- TOKYO, Japan – Japan has approved groundbreaking stem-cell treatments for Parkinson's and severe heart failure, one of the manufacturers and media reports said Friday, with the therapies expected to reach patients within months.
- JAKARTA – Indonesia will restrict access to social media platforms for children under 16, its communications and digital ministry said on Friday, making it the latest country to install online guardrails to reduce the risks of addiction and cyberbullying.
- A blockbuster anti-obesity and diabetes drug could cost as little as $3 per month to manufacture once it goes off patent later this month, researchers said Friday, providing a major opportunity to boost health in low and middle-income countries.
- Extraterrestrial agriculture: Scientists have grown chickpeas in dirt made mostly of simulated lunar soil, a step toward enabling astronauts on long moon missions to grow their own food.
- TOKYO – Japan's Space One said its Kairos small rocket self-destructed 69 seconds after lift-off on Thursday, failing to achieve the country's first entirely commercial satellite launch for the third attempt in a row.
- The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) has inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with several government agencies and private partners for a framework on rocket development training and experimental rocket launches in the country.
- VATICAN CITY – The Vatican on Wednesday warned artificial intelligence could lead to "social control" and "manipulation" and called for more focus on human relationships to counter the dehumanizing effects of digital technology.
- There is no tsunami threat to the Philippines following the magnitude 6.5 earthquake that struck Alaska early Thursday morning, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS).
- This blue-ringed octopus found in Anda, Bohol is actually a venomous one despite its small size.
- Effusive eruption at Mayon Volcano continues for the 57th consecutive day, generating incandescent lava flows, pyroclastic density currents (PDC) or “uson”, and rockfalls.