These inventive ideas could help Artemis astronauts make drinking water on the moon

NASA’s Artemis missions plan to land astronauts around the moon’s south pole where there is abundant water ice that can be used as drinking water and to produce oxygen. The Aqualunar Challenge is a competition between UK and Canadian teams to propose inventive ideas for astronauts to extract and purify water from lunar ice on […]

DNA analysis sheds light on how Neanderthals disappeared

New DNA analysis provides insights into when and how Neanderthals interacted with early modern humans. It suggests the relationship was more complex than previously thought. The study found evidence of three waves of interbreeding between Neanderthals and modern humans over the past 250,000 years. The first was 200,000-250,000 years ago, another around 100,000 years ago, […]

Iran says a short-range projectile killed Hamas’ Haniyeh, reiterates vows of retaliation

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said a short-range projectile killed Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on Wednesday. They blamed Israel for carrying out the attack, saying a rocket with a 15-pound warhead was used to target Haniyeh’s residence. The Guard accused the U.S. of supporting the attack. Israel has not confirmed or denied involvement, but […]