Viruses that evolved on the space station and were sent back to Earth were more effective at killing bacteria

Scientists brought bacteria and phages, meaning viruses that infect bacteria, aboard the ISS to study their evolution. (Image credit: International space station (dima_zel/Getty Images); E.coli (Shutterstock)) Bacteria and the viruses that infect them, called phages, are locked in an evolutionary arms race. But that evolution follows a different trajectory when the battle takes place inContinue Reading

JWST’s ‘Little Red Dots’ May Be ‘Black Hole Stars’

January 14, 2026 4 min read Add Us On Google Add SciAm ‘Little Red Dots’ Spied by JWST May Be Baby Black Holes in Disguise Puzzling red spots in images from the James Webb Space Telescope are probably young supermassive black holes obscured by dense cocoons of gas By Lee Billings edited by Clara MoskowitzContinue Reading

May 2src23 Big Tech’s Multinational Corporations (MNCs) work to bolster the Israeli occupation economy through the provision of infrastructure, technology, knowledge, and products to both civil and military institutions. Who Profits’ new Dynamic Report centralizes profiles of the Tech MNCs facilitating Israel’s violations of human rights of occupied Palestinian and Syrian communities…Continue Reading

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Russia shows no intention of de-escalation in 2026 and is instead accelerating weapons production and frontline activity, according to the Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi. He said Moscow is planning to increase its drone output dramatically and continues to intensify combat operations. The army chief’s warnings come asContinue Reading