Donald Trump is making a highly unusual visit to Camp David on Wednesday where he will huddle with his Cabinet as high-stakes Iran peace talks hang by a thread. In a major show of administrative unity, every single member of the Cabinet – including outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard…
Satellites imaged an underwater volcano erupting — but scientists have no idea what’s actually happening on the seafloor
In early May, NASA satellites imaged an underwater volcanic eruption in the Bismarck Sea off the coast of Papua New Guinea. But when volcanologists looked to study the event, they reached a frustrating wall. There are no high-resolution maps of the seafloor here. That lack of baseline data made it…
How a radical new view of life could reveal its origin – and aliens
Wherever you are reading this, look around you. Every living thing you can see – other people, pets, birds flying past, trees, flowers, mushrooms, fish – is here because of unions between different species. Classic cases are lichens (typically formed of algae and fungi) or corals (made of algae and…
Female police officer is called to resign after horrific clip of her brutally beating up high school boy goes viral
A California community is calling for a female police officer to resign after bodycam footage appeared to show her brutally beating up a high school boy. Officer Bianca Camacho, of the Fairfield Police Department, has been reassigned from her job after she allegedly beat up student, Maurice Williams, 16, while trying…
Trump’s secret NATO ultimatum sparks panic as US ‘pulls jets, bombers and EVERY submarine from Europe’
By PHILLIP NIETO, US POLITICAL REPORTER Published: 16:37 BST, 26 May 2026 | Updated: 18:39 BST, 26 May 2026 Donald Trump is set to slash the arsenal of US fighter jets, warships and submarines reserved for NATO allies should a military crisis erupt in Europe. A military envoy sent by…
An Early “Decoration Day” Celebration
The origins of Memorial Day lie in the U.S. Civil War, a conflict that led to the deaths of nearly 700,000 Americans. By the waning days of the war, makeshift military cemeteries had sprung up throughout the country, but especially in the South and Mid-Atlantic, where much of the fighting…
China just launched a bunch of fake human embryos into space on a new research mission
May 26, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm China just launched fake human embryos to its space station for a new research mission China’s artificial embryos are part of an experiment to learn more about how human pregnancies could develop under microgravity conditions By Adam Kovac edited…
America’s most coveted southern suburb torn apart by ugly new battle: ‘What about our culture as Texans?’
The wealthy suburbs of northern Dallas, Texas, have become an unlikely backdrop for growing racial tension amid a rapid rise in immigration from South Asia. Cities such as Frisco, Plano and Irving are seeing huge population growth due to a booming job market in the Dallas-Fort Worth area known as…
Energy Vampires: the AI data centres draining Australia
A new report from Greenpeace Australia Pacific and independent expert Ketan Joshi reveals how the frenzied rollout of AI data centres in Australia is set to derail the renewable energy transition, entrench gas and turbocharge climate pollution, prompting calls for an urgent moratorium on data centre approvals until appropriate guardrails…
Urgent search for little girl, 4, abducted in Los Angeles by man driving Land Rover
By SOPHIE GABLE, US REPORTER Published: 17:35 BST, 26 May 2026 | Updated: 17:40 BST, 26 May 2026 A frantic search is underway for a four-year-old girl who was abducted after her mother was believed to have been murdered. Daleza Fregoso, 4, was last seen on Sunday in the early…