Skip to Content

SUNDAY, 15 FEBRUARY 2026, 02:14

Science/Tech

New filtration technology could be game-changer in removal of Pfas ‘forever chemicals’

23 January at 15:00 PM, via The Guardian

Researchers found a new way to filter and destroy Pfas chemicals at 100 times the rate of current systems

New filtration technology developed by Rice University may absorb some Pfas “forever chemicals” at 100 times the rate than previously possible, which could dramatically improve pollution control and speed remediations.

Researchers also say they have also found a way to destroy Pfas, though...

SpaceX lines up Wall Street banks as Musk eyes blockbuster IPO

23 January at 13:54 PM, via The Guardian

US aerospace tech company reportedly held talks last year over private share sale that values business at $800bn

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is reportedly lining up four Wall Street banks to help the company list on the stock market as investors prepare for an expected rush of US tech listings.

SpaceX is considering Bank of America, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley for leading roles in an...

‘It’s the sovereignty of the country’: Guinea-Bissau says US vaccine study suspended

23 January at 13:00 PM, via The Guardian

Despite US pushback, officials in west Africa say controversial hepatitis B study on pause amid ethics concerns

US health officials insisted it was still on. African health leaders said it was cancelled. At the heart of the controversy is the west African nation of Guinea-Bissau – one of the poorest countries in the world and the proposed site of a hotly debated US-funded study on vaccines.

The...

Five Ways People Are Using Claude Code

23 January at 12:02 PM, via New York Times

The artificial intelligence tool generates computer code when people type prompts, so those with no coding experience can create their own programs and apps.

Here’s Who Just Bought TikTok

23 January at 05:32 AM, via New York Times

Several big companies and investment firms are part of the new American TikTok. Many have ties to one another and President Trump.

NIH ends funding of research that uses human fetal tissue from abortions

23 January at 00:25 AM, via The Guardian

Fetal tissue has been used to advance research into diabetes, Alzheimer’s, infertility and vaccines

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will no longer fund research that uses human fetal tissue obtained from “elective” abortions, the world’s biggest public funder of biomedical research announced on Thursday.

The ban marks the latest, and most dramatic, effort by Donald Trump’s...

‘Manosphere’ influencers pushing testosterone tests are convincing healthy young men there is something wrong with them, study finds

22 January at 16:00 PM, via The Guardian

Researcher points to ‘medicalisation of masculinity’ after investigating how men’s health is being monetised online

“If you’re not waking up in the morning with a boner, there’s a large possibility that you have low testosterone levels,” an influencer on TikTok with more than 100,000 followers warns his viewers.

Despite screening for low testosterone being medically unwarranted in most young...

How to Deal With That Drawer Full of Old Gadgets

22 January at 12:00 PM, via New York Times

This month, resolve to revive or relinquish those old music players and point-and-shoot cameras — and retrieve any files trapped on the devices.

The year of the ‘hectocorn’: the $100bn tech companies that could float in 2026

22 January at 08:00 AM, via The Guardian

OpenAI, Anthropic, SpaceX and Stripe are rumoured to be among ten of the biggest companies considering IPOs

You’ve probably heard of “unicorns” – technology startups valued at more than $1bn – but 2026 is shaping up to be the year of the “hectocorn”, with several US and European companies potentially floating on stock markets at valuations over $100bn (£75bn).

OpenAI, Anthropic, SpaceX and...

How positivity affects health, the rise of scabies and bovine intelligence – podcast

22 January at 07:00 AM, via The Guardian

The Guardian’s science editor, Ian Sample, talks to Madeleine Finlay about three eye-catching science stories from the week, including a study that suggests positive thinking can boost immune response. Also on the agenda is the mysterious rise of scabies in the UK, and the discovery that cows are more adept with tools than previously known

Clips: The Morning Show

Positive thinking could boost...

Bezos’s Blue Origin announces plans to deploy thousands of satellites in 2027

22 January at 01:19 AM, via The Guardian

Deployment will serve data centers, governments and businesses, jumping into market dominated by SpaceX

Jeff Bezos’s space company Blue Origin on Wednesday announced a plan to deploy 5,408 satellites in space for a communications network that will serve data centers, governments and businesses, jumping into a satellite constellation market dominated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

Deployment of...

  1. Pages:
  2. 1
  3. ...
  4. 36
  5. 37
  6. 38
  7. 39
  8. 40
  9. ...
  10. 48