- 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.
- Tonight, the moon has changed color into a vivid red. This is called a blood moon, the result of a total lunar eclipse.
- A university in Spain has developed bird nests and boxes powered by artificial intelligence or AI.