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Elon Musk threatens to sue over Gibney documentary's "space lasers" claim
The tech billionaire's attorney has put documentarian Alex Gibney and his production company on legal notice, claiming the Oscar-winning director defamed Musk in his nearly four-hour documentary.
Algeria cuts diplomatic ties with UAE
Algeria said that it was closing its airspace and severing ties with the United Arab Emirates. Algiers accuses Abu Dhabi of destabilizing countries such as Libya, Sudan and Mali.
Europe needs to compete in spaceflight, says France's Macron
The French president called for setting goals like European cargo missions, lunar landings, and crewed spaceflight while urging the bloc to reduce its reliance on US and Russia.
A Quantum Physicist Told His Team 'I Think AGI Is Here.' Here's What Convinced Him
Haiqu's Mykola Maksymenko says agentic AI is compressing months of quantum research into days — and pulling useful work out of quantum hardware we already have.
Climate hazards disrupted school for 1 in 10 students in 2025: UNICEF
More than 171 million students affected globally with girls disproportionately impacted.
Hijacking pirates exploit regional chaos to return to seas off Somalia
US-Israel war on Iran and political instability in Somalia lead to pirates targeting cargo ships off Horn of AfricaThe scourge of Somali piracy targeting cargo ships and smaller dhows off the Horn of Africa has returned to levels not seen in a decade, driven by a convergence of f...
Indonesian foragers may have sucked on mind-altering nuts 25,000 years ago, research finds
Analysis of two skeletons reveals tooth wear and traces of psychoactive substance in what may be earliest known evidence for human drug takingWhat may be the earliest known evidence for human drug taking has been traced to ancient Indonesian foragers who sucked on mind-altering n...
Nepal says big polluters must ‘wake up’ as it calls for climate compensation over flood disaster
Foreign minister Shisir Khanal tells the Guardian the world’s biggest economies need to help Nepal, which contributes less than 0.1% of global greenhouse gas emissions Nepal is demanding $20m in climate compensation for the recent devastating floods, as a senior minister called o...
Russian Drone Incursion Delayed Zelensky Flight to Oslo, Moldova Says
An airspace closure delayed the Ukrainian leader’s trip between Moldova and Norway, officials said. They did not confirm a claim by Norway’s prime minister that a drone had “almost hit” the plane.
Toyohiro Akiyama, Japan’s Chain-Smoking ‘Space Antihero,’ Dies at 84
A journalist, he was the first Japanese person to enter space, joining a Soviet crew as part of a spectacular $35 million ratings stunt in 1990.
In England — Yes, England — Tea and Cantaloupe Grow as the Climate Warms
As British farmers confront intense heat waves tied to climate change, some are cultivating new crops rarely grown in their country.
The four astronauts NASA picked for the first crewed moon mission in 50 years
Astronauts who will helm the first crewed moon mission in five decades were revealed on Monday, queuing up the quartet to begin training for the historic Artemis II lunar flyby that is set to take off in November 2024.
A new approach to a Covid-19 nasal vaccine shows early promise
Scientists in Germany say they've been able to make a nasal vaccine that can shut down a Covid-19 infection in the nose and throat, where the virus gets its first foothold in the body.
Takeaways from AP story on a major effort to restore peatland in North Carolina
Curtis Richardson, an ecology professor at Duke University, holds peat soil Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Belhaven, N.C. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)2026-09-09T13:07:17Z BELHAVEN, N.C. (AP) — Investors and scientists are restoring a 23-square-mile (60-square-kilometer) tract of peatl...
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