A SpaceX rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on the company's 150 Falcon 9 mission of 2025.

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on its 150th Falcon 9 mission of the year

On Episode 187 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Glen Swanson, author of the new Star Trek history book "Inspired Enterprise."

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 187 — An Inspired Enterprise

Our biggest evolutionary advantages are an ability to walk on two legs and our big brains.

How did humans evolve, and will we evolve more?

Equipped with a rodent version of a Cybertruck, these driving rats reveal that positive experiences may sculpt the brain just as powerfully as stressful ones

I’m a neuroscientist who taught rats to drive − their joy suggests how anticipating fun can enrich human life

The Lion Nebula is located 10,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cepheus

A 'rampaging lion' nebula roars to life in a stunning deep-space photo

At least four people were killed in an Israeli strike on a vehicle in Gaza City on Saturday, Palestinian media reported. The WAFA news agency said the attack occurred in the city's Rimal neighbourhood.

Israeli strike on Gaza City vehicle kills at least four, report says

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva met on the sidelines of G20 talks in South Africa on Saturday, after the German leader sparked outrage with comments on the Brazilian city hosting the COP30 climate talks. Sources close to the chancellor described Saturday's meeting, which focused on the UN Climate Change Conference in Brazil, tropical rainforest protection and the war in Ukraine, as "very harmonious," though it was unclear whether Merz’s controve

'Harmonious' meeting between Merz, Lula despite Belém controversy

At least 18 Palestinians, including children, have been killed in renewed clashes and Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian media reported on Saturday, underscoring the fragility of the ceasefire that took effect last month. Five people were killed in an Israeli strike on a vehicle in Gaza City, the WAFA news agency reported, saying the attack occurred in the city's Rimal neighbourhood.

At least 18 Palestinians killed in latest clashes in Gaza

Israel on Saturday launched renewed attacks on the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon, the military said. Launchers and military sites of Hezbollah were hit in the Beqaa area in the east of the country and in southern Lebanon, it said in a post on Telegram.

Two reportedly killed as Israel attacks Hezbollah targets in Lebanon

Deal reached at UN climate talks in Brazil spurs mixed reactions as climate campaigners say more action is needed.

World leaders, rights groups react to COP30 climate deal

With a spotlight on the Brazilian Amazon, where agriculture drives a significant chunk of deforestation and planet-warming emissions, many of the activists, scientists and government leaders at United Nations climate talks have a beef.  Protesters gathered outside a new space at the talks, the industry-sponsored “Agrizone,” to call for a transition toward a more grassroots food system, even as hundreds of lobbyists for big agriculture companies are attending the talks.

At UN climate conference, some activists and scientists want more talk on reforming agriculture

By Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian agricultural research agency Embrapa has received the greenlight from health agency Anvisa to research the cannabis plant, a landmark move that puts farming

Brazil's agricultural research agency gets cannabis research greenlight

KINGSTON -Jamaica has declared an outbreak of the bacterial disease leptospirosis, suspected of causing six deaths, following ​the devastation from Hurricane Melissa in late October. The Category 5 hurricane ‌slammed into the Caribbean island on October 28, causing catastrophic flooding and landslides with ‌some 30 inches (76 cm) of rain.

Jamaica reports deadly leptospirosis outbreak after Hurricane Melissa

The new rules by the European Broadcasting Union discourage governments and third parties from "disproportionately promoting" songs to sway voters. Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest announced on Friday changes to voting rules to avoid state interference after controversy over Israel's entry this year.

Eurovision Song Contest changes voting rules after controversial allegations against Israel

A campaign to mobilize investments in renewable energy in Africa, led by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, has secured €15. 5 billion ($17.

Europe pledges over €15bn for clean energy for Africa

Authorities on Friday arrested seven bodyguards suspected of being involved in the assassination earlier this month of a popular mayor in west-central Mexico who they were supposed to be protecting.  The Associated Press saw at least five of the suspects arrested by state and federal authorities in Uruapan on Friday, steps away from the site where Mayor Carlos Manzo was killed during Day of the Dead festivities on Nov. 1.  An official familiar with the operation said all seven had been bodyguard

Authorities arrest 7 bodyguards in connection with a Mexican mayor's assassination

A Palestinian man described crossing the Yellow Line at night to avoid Hamas detection and feelings of security in the Israel-controlled territory. Hossam al-Astal, leader of the Counter-Terrorism Strike Force militia, confirmed that his group had spoken with the US about having a role in the future of the Gaza Strip, BBC News reported on Friday.

‘We are the alternative’: Anti-Hamas Gaza militia tells BBC group is receiving international support

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro ’s lawyers on Friday petitioned the Supreme Court requesting that he serve his prison time under house arrest, citing poor health.  Bolsonaro was convicted in September of attempting a coup following his 2022 electoral defeat and was sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison.  Earlier this month, the Supreme Court unanimously rejected an appeal from his legal team, though another is expected to come this week.

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro seeks house arrest for prison time citing health issues

A Human Rights Watch report claims Israel’s forcible displacement of residents from three refugee camps violates international humanitarian law.

Palestinians forced from West Bank refugee camps left in limbo as Israeli demolitions go on

Germany's Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil has said he is opposed to banning mobile phones and social media in schools. "I'm not convinced that this is the right way," Klingbeil said during a visit on Friday to the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, where digital experts are trained.

German finance minister sees advantages of smartphones in schools

Vietnam is rethinking how it copes with floods after a year of relentless storms collapsed hillsides and left vast parts of cities under water.  From mapping high-risk areas to reimagining “sponge cities” that can absorb and release water naturally, Vietnam is investing billions to adapt to what experts call a new era of climate extremes.  In smaller cities like Vinh in central Vietnam, these ideas are taking shape.

Vietnam rethinks its flood strategy as climate change drives storms and devastation

Protesters told The Jerusalem Post that the right to demonstrate in a democracy like Israel was important and that this demonstration was calling for accountability. A planned protest by Israel’s Sudanese population at the United Arab Emirates embassy was canceled on Thursday, with police reportedly citing fears of disturbing the Israel-UAE relationship.

Rights groups condemn Israel Police decision to ban Sudan Genocide protests nationwide

The route runs beneath a dense residential area near the Philadelphi Corridor and continues under sensitive civilian sites, including a UNRWA compound, mosques, clinics, kindergartens, and schools. The IDF on Thursday uncovered an underground tunnel route more than 7 kilometers long and around 25 meters deep in Rafah, Gaza, where the remains of Lt.

IDF uncovers 7 km.-long Gaza terror tunnel where Hamas held Hadar Goldin

IDF's Central Command chief: Conventional solutions for hilltop youth insufficient • Israel Katz: Administrative detentions only increased hatred and violence Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened a special meeting on Thursday focused on nationalist crime in the West Bank committed by Jewish settler extremists. The discussion was divided into two main topics: Finding legal tools to combat Jewish riots in the West Bank, and identifying “educational solutions” to the issue.

Netanyahu leads meeting on West Bank riots, Katz defends axing administrative detention for Jews

IDF's Commander Training chief: International officials have complimented the IDF's "use of precise warfare to maximize only striking those who need to be struck. " The around 130 foreign military officials visiting IDF installations and receiving classified briefings about IDF tactics can become “ambassadors” on behalf of Israel in their home countries, Commander of IDF Commander Training Col.

Foreign military officials can become Israel's ambassadors, senior IDF commander tells 'Post'

According to the IDF, Wednesday’s strikes also targeted Hamas infrastructure and operatives across several sites in Gaza. Abdallah Abu Shamala, head of Hamas’s Navy in Gaza, and Fadi Abu Mustafa, a senior tunnel engineer in the Khan Yunis Brigade, were killed during IDF strikes on Wednesday, the military confirmed in a joint statement with the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) on Thursday.

Hamas Navy head, engineer of Khan Yunis tunnel network killed in Gaza, IDF confirms

UN officials told The Jerusalem Post that all syringes and vaccines needed for the vaccination campaign have now been delivered to Gaza. UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, announced on Thursday that it successfully conducted a first round of routine catch-up vaccination campaign in Gaza, reaching more than 13,700 children across the Gaza Strip.

Gaza humanitarian efforts reach key milestone as UNICEF vaccinates some 13,000 children

Three Chinese astronauts have been forced to extend their six-month stay in space over concerns their return ship may have been hit by debris, China’s space agency said.

Chinese astronauts’ return to Earth delayed over fears spaceship damaged by debris

Japan deployed troops Wednesday to help contain a surge of bear attacks that have terrorized residents in a mountainous region in the northern prefecture of Akita.  Reports of sometimes deadly encounters with brown bears and Asiatic black bears are being reported almost daily ahead of hibernation season as the bears forage for food.  Since April, more than 100 people have been injured and at least 12 killed in bear attacks across Japan, according to Environment Ministry statistics at the end of

Japan deploys the military to counter a surge in bear attacks

A week before what the Indigenous Krenak people now call “the death of the river,” they say they could feel it coming.  The birds stopped singing, the air grew heavy, and an unusual silence settled over their village in Minas Gerais, a southeastern Brazilian state where forested hills give way to the winding Doce River.  A mining dam owned by Samarco — a joint venture between Brazilian company Vale and Anglo-Australian giant BHP Billiton — burst upstream near the town of Mariana, unleashing a to

A decade after Brazil’s deadly dam collapse, Indigenous peoples demand justice on the eve of COP30

When summer heat comes to the Arara neighborhood in northern Rio, it lingers, baking the red brick and concrete that make up many of the buildings long after the sun has gone down.  Luis Cassiano, who's lived here more than 30 years, says he's getting worried as heat waves become more frequent and fierce.  In poor areas such as Arara, those who can afford air conditioning — Cassiano is one — can't always count on it because of frequent power outages on an overloaded system.

As world leaders enter climate talks, people in poverty have the most at stake

Greece is looking to set up repatriation centres for irregular migrants outside the EU and sees Germany as a potential partner, Migration and Asylum Minister Thanos Plevris said on Wednesday. Speaking on state broadcaster ERTnews, Plevris said the centres would accommodate migrants who cannot be returned to their home countries.

Greece eyes migrant repatriation centres outside the EU

Israel's haredi draft crisis intensifies as court ruling forces action, while political divisions and protests make it difficult to see a path forward. For months, the coalition’s showdown over haredi (ultra-Orthodox) enlistment unfolded like a drama with no final act – all buildup, no climax, and plenty of stalling.

Israel's haredi draft crisis: Court ruling and political stalemate reach breaking point

When a severe G4 geomagnetic storm hit, this Dreamliner pilot had the perfect front-row seat.

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Israeli strike on Gaza City vehicle kills at least four, report says

'Harmonious' meeting between Merz, Lula despite Belém controversy

At least 18 Palestinians killed in latest clashes in Gaza

Two reportedly killed as Israel attacks Hezbollah targets in Lebanon

World leaders, rights groups react to COP30 climate deal

At UN climate conference, some activists and scientists want more talk on reforming agriculture

Brazil's agricultural research agency gets cannabis research greenlight

Jamaica reports deadly leptospirosis outbreak after Hurricane Melissa

Brazil's agricultural research agency gets cannabis research greenlight

Eurovision Song Contest changes voting rules after controversial allegations against Israel

Europe pledges over €15bn for clean energy for Africa

Authorities arrest 7 bodyguards in connection with a Mexican mayor's assassination

‘We are the alternative’: Anti-Hamas Gaza militia tells BBC group is receiving international support

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro seeks house arrest for prison time citing health issues

Palestinians forced from West Bank refugee camps left in limbo as Israeli demolitions go on

German finance minister sees advantages of smartphones in schools

Vietnam rethinks its flood strategy as climate change drives storms and devastation

Rights groups condemn Israel Police decision to ban Sudan Genocide protests nationwide

IDF uncovers 7 km.-long Gaza terror tunnel where Hamas held Hadar Goldin

Netanyahu leads meeting on West Bank riots, Katz defends axing administrative detention for Jews

Foreign military officials can become Israel's ambassadors, senior IDF commander tells 'Post'

Hamas Navy head, engineer of Khan Yunis tunnel network killed in Gaza, IDF confirms

Gaza humanitarian efforts reach key milestone as UNICEF vaccinates some 13,000 children

Chinese astronauts’ return to Earth delayed over fears spaceship damaged by debris

Japan deploys the military to counter a surge in bear attacks

A decade after Brazil’s deadly dam collapse, Indigenous peoples demand justice on the eve of COP30

As world leaders enter climate talks, people in poverty have the most at stake

Greece eyes migrant repatriation centres outside the EU

Israel's haredi draft crisis: Court ruling and political stalemate reach breaking point

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