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Webb Telescope Detects Cloudy Mornings And Clear Nights On Alien World
InnovationScienceWebb Telescope Detects Cloudy Mornings And Clear Nights On Alien WorldByJamie Carter,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky.Follow AuthorMay 21, 2026, 02:00pm EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.Artistic representation of WASP-94A b, a gas giant in the Microscopium constellatio...
Scientists to monitor British cruise passengers in hantavirus study
More than 20 Britons potentially exposed to the disease on board the MV Hondius have volunteered for the UKHSA study
Below-average hurricane season forecast for 2026 as El Niño set to strengthen
Below-average hurricane season forecast for 2026 as El Niño set to strengthenImage source, NOAA/ReutersByBen RichLead Weather PresenterPublished7 minutes agoWeather forecasters in the US say that this year's Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be less active than normal, largely due to a developing El Niño.NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) has issued its forecast for the 2026 season and says there is a 55% chance of a below-average season, with between eight and 14 name...
Forecasters expect slightly fewer hurricanes than usual this year, but the risk of destructive storms is still high
Weather Forecasters expect slightly fewer hurricanes than usual this year, but the risk of destructive storms is still high May 21, 202612:56 PM ET By Jenny Staletovich , Rebecca Hersher People walk past damage from Hurricane Melissa in Black River, Jamaica on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. Federal forecasters predict 8 to 14 named storms, including tropical storms and hurricanes, will form in the Atlantic in 2026. Matias Delacroix/AP hide caption toggle caption Matias Delacroix/AP Forecasters at th...
NOAA reveals 2026 Atlantic hurricane season forecast
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration just released its 2026 Atlantic hurricane season forecast. CBS News meteorologist Jessica Burch has more.
OpenAI makes breakthrough on 80-year-old maths problem
Company says work on Paul Erdős planar unit distance problem shows advance in AI reasoningOpenAI has claimed a further advance in AI reasoning after its technology successfully tackled an 80-year-old maths problem.The company behind ChatGPT said it had made a breakthrough with a challenge first posed by Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős in 1946: the planar unit distance problem. Continue reading...
How do hurricanes and typhoons form and is climate change making them stronger?
How do hurricanes and typhoons form and is climate change making them stronger?6 days agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleMark PoyntingClimate researcherReutersHurricane Melissa, which hit Jamaica in October 2025, was one of the strongest storms ever recordedThe 2026 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be quieter than usual, according to the US science agency NOAA.It has forecast between three and six hurricanes between June and November - compared with the average of seven.Meanwhile the...
2026 hurricane season will see below average tropical activity, NOAA says
NOAA forecasters have released their outlook for the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season.
A trillion dollar question: Will SpaceX's Starship launch go well?
Space A trillion dollar question: Will SpaceX's Starship launch go well? May 21, 202611:26 AM ET By Geoff Brumfiel , Maria Aspan SpaceX's latest version of it's mega rocket Starship goes through testing as it is prepared for a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Wednesday, May 20, 2026. Eric Gay/AP hide caption toggle caption Eric Gay/AP As SpaceX prepares for its public offering, it's undergoing a critical test of the largest rocket ever built. Later on Thursday, the company is set to conduct a...
NOAA releasing 2026 Atlantic hurricane season outlook
U.S. NOAA releasing 2026 Atlantic hurricane season outlook By Emily Mae Czachor Emily Mae Czachor News Editor Emily Mae Czachor is a reporter and news editor at CBSNews.com. She typically covers breaking news, extreme weather and issues involving social justice. Emily Mae previously wrote for outlets like the Los Angeles Times, BuzzFeed and Newsweek. Read Full Bio Emily Mae Czachor May 21, 2026 / 10:57 AM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season begins June 1, and...
Private Credit’s Unthinkable Becomes Reality as Trading Revs Up
Private credit managers are increasingly turning to the once-unthinkable: Trading in and out of loans to dump troubled assets and hunt for bargains amid the industry’s first stress test after years of breakneck growth.
We’re ‘green chemists’ – why we think this emerging science can transform the way the world uses its resources
Corona Borealis Studio / ShutterstockSociety depends on chemistry far more than we consciously realise, from medicines to energy to electronics. However, chemistry is viewed with as much apprehension as gratitude, because of the pollution and health problems that some chemicals cause. There is a strong desire to have all the benefits of chemistry, but none of the downsides. This has led to terms like “chemical free product” coming into popular usage. Of course it’s impossible to have a chemi...
Airbus, Air France Culpable for AF447 Crash, French Court Rules
Airbus SE and Air France were found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the deadly crash of a passenger jet en route from Brazil to Paris 17 years ago after a French appeals court overturned a previous ruling.
Massive fireball lights up the sky across Australia's east coast
Massive fireball lights up the sky across Australia's east coastA fireball was spotted over SydneyREAD MORE: Expert's chilling bull shark warning for Sydney See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred SourceBy ASHLEY NICKEL, NEWS REPORTER, AUSTRALIA Published: 13:35, 21 May 2026 | Updated: 13:35, 21 May 2026 e-mail View comments
Why Do Humans Have Unique Voices? An Evolutionary Biologist Explains The Anatomy That Makes You Unmistakable
InnovationScienceWhy Do Humans Have Unique Voices? An Evolutionary Biologist Explains The Anatomy That Makes You UnmistakableByScott Travers,Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world.Follow AuthorMay 21, 2026, 08:30am EDTEvery human voice is acoustically unique. The anatomy and evolutionary history behind that fact turns out to be one of biology’s better surprises.gettyThe human vocal tr...
SpaceX to launch an even bigger Starship prototype
SpaceSpaceX to launch an even bigger Starship prototypeThe new third-generation Starship, dubbed V3, which is larger, more powerful and a step closer to being fully reusable, is expected to launch Thursday evening.Listen to this article with a free account00:0000:00Starship V3 on the launch pad during a "wet" dress rehearsal.SpaceXShareAdd NBC News to GoogleMay 21, 2026, 8:24 AM EDTBy Denise ChowSpaceX is set to launch a new prototype of its Starship megarocket on a key test flight Thursday — on...
Divers killed in Maldives cave may have taken wrong tunnel: "No way out"
World Divers killed in Maldives cave may have taken wrong tunnel, recovery firm CEO says: "No way out" May 21, 2026 / 8:16 AM EDT / CBS/AFP Add CBS News on Google Five Italians killed in a Maldives diving incident may have taken the wrong tunnel on their way out of an underwater cave, the head of the company that recovered their bodies said Thursday.Finnish divers working for DAN Europe found the Italians in a corridor with a dead end inside the cave complex, which sits about 165 feet underwater...
Decarbonising everything is impossible – here’s why
MOLPIX/Shutterstock, CC BY-NC-NDWalk into any supermarket and you are surrounded by carbon. Not the kind measured in parts per million in climate reports, but carbon in its most tangible form: the polymer shell of a shampoo bottle, the insulation behind the ceiling tiles, the synthetic fibres in the bag hanging from your wrist. These are not accidental byproducts of the fossil fuel era. They are its second act, less visible than combustion but no less consequential. The global conversation a...
Archaeologists uncover massive ancient site during rail project, including rare Roman find
Archaeologists in Central Europe have uncovered more than 1,000 ancient artifacts ahead of railway construction, including a rare Roman-era tool used to make metal wire.The news was announced in an April press release from the Archaeological Center Olomouc (ACO), a research institution in the Czech Republic.The finds were made along a roughly three-quarter-mile stretch that will serve as part of a high-speed railway between Nezamyslice and Kojetín, two Czech towns in the Haná River valley.TREASU...
Temple that has housed Japan's 'eternal flame' for 1,200 years is destroyed by fire
The devastating blaze gutted part of Daishoin Temple on Miyajima Island in the city of Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Wednesday.