Science

Brain implants give ALS patients the voice to speak and sing

For years, brain implants paired with increasingly powerful AI have been shown in remarkable case studies to restore a person’s ability to communicate.

Sweden's rival blocs seek Centre Party support to break deadlock

FILE PHOTO: Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson during the round table discussions with youth at the Nordic Council meeting at the House of Estates in Helsinki, Finland on October 27, 2026. Lehtikuva/Roni Rekomaa via REUTERS /File Photo

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Oct 30, 2026

Saudi Arabia, Russia, Argentina and Brazil are said to be frustrating progress at the UN biodiversity meeting in Yerevan, Armenia.

War hounds and flying cars: We are living in the age of cartoon science

A US startup wants to gene-edit and clone military dogs like the Belgian Malinois in a ‘Captain America programme’ that serves more as mass entertainment, says the writer.

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Biogirl MJ may know her science, but her cat Qwerty is the real boss

Kong Man Jing, also known as Biogirl MJ, with Raye Ng, her husband and co-founder of science and eco-focused educational media platform Just Keep Thinking, and Qwerty, their seven-year-old Persian fur kid.

As Serbia votes, students emerge as greatest threat to Vucic’s long rule

Students from Gornji Milanovac wave flags during their walk to Belgrade near the village of Bogovadja, Serbia, October 19, 2026. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

America’s new era of private science

Scientists at the University of Minnesota have created SpudCell, the first synthetic cell to complete a full life cycle - from birth to division into next-generation cells - after being made from lifeless chemicals.

Why one of the world’s greatest mathematicians is on a ‘war footing’

Terence Tao was among 25 Fields Medal winners who signed a joint letter on Sept 11, warning that AI companies’ rush to solve famous unsolved problems risks causing lasting harm to the field.

Failure points ‘towards the solution’: Students win HTX award for pushing past setbacks in research

Aneesh Bondugula (left) developed an AI project to predict how patients will respond to cancer immunotherapy, while Shavonne Tok explored the use of discarded chicken bones to remove dye pollutants from water.

‘Everybody has an opinion on nuclear energy’: This scientist is determined to defuse nuclear myths

Nuclear energy scientist Ian Ang from the NUS Singapore Nuclear Research and Safety Institute.

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