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UNESCO on AI in Education: What Teachers Need
A newly published UNESCO account puts teacher support and evidence of learning at the centre of the AI discussion.
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MMX: Japan Plans to Bring a Piece of a Mars Moon Home
A small sample from Phobos could help answer a big question: where did the two moons of Mars come from?
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Hubble's NGC 1827 Image: Why the Viewing Angle Matters
A thin streak of light is a galaxy seen from the side. Hubble reveals details that a face-on view would hide.
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Could a Hole on the Moon Lead to a Future Shelter?
NASA has selected an investigation of the Marius Hills Pit. The question is what lies beyond the opening.
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Tesla's Flying Car: What the New Roadster Actually Showed
Elon Musk unveiled a Roadster that can leap and turn in the air. What does that mean for the future of driving?
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Chemistry Nobel 2026: Why a Molecule's Mirror Image Matters
Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai receive recognition for discoveries about reactions that favour one molecular form.
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NASA Space Apps 2026: You Do Not Have to Be a Programmer
A global weekend challenge invites designers, storytellers and science enthusiasts to work with open space data.
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NASA Asks Students to Design Better Moon Communications
A student challenge focuses on keeping future lunar explorers connected, with an early notice deadline approaching.
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South African Study Calls for Safer Online Spaces
A new study says online services should do more to protect people while keeping information and free speech available.
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SpaceX CRS-35: Small Experiments, Big Health Questions
A new NASA report describes experiments designed to compare life in space with life on Earth.
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Webb Finds the Home of a Distant Radio Burst
A radio signal detected in 2024 gains new context when Webb identifies the distant galaxy it came from.
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World Standards Day 2026: Making Clean Energy Work Together
The 2026 campaign highlights the standards that help clean-energy systems connect safely and reliably.
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SPHEREx Finds Clues in the Light of Brown Dwarfs
NASA's SPHEREx telescope is helping scientists study dim objects called brown dwarfs. Their light carries clues about the gases around them.
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The 2026 Physics Nobel: Listening to the Universe with IceCube
Francis Halzen has won the 2026 Physics Nobel for work on IceCube and high-energy neutrinos from space. How can buried sensors reveal distant events?
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October Meteor Showers 2026: Small Lights in a Dark Sky
The Draconid meteor shower is active from 6-10 October 2026. A dark sky can help you see it, but a bright show is not certain.
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World Space Week 2026: What Is the Rocket Revolution?
World Space Week 2026 takes place from 4-10 October. Its theme is Rocket Revolution: a look at how access to space is changing.
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AI and Electricity: The Efficiency Paradox
An updated energy report raises a difficult question: can more efficient AI still increase demand for electricity?
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Space Dust Holds Clues to Planetary Collisions
Webb studies warm dust around stars to investigate how rocky worlds may collide.
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Mars Rocks Tell a Story About Water
A rover finds clues that water changed some Martian rocks more than once.
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A Small Squid Makes a Big Discovery
An underwater robot films a young colossal squid alive in its natural deep-sea environment.
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Millions of Galaxies, Many Helping Hands
A space telescope gives scientists, volunteers and AI a huge collection of galaxy images to study.
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Electric Cars: A Record Year and a Forecast
A global report explains how electric-car sales changed and what may happen next.
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1884: How Greenwich Became a Shared Starting Line
An international agreement about longitude shows why a useful standard still needs political cooperation.
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1783: The Balloon Flight That Let Go of the Ground
Two men rose above Paris in a balloon built by the Montgolfier brothers. Their journey made human flight a public reality, but staying airborne required constant work.
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1944: Colossus and the Secret Work Behind a Computer
Paper tape, electronic valves and human judgement worked together at Bletchley Park. This pioneering computer had a very specific job.
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1971: How the @ Sign Found Its Place in Email
Ray Tomlinson connected a user with a computer address using a familiar keyboard symbol.
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1990: Hubble's Blurred Beginning and a Second Chance
A space telescope's difficult start became a story about finding and fixing a problem.
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1869: Mendeleev Makes Room for Elements Still Unknown
Gaps in an early periodic table turned an arrangement of known elements into a tool for predictions.
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1957: Sputnik Sends a Small Signal Around the World
A metal ball with four long antennas became a symbol of a new age. Its simple radio signal showed that a human-made object could circle Earth.
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1876: Bell Sends a Clear Voice Down a Wire
A short message between Bell and Watson became an important step in the history of the telephone.
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1901: Marconi Listens for a Signal Across the Atlantic
Three faint dots became a famous moment in wireless history. Marconi's experiment also shows why a promising result needs stronger evidence and further work.
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1863: London Opens the First Underground Railway
London's first underground railway opened in 1863. Its construction reveals a lasting urban dilemma: improving movement can first make a city harder to move through.
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1866: A Cable Carries Messages Across the Atlantic
An underwater telegraph cable made Atlantic messages much faster. The lasting success of 1866 followed years of setbacks and an earlier short-lived connection.
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1843: Ada Lovelace Imagines More Than a Calculating Machine
Ada Lovelace wrote about a proposed machine that could follow instructions. Her notes imagined possibilities beyond solving sums.
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1912: Titanic and the Work of Making Ships Safer
Titanic sank on 15 April 1912 after striking an iceberg the night before. The disaster helped drive international safety rules, but its legacy involves training, equipment and continuing oversight as well as a treaty.
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1903: Twelve Seconds That Changed Flight
Two brothers tested a flying machine after years of learning how to control it.
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1825: A Railway Journey That Helped Change Travel
An early public railway carried goods and passengers behind a steam locomotive.
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1969: The First People on the Moon
Three astronauts made a journey that people still remember. Two of them walked on the Moon.
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1993: A Decision That Helped the Web Grow
A tool for sharing scientific information became something people around the world could build on.
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