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‘The odds are not in our favour’: who sets the Doomsday Clock – and what can they tell us about the future of humanity?

With the war on Iran, Ukraine, AI and climate breakdown increasing the likelihood of a nuclear war, the clock stands closer to midnight than ever before. So who decides how many seconds we have left – and can we buy ourselves more time?...

May 09, 2026

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Childhood ADHD traits linked to midlife distress, with societal exclusion playing a major role

A vast dam across the Bering Strait could stop the AMOC collapsing

‘The odds are not in our favour’: who sets the Doomsday Clock – and what can they tell us about the future of humanity?

Pluto-Like World's Thin Atmosphere Poses a Mystery for Astronomers

This New Memory Technology Could Make Devices Last Months on One Charge

Scientists Turn Cancer’s Own Bacteria Against It in Breakthrough Therapy

Cannabis Can Make You Remember Things That Never Happened

Pregnancy Changes Mothers' Brains. These Recent Discoveries Are Showing Us How

Musk v. Altman week 2: OpenAI fires back, and Shivon Zilis reveals that Musk tried to poach Sam Altman

LSD microdosing linked to acute mood improvements in adults with depression

Volcanic Eruption at Indonesia’s Mount Dukono Takes the Lives of 3 Hikers, Sends Ash Plume Skyward

Manufacturing qubits that can move

Doctors Are Surprised by What This Vaccine Is Doing to the Heart

Pentagon Releases UFO Files That Go Back to the Apollo Moon Missions

NASA’s SpaceX 34th Commercial Resupply Mission Overview

Three mental-health claims from RFK’s wellness movement: what scientists say

Rare White Bison Calf Born At Iowa Wildlife Refuge

This Substance Is 1,000 Times More Potent Than the World’s Spiciest Pepper — and It Could Provide Pain Relief

1,700-Year-Old Roman Infant Burials Contained Purple Silk Once Worth More Than Gold

New brain scan index detects hidden Alzheimer’s patterns before memory loss begins

Denali's Puppy Cam Shows Adorable Sled Dog Puppies — How Do They Become Canine Rangers?

Paleontologists Reconstruct Ecology of Archaeopteryx

US government releases huge batch of UFO files

‘Undruggable’ cancer proteins meet their match

Wildfire breaks out inside Chernobyl exclusion zone

Proactive habits can boost cognitive and emotional well-being across the adult lifespan

Quantum Breakthrough Turns Simple Forces Into Powerful New Interactions

Blue Origin’s New Moon Lander Passes a Crucial Test for NASA Missions

NASA’s Psyche Mission Captures Mars During Gravity Assist Approach

Trump reportedly plans to fire FDA Commissioner Makary

Spain readies for evacuations as a hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for the Canary Islands

Doubling their genomes may have helped plants survive mass extinctions

UFO files spanning decades are released by Defense Department

See the Pentagon’s new UFO image release

NASA Fires Up Record-Breaking Plasma Thruster for Future Mars Missions

Trafficked pangolins can be traced to their source by DNA — even to a specific forest

Goodbye GDP? 31 ways to replace the world's favourite measure of economic health

Clever kid builds phone charger powered by pet hamster

STAT+: Capricor Therapeutics accuses Nippon Shinyaku of slow-walking plans on Duchenne drug

I Am Artemis: Anton Kiriwas

The Pentagon Releases New Trove of Declassified UFO Files

How caffeine alters the human brain’s electrical braking system

World-leading climate centre takes Trump administration to court

NASA, Industry Advance High Performance Spaceflight Computing

Pentagon releases trove of new UFO files, but skeptics aren’t impressed

If wings came before flight, what were they for?

Black Holes Don't Live Forever, But They Might Live Long Enough To Look Like White Holes

Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab make a breakthrough in rotor technology

Here’s what you need to know about the cruise ship hantavirus outbreak

World’s largest forest research agency faces severe cutback by Trump administration