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12/09/2026

Letter from 70 MPs and peers follows Anthropic employee’s claim new technology could wipe out humans

12/09/2026

"I used to sit down and just let my mind drift. Most of the time a useless activity, but occasionally it would lead to something that was useful. That sort of dreamlike state was very important in my life."

Richard Robson tells us how he accesses a restful state-of-mind in which ideas flow in this episode of our podcast – Nobel Prize Conversations.

We also speak with Robson's co-laureates Omar Yaghi and Susumu Kitagawa about how they changed chemistry forever by letting their minds wander to unplanned places.

Join us for a discussion with the 2025 chemistry laureates: https://linktr.ee/nobelprizeconversations

05/07/2026

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28/06/2026

Last week, NASA’s X-59 reached a major milestone with its first-ever supersonic flight. Now the team is preparing for the aircraft’s first mission conditions flight.

For the first time, the X-59 will fly at Mach 1.4 at an altitude of 55,000 feet, the same approximate conditions planned for future community overflights.

This flight will also be an opportunity to follow along live on NASA’s flight tracker. Stay tuned as Quesst continues advancing quieter supersonic research.

More on the Quesst mission blog: https://go.nasa.gov/4e91wuL

28/06/2026

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10696-0?fbclid=IwVERDUASt3FBleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR5zgpr8DUcup-KEO4Hjnm-Fmm4BjEcUPiZ02VXLgVnR7EtQYk_fUZhsPPRMng_aem_OP8nuwJE-Kt-L4i7pSjg6A

07/06/2026

27/05/2026

27/05/2026

Feeling the heat? We can "see" it from space! 🥵

A powerful heatwave has been gripping large parts of Europe, pushing air temperatures beyond seasonal norms.

This map was created using data from the Copernicus EU Sentinel-3 mission’s Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer. As the instrument’s name suggests, the image reveals the temperature of the land surface, not air temperature.

Unlike measurements of air temperature, this satellite instrument measures the actual thermal energy emitted from Earth’s surface, which typically registers higher than air temperatures: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2026/05/Hot_surfaces_during_Europe_s_heatwave_seen_by_Sentinel-3

📷 contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2026), processed by ESA