British nationals reported missing are a 13-year-old girl and 14-year-old boy.
Read an extract from Chanda Prescod-Weinstein’s The Edge of Space-Time
The opening chapter to the New Scientist Book Club's read for September sees Chanda Prescod-Weinstein explore what we gain when we look at the universe from the margins
The Sky This Week from August 28 to September 4: Venus and Spica meet
Friday, August 28Friday opens with a deep partial lunar eclipse — the Full Moon occurs at 12:19 A.M. EDT, just six minutes after the event reaches maximum eclipse. August’s Sturgeon Moon will appear largely orange or...
This Is What Happens When 1,000 People Bury Their Underwear for Science
Talk about getting to the bottom of things The post This Is What Happens When 1,000 People Bury Their Underwear for Science appeared first on Nautilus.
NASA Invites Media to Turkey Artemis Accords Signing Ceremony
Turkey will sign the Artemis Accords during a ceremony at 2:30 p.m. EDT Monday, Aug. 31, at NASA Headquarters in Washington, becoming the 71st country signatory. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman will host Turkish...
An 11,000-Year-Old Sculpture of a Person Riding a Leopard Offers a New Glimpse Into Neolithic Türkiye
Learn how an 11,000-year-old sculpture found at Karahantepe in Türkiye reverses earlier art from the site by placing a person above a leopard.
STAT+: CMS plans launch event for ACCESS, the Medicare chronic care pilot
In this edition of STAT Health Tech: CMS plans a launch event for Medicare chronic care pilot, and what the Meta settlement means for health AI.
13 peccaries sail home to heal a Costa Rican forest
It’s after midnight, and veterinarian Dennise Ortiz Angulo is in the middle of Golfo Dulce, surrounded by shooting stars, bioluminescent water, and 13 boar-like beasts. “That moment, it felt like the movie Life of...
Kyle Orton: Muslims before Islam
The secret history of early Islam
On this day in space! Aug. 27, 1962: NASA launches Mariner 2 to Venus for ambitious flyby
On Aug. 27, 1962, NASA launched Mariner 2, the world's first spacecraft to successfully visit another planet: Venus.
Traders brought Central American cacao to Georgia 1,000 years ago
"We built this city on good cacao" does have a nice ring to it.
Why did 1,000 world citizens bury their underpants?
Study: Land use is the biggest factor in determining decomposition rates of organic cotton underpants.
This University of Chicago business school professor has authored 258 academic papers in 2026 (so far).
Jeremy Horpedahl tells the story: Nicholas Polson has, by my count using his SSRN page, already written 258 working papers in 2026 alone. He’s already written (or at least published to SSRN), six papers today, August...
The terrifying mechanics of the Nepali flash flood
How a glacial avalanche visits devastation
Discussion:
Hacker News (76)
Erratum for the Research Article “Roots navigate around decay regions by sensing local pH gradients”
Science, Volume 393, Issue 6814, August 2026.
MTG-I2 ready for launch on Ariane 6
The Meteosat Third Generation Imager2 satellite (MTG-I2) has been encapsulated inside the Ariane 6 fairing and is in place on its launch pad. It is scheduled to lift off on Thursday evening, 27 August, from Europe’s...
SGLT2 inhibitors activate pantothenate kinase in the human heart
Science, Volume 393, Issue 6814, Page 895-902, August 2026.
How the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Works
The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is the largest crude oil storage facility in the world.
AI searched 100 million possibilities and found a cheaper way to 3D-print a NASA rocket alloy
Researchers used AI to search through more than 100 million possible settings for 3D-printing a high-performance NASA alloy. After only 40 experiments, the system identified six successful configurations, including...
Near total lunar eclipse will be seen from North and South America Thursday night
Earth’s shadow will appear to be a reddish ‘blood moon’ due to the way sunlight is scattered by the atmosphereA near total lunar eclipse will be visible across large swathes of North and South America on Thursday...
Listen to the Latest ‘KFF Health News Minute’
The "KFF Health News Minute" brings original healthcare and health policy reporting from our newsroom to the airwaves each week.
A tripartite genetic conflict system controls hybrid sterility in rice
Science, Volume 393, Issue 6814, Page 903-909, August 2026.
Postdoc and doctoral student positions in Bayesian workflow at Aalto, Finland
This job ad is by Aki I’m looking for postdocs and doctoral students to work on Bayesian workflow. The candidates need to have knowledge of Bayesian inference and some experience with building models (for real...
FDA approves breakthrough pancreatic cancer drug
The FDA has approved a new drug to treat pancreatic cancer. NPR's A Martinez speaks with Adam Feuerstein, who writes for the science and health website STAT.
Inside One of Peru’s Most Vulnerable Penguin Colonies
Scientists worry about the penguins’ future amid changing temperatures and warming waters this year.
A solution to the mystery of the missing neutrinos
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02628-9Lecture preparations prompt a scientist to poke holes in the ‘gallium anomaly’.
Animal-microbe partnerships date back to the dawn of complex life
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02629-8Geochemical clues hint that worm-like creatures in the Ediacaran period benefited from symbiosis with bacteria.
How to See the Partial Lunar Eclipse and Blood Moon on August 27
The eclipse will obscure about 93 percent of the moon’s surface. Here are the peak times and tips for the best viewing experience.
Drugstores say Medicare's $50 obesity drug program is catching on
The Bridge program, which began July 1, makes some Medicare beneficiaries eligible for obesity drugs for $50 a month. CVS and Walgreens say they've each already filled 100,000 such prescriptions.