Professor Nuno Loureiro, director of MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center, was fatally shot. His work on clean fusion energy promised to disrupt the trillion-dollar fossil fuel industry. Read the full investigation.
A cartoonist's true story of being hit by a cricket ball explores the brutal physics of impact, the hardness of leather, and the lasting consequences. Read his cautionary tale.
Vera Weisfeld OBE, co-founder of the iconic What Every Woman Wants fashion chain, has died aged 87. The retail pioneer transformed UK high streets, making fashion affordable for millions. Read her remarkable story.
Australian radio pioneer and artist Nadya Anderson has died aged 73 after a long battle with cancer. A key figure at Melbourne's 3RRR, she championed women on air and later forged a successful sculpture career. Read the full tribute.
Professor Michael Twyman, who founded the University of Reading's Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, has died. Discover his lasting legacy in design education.
Veteran broadcaster Brian Hayes, credited with shaping the modern phone-in, has died. Tributes pour in for the BBC and LBC legend. Read more about his pioneering career.
Uppsala University professor proposes consciousness exists as fundamental field, potentially explaining near-death experiences and telepathy. Discover the science behind life after death.
Sir Terence English, the surgeon who led Britain's first successful heart transplant in 1979, has died peacefully at 93. Discover his remarkable medical legacy.
Assetto Corsa Rally enters early access, delivering phenomenal driving physics on gravel and tarmac that set a new benchmark for the genre. A must-try for sim racing fans.
Physics teacher John Wright took his own life after being dismissed from prestigious Marlborough College following allegations of inappropriate conduct during a school exchange to Malaysia.
Groundbreaking research overturns decades of scientific consensus, revealing the universe's expansion is decelerating rather than accelerating - a discovery that has earned the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Groundbreaking research reveals the physics behind golf's most frustrating phenomenon - why balls appear to hover at the edge before ultimately dropping in or staying out.
Groundbreaking research reveals how Einstein's general relativity explains the unexpected path alteration of our solar system's first interstellar visitor, 'Oumuamua, rewriting cosmic understanding.
Discover the fascinating physics behind why your perfectly whipped cream eventually turns back to liquid, and learn the scientific secrets to making it last longer.
Groundbreaking research from Oxford University reveals mathematical proof challenging the popular simulation hypothesis, suggesting our reality operates on fundamentally different principles than any conceivable computer simulation.
Celebrating the extraordinary life and legacy of Professor Jane Plastow, whose pioneering work in African theatre transformed cultural understanding and educational practices across continents.
Celebrating the extraordinary life and career of Jean Finlayson, the pioneering Scottish journalist who became one of the BBC's first female television reporters and inspired generations of women in broadcasting.
The entertainment world mourns Floyd 'DJ Screw' Myers Jr, the pioneering Houston DJ who revolutionised hip-hop with his iconic slowed-down sound and left an indelible mark on music history.
Tributes pour in for pioneering pharmacist Robert Wilkinson, whose groundbreaking work revolutionised NHS patient care and established new standards for community pharmacy across Britain.
Steward Brand, founder of The Whole Earth Catalog, faces investigation as authorities execute surprise raid on his iconic historic tugboat residence in San Francisco Bay.
Remembering Dave Ball, the pioneering synth musician who co-created Soft Cell's iconic sound and helped define 80s electronic music with timeless hits like 'Tainted Love'.
New biography reveals how Dave Ball's experimental noise and technical genius shaped Soft Cell's iconic sound, moving him from 'bloke in the background' to electronic music visionary.
Remembering Shirley Abicair, the Australian entertainer who charmed 1950s Britain with her zither and became a beloved children's television pioneer.
The scientific world mourns the passing of Chen Ning Yang, the revolutionary physicist whose work transformed modern physics and earned him the Nobel Prize at just 35.
Police officers in Minneapolis witnessed a mysterious ring-shaped UFO performing impossible aerial manoeuvres that defy known laws of physics during a dramatic night-time encounter.
Warren McVea, the groundbreaking running back who became the first African-American player to sign with the Kansas City Chiefs, has died aged 79. Discover the legacy of this football pioneer.
The scientific world mourns the loss of Chen Ning Yang, the Chinese-American Nobel Prize-winning physicist whose groundbreaking work redefined particle physics and left an indelible mark on 20th-century science.
British researchers achieve major nuclear fusion milestone using lithium to tame super-hot plasma, bringing limitless clean energy closer to reality.
Groundbreaking research unveils the first photographic evidence of dark matter, the invisible cosmic scaffolding that makes up 85% of our universe, in a discovery that could rewrite physics textbooks.
Nobel laureate Sir John Gurdon, whose revolutionary cloning work paved the way for Dolly the Sheep and stem cell research, has died aged 91. Discover how the schoolboy once told he'd 'never be a scientist' changed biology forever.