Science

Trust in science falls as Covid-19 era confidence fades: Survey

According to the survey, 72% of people expressed at least some trust in science in 2025, down from 80% in 2020.

Trump to honour Elon Musk, Nvidia’s Huang with science awards

US President Donald Trump had hosted top tech leaders for a summit focusing on artificial intelligence, which he rebranded as “super intelligence” on Sept 29.

Scientists in Vienna and Beijing create world’s first nuclear clocks

A calcium fluoride crystal is seen in its holder, inside the vacuum system of a nuclear clock at TU Wien, in Vienna, Austria. A laser beam probes thorium nuclei trapped in the crystal.

Nobel chemistry prize goes to pair who solved mystery of ‘mirror image’ molecules

Heiner Linke, chair of the Nobel committee for chemistry, explaining the research field of winners Henri Kagan and Japan’s Kenso Soai at a press conference in Stockholm on Oct 7.

Francis Halzen wins Nobel physics prize for work on ‘ghostly messengers’ from outer space

Belgian physicist Francis Halzen was honoured “for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin”.

Angler’s Pokedex: Youth build free app to help identify and log Singapore’s fish

To build the app’s computer vision model, Sng, who is the lead developer of the mobile app, collated and vetted more than 90,000 photos of fish species found near Singapore and neighbouring waters.

SpaceX launches 13th long-duration astronaut crew to International Space Station

NASA’s Crew-13 mission departing for the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX rocket on Oct 1 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Romanian PM-designate Muresan loses confidence vote, prolonging political crisis

Scientists in Malaysia discover gecko species unknown to science in Sabah

The small lizard was confirmed as a new species following detailed genetic and morphological investigations by researchers from Universiti Malaysia Sabah.

Anthropic touts AI-led biology discovery

Some 950 Claude-powered software agents found more than 200,000 genes for one type of enzyme and picked out 20 worth a closer look.

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