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An atmospheric scientist who was dragged into a tornado while conducting field research in Kansas offers a stark reminder of how quickly supercells can turn deadly.

A study highlighted by Medical Xpress says the brain’s default mode network may be organized into distinct sender and receiver zones, adding a new layer to how scientists think about internally focused cognition.

A new Medical Xpress essay challenges the idea of the human body as a perfectly engineered machine, arguing instead that anatomy reflects evolutionary compromise.

WHS has introduced a photovoltaic-powered water heating system that skips the inverter, uses direct DC solar input with integrated MPPT, and targets residential and small commercial use.

A new benchmark built around Premier League betting found that every frontier model tested lost money over a season, underscoring the gap between strong performance on narrow tasks and messy real-world prediction.

YouTube is raising U.S. Premium prices again, pushing the individual plan to $15.99 a month while acknowledging that some users have also been seeing unusually long unskippable ads on the free tier

Research highlighted this week argues that Yellowstone may be powered less by a deep mantle plume than by crust-opening stresses linked to the long disappearance of the Farallon plate beneath North America.

A proposed class action against Sutter Health and MemorialCare is focusing attention on whether patients were clearly informed before an AI transcription system captured and processed confidential medical conversations.

Polysilicon prices in China have fallen for a seventh consecutive week, even as major companies raise capital, pursue listings, and report strain across the solar supply chain.

BMW says a new 700-bar hydrogen tank for the iX5 Hydrogen can extend range to 750 kilometers, while related UK and South Korean announcements show fresh momentum around hydrogen manufacturing and storage.

At its 2026 CEO Investor Day, Kia laid out a large-scale growth plan built around more EVs and hybrids, purpose-built vehicles, autonomous capability, robotics, and nearly KRW 49 trillion in planned investment through 20

A revived website, new patents, and refreshed messaging have put Joi Scientific back in view, but the public record described by critics points less to a breakthrough than to the return of a long-running hydrogen story.

Physicist John Pendry, long known for the invisibility cloak, is now using metamaterial ideas to probe more ambitious territory, including materials that could simulate black-hole-like physics.

New Scientist reports that people with aphantasia are experimenting with training programs to strengthen mental imagery, opening a broader scientific question about whether the so-called mind’s eye is more changeable tha

NASA’s Artemis II crew has splashed down safely after a 10-day mission around the moon, closing a major test flight and setting up the next phase of the agency’s return-to-the-moon campaign.

A small study found that cats ate substantially more when the smell associated with their food changed, suggesting that declining interest may reflect odor familiarity rather than simple fussiness.

The Defense Intelligence Agency is formalizing a more centralized AI structure through a new Digital Modernization Accelerator after a year-long effort to consolidate fragmented initiatives.

A newly spotted launcher on the destroyer USS Carl M. Levin has added to evidence that the U.S. Navy is accelerating efforts to give surface ships cheaper and more flexible defenses against drones and related threats.

Hezbollah’s reported increase in first-person-view drone strikes on Israeli forces in Lebanon underscores how rapidly low-cost attack methods pioneered elsewhere are being adapted into new conflicts.

The U.S. Navy has decided not to return the attack submarine USS Boise to service, ending a yearslong overhaul that had become a symbol of shipyard backlog and maintenance strain.

A new STAT reader-letters package puts a narrow but important question back on the table: whether gaps in nutrition education are a core weakness in prevention-focused care, or only one piece of a bigger structural issue

STAT+ has published its latest roundup of hires, departures, promotions, and transfers across pharma and biotech, underscoring how personnel changes remain a closely watched signal inside the industry.

Replimune’s skin cancer therapy has reportedly been rejected by the FDA again, extending a high-profile regulatory setback that had already become a flashpoint in agency debates.

A newly published charter for the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel adds an explicit focus on vaccine safety after a judge suspended most Trump administration appointments to the committee.

A short Automotive News industry roundup points to Kia’s plan for a midsize pickup while also highlighting Chinese premium brands expanding overseas, BYD store plans in Canada, and Volkswagen ending ID.4 production in t

Ford says it rejected a proposal that would have removed Carroll Shelby’s name from streets near its new headquarters, preserving a symbolic link to one of the company’s most famous performance figures.

Automotive News says Volkswagen is ending U.S. production of the ID4 in Chattanooga as EV demand slows, a move that highlights the pressure now hitting both assembly strategy and dealer expectations

Starting with the Miami Grand Prix, select 2026 Formula 1 races will be shown live in IMAX theaters across the United States as Apple pushes new ways to grow the sport domestically.

A Falcon 9 lifted Northrop Grumman’s NG-24 Cygnus XL freighter toward the International Space Station on April 11, carrying more than five tons of supplies and research cargo for the orbiting laboratory.

NASA’s Artemis 2 crew has returned to Earth after a 10-day mission around the moon, closing the first crewed Artemis flight and setting a new human-distance record in the process.

A newly released NASA timelapse from Artemis 2 captures the moon fully covering the sun during the crew’s far-side lunar flyby, creating one of the rarest eclipse views in human spaceflight.

The Northeast Astronomy Forum & Space Expo returns April 11-12 in Suffern, New York, bringing astronauts, NASA experts, exhibitors, workshops, and thousands of attendees together for its 35th year.

A new IEEE Spectrum careers piece argues that working closely with more experienced engineers can accelerate development, highlighting mentorship and feedback as practical tools for building stronger technical teams.

Moderna and Merck are describing a personalized mRNA cancer treatment as a therapy rather than a vaccine, reflecting how politics and regulation are reshaping biotech language.

Jeff VanderMeer’s new story in MIT Technology Review imagines stranded explorers traversing a hostile planet linked by immense paths between 13 heated domes. The result is a tense meditation on survival, contact, and the

A new Wired roundup of electric cargo bikes points to a broader cultural shift: utility e-bikes are increasingly framed not as specialty products, but as practical substitutes for short car trips, school runs, and daily-

A new Wired analysis argues that the internet’s truth-checking systems are being outpaced by synthetic media, meme-native official messaging, and algorithmic distribution that rewards speed over verification

The safe return of Artemis II marked more than a technical success for NASA. It also revived the idea of human deep-space travel as a living, shared event rather than a chapter sealed in history.

Home Depot’s spring ‘Black Friday’ event is nominally about grills and power tools, but it also shows how discount branding has detached from the calendar and become a year-round retail language.

Microsoft has released an open-source toolkit focused on runtime security for AI agents, signaling a new phase in enterprise efforts to govern autonomous systems after deployment.

Anthropic’s decision to keep a powerful new model limited to a small group of organizations highlights how frontier AI deployment is increasingly being shaped by governance, restriction, and staged access.

MassRobotics says it will use the 2026 Robotics Summit to spotlight resident startups, physical AI companies, healthcare robotics, women in robotics, and university teams.

The Special Competitive Studies Project has launched a National Security Commission on Robotics for Advanced Manufacturing, tying robotics policy directly to workforce, AI adoption, and supply-chain resilience.