NASA cleared the Roman Space Telescope for an August 30 launch — a survey machine that will map a billion galaxies while JWST keeps finding early-universe structures no model predicted. Harvard expanded life's amino-acid alphabet from 20 to 34. Moderna's personalised cancer vaccine delivered durable phase 3 results. And the neutrino problem that haunted physics for decades may finally be solved. The bottom line: the new instruments and the old data both agreed this week that our models need rewriting.
NASA's next-generation observatory carries a mirror the size of Hubble's but with a 200x wider field of view, plus the first space-based coronagraph. Its 5-year mission will produce the largest map of cosmic structure ever assembled.
Updated KEYNOTE-942 results show a personalised mRNA vaccine combined with Keytruda reduced melanoma recurrence or death risk by 49%. Moderna is now running the same platform in lung, kidney, and head-and-neck cancers.
George Church's lab engineered transfer RNAs with non-standard tails, demonstrating the 20-amino-acid genetic code is a historical accident. The AGENTEX platform works in cell-free solutions.
JWST observations suggest stellar masses in the first billion years were underestimated by up to 4x. A stacked-imaging study of 217 Little Red Dots reveals them as AGN embedded in hyper-compact host galaxies averaging 210 parsecs.
Chosha praecursor bridges many-legged aquatic arthropods and modern six-legged insects, with 6 walking legs plus 9 pairs of paddle-like abdominal limbs consistent with semi-aquatic locomotion.
Next-generation detectors refined neutrino oscillation parameters with high precision, resolving a residual 2-3 sigma discrepancy and closing the gap between predicted and observed solar neutrino flux.
A Nature study shows the inner skull contains lymphoid structures that actively survey the brain, channelling immune cells through microscopic channels into the cerebrospinal fluid.
Lab-grown neural tissue kept alive 5+ years transitioned into postnatal developmental stages. Older progenitor cells produced mature neurons in two weeks, giving a working model for late-stage brain maturation.
Multiple ocean basins simultaneously reached record surface temperatures. A 1,000-year coral reconstruction found El Nino events have grown significantly stronger since industrialisation.
Cornell measurements found secondary minerals intercept 30-81% of the calcium and magnesium enhanced-weathering schemes need to reach the ocean, cutting the climate benefit by at least half.
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