The US Supreme Court agrees to hear a landmark lawsuit over whether the widely used Roundup herbicide causes cancer, representing a pivotal legal challenge for Bayer AG.
April 26, 2026 marks the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the world’s worst nuclear accident. BBC reporters revisited the abandoned city of Pripyat to document the unique ecology of this radiation-contaminated land.
Kenyan long-distance runner Sabastian Sawe broke through the 2-hour marathon barrier at the London Marathon, shattering the world record by an astonishing 65 seconds in a historic achievement.
UC Davis researchers analyzing genetic data from modern African populations find that early humans likely evolved from multiple intermingling populations across Africa, rather than a single ancestral group.
A study from the Medical University of South Carolina finds that EPA, a key component of fish oil, may interfere with the brain’s self-repair mechanisms in people with repeated mild brain injuries.
Kenyan runner Sabastian Sawe becomes the first person to run a sub-two-hour marathon in an official competitive race at the 2026 London Marathon, marking a historic milestone in athletics.
SpaceX is set to launch its Falcon Heavy rocket on April 27 for the Viasat-3 F3 mission, marking the heavy-lift vehicle’s first flight in 18 months, deploying a global broadband communications satellite.
Artemis II’s four-person crew set a new record for the farthest humans have traveled from Earth at 252,756 miles (406,771 km), breaking the 56-year-old record held by Apollo 13.
A pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine has demonstrated lasting therapeutic effects in an early clinical trial, described by National Geographic as ’the biggest breakthrough in pancreatic cancer treatment in decades.'
Scientists have identified a prehistoric giant octopus measuring approximately 62 feet in length from fossilized beak fragments, revealing a Cretaceous-era marine creature that may have been one of the ocean’s largest apex predators.