Skip to Content

THURSDAY, 29 JANUARY 2026, 05:07

Science/Tech

The Best Gifts for Sleep, as Tested by Our Team

Yesterday at 14:01 PM, via Wired

Sleep is the one thing every giftee needs, and you can help them get it. These are our tried-and-tested picks for giftable sleep aids, from masks to melatonin.

What is Nipah virus? Key things to know about the disease amid cases in India

Yesterday at 13:36 PM, via The Guardian

Highly contagious virus, which spreads from animals to humans, has a high fatality rate and there is no vaccine

Airports across Asia have been put on high alert after India confirmed two cases of the deadly Nipah virus in the state of West Bengal over the past month.

Thailand, Nepal and Vietnam are among the countries screening airport arrivals over fears of an wider outbreak of the deadly...

Amazon Cuts Another 16,000 Jobs

Yesterday at 12:43 PM, via Slashdot

Amazon announced on Wednesday that it is eliminating approximately 16,000 roles across the company as part of organizational changes that began in October 2025 and are only now being finalized by certain teams. Senior Vice President Beth Galetti shared the news in a memo to employees, framing the reductions as an effort to reduce layers, increase ownership, and remove bureaucracy. The memo...

SpaceX mulls $1.5tn IPO timed to ‘align with Musk’s birthday and the planets’

Yesterday at 12:18 PM, via The Guardian

World’s richest person targeting symbolic date in June for flotation of rocket company

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is considering a flotation valuing the rocket company at $1.5tn (£1.1tn) that will reportedly be timed for early summer to coincide with a planetary alignment and the multibillionaire’s birthday.

The world’s richest person is targeting a symbolic date of mid-June for the initial public...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 Has a 4% Chance of Hitting the Moon

Yesterday at 12:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Universe Today: There’s a bright side to every situation. In 2032, the Moon itself might have a particularly bright side if it is blasted by a 60-meter-wide asteroid. The chances of such an event are still relatively small (only around 4%), but non-negligible. And scientists are starting to prepare both for the bad (massive risks to satellites and huge...

  1. Pages:
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. 3
  5. 4
  6. 5
  7. ...
  8. 48