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Perseid meteors captured streaking through the sky over Turkey in 2024. Photo: Collected

You can catch the Perseid Meteor Shower tonight. Here's how

The Perseids occur every August when Earth passes through debris left by comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. As these tiny fragments hit the atmosphere at speeds up to 59 kilometres per second, they burn...

A DNA double helix is seen in an undated artist's illustration released by the National Human Genome Research Institute to Reuters on May 15, 2012. Photo :Reuters

Japanese scientists delete extra chromosome behind Down syndrome using CRISPR

Over 12 student groups presented interactive and innovative projects, including fire alarms, traffic management systems, and holograms. Photo: Courtesy

Breaking Barriers: Rural girls explore science through AUW-Chevron programme

Biosphere 2

Inside Earth’s miniature twin: How Biosphere 2 redefined view of the blue orb

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Can hackers take over your brain? Neuroscience warns risks

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Japan sets new internet speed record at 402Tbps using standard fibre optics

comet 3I/ATLAS

New interstellar comet to make a distant flyby, says NASA

The innovative material was created by Swiss researchers using blue-green algae, known as cyanobacteria, which convert CO2, sunlight, and water into oxygen and sugars through photosynthesis. Photo: Collected

New living material developed to absorb CO2

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How do you make a nuclear bomb?

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Chinese researchers develop cocktail hydrogel for brain injury therapy 

A radiance map of the sun’s south pole as recorded by the Solar Orbiter spacecraft is seen in this image released by the European Space Agency on June 11, 2025. ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/PHI Team, J. Hirzberger (MPS)/Handout via REUTERS

Solar Orbiter spacecraft obtains first-ever images of Sun's south pole

A researcher shows a sample of ocean-degradable plastic is immersed in saltywater is seen during a demonstration at the Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) of Japanese research institution Riken in Wako, Saitama Prefecture, Japan May 27, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Manami Yamada

Scientists in Japan develop plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours

The location (circled) of a star residing near the edge of a supernova remnant situated 15,000 light-years from Earth, that cycles in radio wave intensity every 44 minutes, placing it into the category of celestial objects called long period radio transients, is seen in this image released on May 28, 2025. X-ray: NASA/CXC/ICRAR, Curtin Univ./Z. Wang et al.; Infrared: NASA/JPL/CalTech/IPAC; Radio: SARAO/MeerKAT; Image processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N. Wolk/Handout via REUTERS

Astronomers discover mysterious star flashing signals at Earth every 44 minutes