China is building a new digital marketplace where ordinary people can license their faces to artificial intelligence

For decades, astronomers have searched for radio signals from planets outside our Solar System. The idea sounds simple, but there has always been a fundamental problem: when a telescope detects radio emission coming from a distant planetary system, how can scientists know whether the signal is actually coming from the planet rather than from its star?

A tiny wild cat in Bolivia has just been recognized as a species new to science. Meet Leopardus tilcayo — an elusive Yungas tiger cat whose lineage dates back around 1.4 million years. 🐆 Discover how scientists finally uncovered its hidden identity.

A tiny yellow Pokémon has already travelled farther than most of us ever will. Pikachu spent 67 days aboard the International Space Station, floating hundreds of kilometres above Earth. Meanwhile, down on the ground, Europe is quietly transforming the way millions of people cross its borders. The new Entry/Exit System is replacing passport stamps with digital records, facial images and fingerprints.

Google DeepMind’s AlphaGenome Atlas predicts the molecular effects of 9 billion possible DNA changes. Here is what it means for genetics, disease research and the future of medicine.

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has revealed 84 mysterious hypersoft X-ray sources in six galaxies. Scientists believe they could solve major mysteries about supernovae and galactic evolution.

The Himalayas have always been a landscape of extremes. The world's highest mountains are shaped by earthquakes, landslides, avalanches, glaciers, monsoon rains and rivers that can change from relatively calm streams into enormous torrents within minutes. For centuries, people living in the Himalayan valleys have learned to live with these dangers. But something is changing.

There are discoveries in astronomy that expand our knowledge of the Universe. And then there are discoveries that feel almost impossible to comprehend. Astronomers have now identified a star racing around the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way at roughly 25,000 kilometers per second — more than eight percent of the speed of light. Its name is S301.

For more than a year, an abandoned Falcon 9 upper stage drifted through space. On August 5, 2026, it finally met the Moon — and now humanity can see the mark it left behind.

For more than a decade, being connected was treated as one of the great achievements of modern life. We were told that smartphones would make life easier. Social media would bring people closer together. Notifications would keep us informed. Streaming would give us unlimited entertainment. Algorithms would help us discover exactly what we wanted. And then came artificial intelligence. Now machines can write our emails, recommend our next holiday, summarize our meetings, create photographs, generate music and answer almost any question within seconds. Technology has never been more powerful. Yet something unexpected is happening in 2026.

Discover why AI data centers have become the world's most valuable infrastructure. Learn how Nvidia, OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle are investing hundreds of billions of dollars to power the future of artificial intelligence.

A rare wave of solar activity is once again turning the night skies above North America into a glowing spectacle. From Alaska to parts of the northern United States, millions of people are searching for the best places and times to witness the Aurora Borealis this weekend. Fueled by powerful geomagnetic storms connected to Solar Cycle 25, the northern lights are becoming one of the most talked-about natural events of 2026. But the aurora is more than just a beautiful light show. Behind the glowing green skies lies a violent cosmic interaction between the Sun and Earth’s magnetic field — one powerful enough to affect satellites, communications systems, and even global technology infrastructure. At the same time, the northern lights have evolved into a worldwide cultural phenomenon driven by social media, travel trends, smartphone photography, and humanity’s timeless fascination with the sky.