- GENEVA, Switzerland – The World Health Organization announced Friday that it had given prequalification approval to a malaria treatment for newborns and infants for the first time.
- The US State Department has ordered a global push to bring attention to what it says are widespread efforts by Chinese companies, including AI startup DeepSeek, to steal intellectual property from US artificial intelligence labs, according to a diplomatic cable seen by Reuters.
- WASHINGTON – The Kraken is a huge tentacled sea monster from Norse folklore that drags ships and sailors down into the deep. During the age of dinosaurs, new research shows, there existed a creature as close to a real-life Kraken as you could possibly get – an enormous octopus that prowled the seas as an apex predator.
- An autonomous robot ping-pong player dubbed Ace has achieved a milestone for AI and robotics in Tokyo by competing against and sometimes defeating top-level human players at table tennis, a feat that could presage an array of other applications for similarly adept robots.
- OSLO – Norway said on Friday it would present a bill in parliament by year-end to ban children from using social media until they turn 16, making technology companies responsible for the task of age verification.
- Five young Filipino researchers from different universities presented their studies as part of the 2026 NAST Talent Search for Young Scientists (NTSYS).
- A viral video of a commercial plane seemingly “frozen” midair has left netizens amazed and amused–but what does a physicist have to say about it?
- UNITED STATES – NASA unveiled a new telescope on Tuesday to scan vast swathes of the universe for planets outside our solar system and probe the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy.
- Infectious diseases expert Dr. Melecia Antonio-Velmonte was awarded the Dr. Germiniano T. De Ocampo (GTO) Visionary Award for Medical Research during a ceremony in Manila City on Wednesday.
- In March, a group of 20- and 30-somethings in the US capital swapped their smartphones for basic flip phones and embarked on a one-month digital detox, part of an emerging movement of young Americans seeking to break free from the harmful effects of social media.