Mount Everest guides have allegedly been secretly lacing tourists’ food to trigger costly helicopter rescues as part of a $20 million insurance scam, according to a new investigation. Police in Nepal ...

Tehran is moving to restrict – or effectively close – the Strait of Hormuz to shipping, as part of the latest escalation in the war involving Iran. Merchant ships continue to be stranded upstream of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Tokyo team built a neutral PEG-DNA complex that boosted gene expression in mouse muscle, avoiding cation-linked inflammation.

Getting DNA into a living cell sounds simple, until you remember the cell’s outer membrane acts like a guarded wall. DNA strands carry a negative charge, and they do not cross that wall easily. So for ...

Synchronization seems harmless — until it starts showing up everywhere: in nature, in machines, and even in human behaviour. From fireflies flashing in unison to bridges wobbling and power grids ...

This story originally ran on Jan. 28, 2026. It has been lightly edited to update. Cardiologist Youssef Rahban was alarmed during a shift in late January at UMass Memorial Hospital in Worcester, when ...

Fire your Nerf Blaster from a switch, allowing you to shoot from around the corner or even from another room. This project is one of ten from the book "This Book Isn't Safe," featuring simple projects ...

X users have used Elon Musk's Grok image generator to create sexualized images of women without their consent. Some of the AI image requests involved photos of minors. The French authorities are ...

WASHINGTON, NOVEMBER 7, 2025 — Following Hurricane Melissa, the Government of Jamaica will receive a full payout of $150 million under its catastrophe insurance coverage with the World Bank, backed by ...

For people with Parkinson’s, stroke survivors and older adults, the constant fear of falling lingers with every step they take — cutting into their quality of life and affecting their independence.

Multiple eruptions from the Sun will create possible displays of Northern Lights in the U.S. this week, with lasting impacts heading into the weekend. NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) is ...