Born into a family of Palestinian refugees in Jordan with little schooling, Nobel chemistry laureate Omar Yaghi on Wednesday (October 8, 2025) paid tribute to science's "equalising force". Prof. Yaghi ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. For Michael Mann and Peter Hotez, two distinguished US scientists, nothing less than the future of human ...

Nobel chemistry laureate Omar Yaghi was born to Palestinian refugees in Jordan, a quiet, studious child in a "large, rowdy family" that shared a single room with cattle they raised. Which made ...

Oct. 6 (UPI) --The U.S. Space Force announced winning bids for missions, and SpaceX is the clear favorite. Space Systems Command awarded seven National Security Space Launch contracts last week. Five ...

Stockholm - Born into a family of Palestinian refugees in Jordan with little schooling, Nobel chemistry laureate Omar Yaghi on Oct 8 paid tribute to science’s “equalising force”. Dr Yaghi, a Jordanian ...

Omar M Yaghi, the 2025 Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry, grew up in a crowded household. Yaghi was born in Amman, Jordan, in 1965 to parents who were refugees from Palestine Yaghi, 60, along with ...

Oct. 7 (UPI) --SpaceX hit a milestone on Tuesday after dozens of new Starlink satellites were launched into orbit in its 130th launch this year. The Elon Musk-owned SpaceX added that its workhorse ...

A US Air Force nuclear-capable B-52H Stratofortress has been spotted flying over Texas, raising questions about the purpose of the high-profile flight. Flight tracking data showed the long-range, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Chaos erupted in Indonesia on Wednesday as Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki, one of the country's most active volcanoes, blasted lava and ash into the sky. The first eruption struck at 1:35am local time, ...

Ask someone where outer space is, and they’ll probably point at the sky. It’s up, right? Simple. Except, no one really knows where “air space” ends and “outer space” begins. That might sound trivial, ...

Mars may look calm, but new research reveals it’s a world of fierce winds and swirling dust devils racing at hurricane-like speeds. Using deep learning on thousands of satellite images from European ...