Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-06-112Artemis III Crew Named as NASA Advances Moon ReturnNASA names the Artemis III crew—Bresnik, Rubio, Douglas and Parmitano—to lead an orbital demonstration testing Orion docking with commercial lunar landers, a key step toward a planned moon landing in 2028.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-06-102Silting Crisis: Half the World's Reservoirs Fail by 2060A global study finds sedimentation could render more than half of the world's reservoirs functionally dead by 2060, threatening water supplies, irrigation and infrastructure. Solutions require watershed restoration and engineering.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-06-103When Your Cat Roams: Hidden Risks to Health and WildlifeOutdoor-roaming cats can carry and transport nearly 100 zoonotic pathogens. New synthesis of 400+ studies shows roaming pets raise human and wildlife health risks—practical steps and One Health strategies to reduce transmission.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-06-09Artemis IV: New Liquid Cooling Suit for Lunar ReturnAxiom Space has revealed a liquid cooling and ventilation garment (LCVG) to be worn under the AxEMU suit for Artemis IV in 2028. The system circulates chilled water, supplies oxygen to the helmet, and routes CO2 to scrubbers to enable safer, longer lunar EVAs.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-06-082Single DNA Letter Rewires Sex in Mice: Regulatory SwitchA tiny change — a single DNA base in a non-coding enhancer called Enh13 — can flip sexual development in mice by unleashing Sox9. The study highlights regulatory DNA's role in sex determination and implications for DSD diagnostics.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-06-072A Daily Glass of Juice Linked to Lower Depression ScoresA Newcastle University trial found that adults with low fruit and vegetable intake who added a daily glass of 100% fruit juice or a smoothie to a 5-a-day plan reported lower depression scores after four weeks, with no short-term metabolic harm.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-06-072Small Ingredient Swaps: Quick Cuts to Cost and NutritionUC Davis researchers trained an AI to propose one to three simple ingredient swaps that improve nutrition and cut meal costs by up to a third while keeping meals familiar and affordable.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-06-072Cutting One Amino Acid Boosted Mouse Lifespan 33% and HealthA US mouse study found that reducing dietary isoleucine, a single branched-chain amino acid, extended male lifespan by 33% and improved multiple health measures, highlighting new paths for aging research.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-06-062Jackfruit Latex Composite Brings New Tools to Gum RepairResearchers in São Paulo combined jackfruit latex, pomegranate extract, and simvastatin to create a mucoadhesive biomaterial that may fight periodontitis and stimulate bone regeneration. Early tests show osteoinductive effects on human stem cells.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-06-052The Sun's Changing Heartbeat: A Shift Under the SurfaceLong-term helioseismology from BiSON reveals that the Sun's magnetic activity is shifting into shallower layers, altering the relationship between interior oscillations and surface indicators and affecting space weather forecasts.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-06-052Quitting Smoking Lowers Dementia Risk, But Weight MattersA long-term U.S. study of over 32,000 retired adults found quitting smoking cuts dementia risk by 16 percent, but significant weight gain after quitting can erase that benefit. Maintaining weight helps preserve cognitive gains.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-06-053Why Giant Planets Can Spin Faster Than Brown DwarfsKeck Observatory measurements reveal that some giant exoplanets spin faster than heavier brown dwarfs, implicating magnetic braking and disk interactions in planet formation and prompting new studies with next-generation instruments.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-06-053A Cannibal Star Reveals the Source of Strange Radio SignalsAn accreting white dwarf in a tight binary, discovered with ASKAP, explains a rare class of repeating radio signals. The finding links long-period radio transients to cataclysmic variables and opens new paths for multiwavelength study.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-06-042Inside Pigeon Livers: A Quantum Compass Guides HomeResearchers found evidence that pigeons may use iron-rich liver immune cells as a quantum magnetic compass. Field tests that removed those cells impaired navigation under overcast skies, suggesting a new model for animal magnetoreception.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-06-022Anti-inflammatory Drug Shows Promise for Tough DepressionA Bristol pilot trial found that tocilizumab, an IL-6 blocking drug, improved symptoms in some people with treatment-resistant depression who showed blood markers of inflammation, pointing toward personalized immunotherapy approaches.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-06-022New Pancreatic Cancer Pill Nearly Doubles SurvivalDaraxonrasib, a KRAS-targeting oral drug, nearly doubled median survival in a randomized trial for previously treated metastatic pancreatic cancer, offering a potential new standard of care and directions for future research.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-06-013Stanford's New iISM Microscope Reveals Living CellsStanford researchers combined interferometric scattering and image-scanning techniques to create iISM, a label-free microscope that images living cells at ~120 nm resolution with lower illumination, enabling longer, gentler live-cell observation.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-06-013How Giant Telescopes Will Soon Reveal Earthlike WorldsNew space missions and enormous ground telescopes such as the Giant Magellan Telescope will combine adaptive optics and spectroscopy to locate and study Earth-sized exoplanets, shifting us from detection to characterization.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-05-312Did Earth Seed Life in Venus’s Clouds? New Models Say MaybeNew modeling suggests material blasted from Earth could reach Venus’s cloud decks and remain viable. Researchers using the Venus Life Equation estimate hundreds to billions of transferred cells over geological time.
Read MoreOliver Hayes2026-05-302Typhoid Superbugs Are Rising: A Global Warning NowGenomic surveillance shows extensively drug-resistant Salmonella Typhi spreading across regions and threatening the last oral treatments. Vaccination, surveillance and new drugs are urgent priorities.
