Bishop Proved Cancer Lives Inside Us All
J. Michael Bishop, who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize for discovering that cancer genes originate from our own normal cells, died March 20 at 90.
Kenji Nakamura
Bureau: Tokyo
A Seven-Ton Asteroid Exploded Over Ohio and Now Everyone Wants a Piece of Mars
A rare daytime fireball over Lake Erie dropped achondrite fragments — possibly from Mars — across Medina County, triggering a meteorite gold rush NASA never saw coming.
Heisuke Hironaka, Who Smoothed Infinity, Dies at 94
Fields Medal winner Heisuke Hironaka, who solved the resolution of singularities in algebraic geometry, died March 18 at 94.
Artemis II Rolls to the Pad With the Moon in April's Crosshairs
NASA rolled the 322-foot Artemis II rocket to Launch Pad 39B on March 20, targeting an April 1 launch for the first crewed mission beyond Earth orbit since 1972.
Twin Probes Chase Mars's Lost Atmosphere
NASA's ESCAPADE twin spacecraft are fully operational and heading for Mars, where they'll make the first coordinated two-point measurements of how solar wind strips a planet's air.
Charlotte Chopin Is 102 and Still Teaching Yoga in Her French Village
Charlotte Chopin has taught yoga in the Loire village of Léré since 1982 and at 102 maintains the balance of someone decades younger.
Iceland's Svartsengi Holds Record Magma Load — Eruption 'Likely Within Weeks'
More magma has accumulated beneath Svartsengi than at any point since the eruption sequence began — over 23 million cubic meters — and each eruption has been bigger than the last.
US Renewables Hit Record Despite Policy Headwinds
Renewable energy generated 26% of US electricity in 2025 and 93% of new capacity planned for 2026 is renewable — economics have decoupled from politics.
Bird Flu Surge — Eleven Million Birds Culled in Thirty Days
H5N1 hit 67 US commercial poultry flocks in 30 days, killing 11.54 million birds — one North Carolina facility alone lost 3.2 million.