Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, is a prime target in the hunt for life elsewhere in our solar system NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute A new method to recognise the chemical properties of living things could help us detect alien life even if it functions differently from life on Earth. When searching…
HMS Dragon’s mission to Cyprus ‘is being delayed because dockyard only works nine to five, Monday to Friday’
By DAVID OLASEINDE Published: 18:07 GMT, 6 March 2026 | Updated: 18:32 GMT, 6 March 2026 The deployment of HMS Dragon to Cyprus has been delayed amid claims from union officials that the naval base responsible for its repairs only operates on a ‘nine-to-five, Monday-to-Friday’ schedule. The destroyer’s mission to…
NASA to Cover Northrop Grumman Cargo Spacecraft Departure
After delivering more than 11,000 pounds of supplies, science investigations, hardware, and other cargo to the International Space Station for NASA and its international partners, the Cygnus XL spacecraft supporting Northrop Grumman’s 23rd Commercial Resupply Services mission is scheduled to depart the orbiting laboratory Thursday, March 12. Watch NASA’s live…
Trump’s latest Truth sends global markets haywire – US crude oil prices skyrocket
By JON MICHAEL RAASCH, US POLITICAL REPORTER Published: 14:31 GMT, 6 March 2026 | Updated: 18:00 GMT, 6 March 2026 Global markets have gone haywire after Donald Trump demanded Iran’s ‘unconditional surrender’. US crude oil crashed through the $90 barrel threshold, spiking by 11.5 percent as it notched a 35…
The best new popular science books of March 2026 include a new book from Rebecca Solnit
Rebecca Solnit has a new book out this month Trent Davis Bailey March, in the northern hemisphere anyway, is about venturing out for some much-needed vitamin D and dodging showers. Forget that – just head for a decent café where you can delve into the marvellous science books we’ve got…
Jealous thug who murdered his ex-girlfriend’s sister and her three young children after setting their house on fire given whole life term
A drink and drug-fuelled thug who planned to ‘wipe out a whole family’ will never be released from prison for murdering his ex-girlfriend’s sister and her three children. Sharaz Ali, 40, has been given a whole life order for murdering Bryonie Gawith and her children Denisty, nine, Oscar, five, and…
Track NASA’s Artemis II Mission in Real Time
As NASA invites the public to follow the Artemis II mission as a crew of four astronauts venture around the Moon inside the agency’s Orion spacecraft, people around the world can pinpoint Orion during its journey using the Artemis Real-time Orbit Website (AROW). During the approximately 10-day mission, NASA will…
People who know more about AI art find it less ethical
March 6, 2026 4 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm People who know more about AI art find it less ethical When people understand the system and process behind AI art, its moral implications become harder to accept By Ionela Bara edited by Daisy Yuhas Malte Mueller/Getty Images A…
Lady Midday – ‘Poludnica’- An Evil, Elusive Female Field-Spirit In Slavic Beliefs That Comes To Kill At Noon
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – In Slavic mythology, a figure known as “Lady Midday,” also referred to as “Midday Spirit” or “Poludnica,” is a female, malicious and murderous high noon demon that hunts those who are carelessly in the field in the summer’s hot days. This enigmatic and formidable figure…
Detectives question three women in their 40s, 50s and 60s for aiding and abetting Mohamed Al Fayed’s rapes after 154 complainants come forward
By DAN WOODLAND, NEWS REPORTER Published: 15:58 GMT, 6 March 2026 | Updated: 16:21 GMT, 6 March 2026 Three women have been interviewed under caution on suspicion of aiding and abetting former Harrods boss Mohamed Al Fayed. Detectives questioned the trio, aged in their 40s, 50s, and 60s, as part…