- 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.
- A marine biologist from the University of the Philippines on Wednesday received the National Academy of Science and Technology Environmental Science Award (NESA) for 2026.
- SYDNEY — Australia's internet regulator on Wednesday asked online gaming platforms including Roblox and Microsoft's Minecraft to spell out how they were protecting children from grooming by sexual predators and youth from radicalization.
- The facility, now the third NTFIH in the country, is designed to convert agricultural by-products such as abaca, banana, and pineapple fibers into high-value textile materials, while actively involving local communities in the production chain.
- Meta META.O is installing new tracking software on U.S.-based employees" computers to capture mouse movements, clicks and keystrokes for use in training its artificial intelligence models, part of a broad initiative to build AI agents that can perform work tasks autonomously, the company told staffers in internal memos seen by Reuters.
- The elusive and critically endangered tamaraw has been spotted again in the mountains of Sta. Cruz, Occidental Mindoro.
- WASHINGTON – Performing a type of experiment never before tried beyond Earth, NASA's Curiosity rover has identified more organic compounds on Mars as scientists strive to learn whether the Red Planet ever harbored life.
- Cables have been stolen from a station monitoring Mayon Volcano, rendering the station non-operational, Phivolcs said Tuesday.