assisted-dying:-how-laws-differ-around-the-world

Across the US, assisted dying – which some critics prefer to call assisted suicide – is legal in 30 out of 50 states, as well as in Washington DC. Oregon was one of the first places in the world to offer help to die for some patients, in 1997, andContinue Reading

Help Refine Data from Space Telescopes with Artifact InSPECtor

How do scientists studying space with data from a telescope hundreds of thousands of miles away know that what they are seeing is real? A new NASA project, Artifact InSPECtor, invites you to find out – and by doing so, to help missions like Euclid and NASA’s new Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope answer fundamentalContinue Reading

Microscopic fragments of ancient alien tech may litter the moon — and scientists have a plan to find them

A new study suggests the moon’s surface may be covered in microscopic fragments of ancient alien tech. Researchers propose analyzing lunar regolith to hunt for these extraterrestrial relics. (This photo shows NASA astronaut Harrison Schmitt collecting samples from the moon during the Apollo 17 mission in 1972.) (Image credit: NASA/MSFC History Office) Tiny fragments ofContinue Reading

what-did-us-intelligence-know-before-the-9/11-attacks?

The CIA have declassified documents showing US presidents were warned about Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda before 9/11., Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, the CIA has released a series of presidential briefing documents showing what United States leaders had been told about Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda inContinue Reading

weston-16.0-released:-key-new-features

Weston 16.0 released with major advances in HDR, color management, and Wayland protocol support. After about five months of development, the Weston project has officially released Weston 16.0, the reference Wayland compositor. This version brings important improvements that will help desktop environments like GNOME, KDE, and Enlightenment achieve better andContinue Reading

apod:-2026-september-12-–-apollo-11:-catching-some-sun

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 12 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss   APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by aContinue Reading