New Scientist reporter James Woodford recalls his run-in with rabbits D.Cunningham/Shutterstock I was working a Sunday shift when the news came through, and it gave me an instant sinking feeling – the big kind that you hopefully only get once or twice in a lifetime. A potential biocontrol virus that…
Staggering number of US troops wounded in Trump’s Iran war
By ROSS IBBETSON, ASSOCIATE EDITOR Published: 18:23 GMT, 10 March 2026 | Updated: 19:02 GMT, 10 March 2026 As many as 150 US troops have been wounded in the Iran war. The figure, disclosed to Reuters on Tuesday, is far higher than the Pentagon’s previously acknowledged tally of eight seriously…
NASA Tests Technology for Refueling Landers
The farther the destination, the more fuel a rocket needs. The more fuel the rocket carries, the heavier the spacecraft. The heavier the spacecraft, the more fuel it requires to launch. Experts at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland are testing technology that could solve this problem. The CryoFILL (Cryogenic Fluid In-Situ Liquefaction for Landers) project could transform the way NASA fuels future space exploration missions, reducing costs and extending…
Boy branded ‘Britain’s naughtiest kid’ has grown up to earn £360,000-a-year running a personal developmental school in Thailand
A boy who was branded ‘Britain’s naughtiest kid’ has turned his life around and now earns £360,000-a-year running a personal developmental school in Thailand. Tom Roberts, 24, featured on Channel 4’s show Mr Drew’s School for Boys in 2014 as a troublesome 11-year-old, who struggled with behavioural problems as he…
NASA space probe expected to reenter the atmosphere with a chance of raining debris
March 10, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm NASA space probe expected to reenter the atmosphere with a chance of raining debris Van Allen Probe A, which studied how our planet has been protected from harmful space radiation, could fall to Earth tonight. Here’s what to know…
One Of The Most Mysterious And Foreboding Places In New Jersey – Do You Dare To Visit At Night?
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – You don’t have to be a coward to feel a knot in your stomach when you visit this place. Once darkness falls, it’s almost as if the entire atmosphere shifts, and countless unsettling stories unfold—strange noises in the distance and the unnerving sense that shadowy…
Furious Sarah Huckabee Sanders explodes at ‘disrespectful’ Tucker Carlson after Israel clash with her dad
By ROSS IBBETSON, ASSOCIATE EDITOR Published: 16:42 GMT, 10 March 2026 | Updated: 18:02 GMT, 10 March 2026 Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has accused Tucker Carlson of conducting a ‘disrespectful’ interview with her father Mike Huckabee, the US Ambassador to Israel. Sanders, who served as Donald Trump’s White House press…
Webinar 3/25: NASA CSDA Vendor Focus – Satellogic
Join us March 25 at 2:00 p.m. EDT to learn more about the data offered by CSDA program vendor Satellogic. Join us on Wednesday, March 25 at 2:00 p.m. EDT (-04:00 UTC) to learn more about NASA Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) program vendor Satellogic and how to discover, access,…
Active shooter opens fire at synagogue near Baltimore
By NATASHA ANDERSON, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER Published: 16:46 GMT, 10 March 2026 | Updated: 17:28 GMT, 10 March 2026 A gunman has opened fire on an Orthodox Jewish synagogue near Baltimore. Shots rang out near the Agudath Israel of Baltimore in the city’s quiet Glen neighborhood just after 12.30pm…
First-of-its-kind vaccine protects children from deadly E. coli infections
March 10, 2026 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm First-of-its-kind vaccine protects children from deadly intestinal infections ETVAX is the first vaccine that offers significant protection against pathogenic E. coli in children By Sahas Mehra edited by Tanya Lewis Scientists have developed a vaccine for a toxic form…