Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel were recognized for their work on light-gated ion channels and optogenetics, a technique that uses tiny lights to activate neurons in the brain.

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A scrappy science project led to a significant discovery: two new species of a rare organism that could elucidate a fundamental transition in the history of life on our planet.

The tunnels under Okinawa's Shuri Castle should be preserved as a reminder of the costs of war, advocates say.

The move came after the NIH director refused Trump’s request to cut Harvard grants in an Oval Office meeting.

It was living on a diet of rice, noodles, and eggs

Warwick Levy spent hours trying to get his brand's T-shirt designs removed from Temu as its reporting platform kept crashing.

China’s propaganda is often mocked as blunt, loud and tone-deaf. But state-backed researchers are trying to make it more sophisticated. They are building AI systems that model the cultural and political values of foreign audiences, ...

(TibetanReview.net, Sep17’26) – China said the 6th Gangchen Tulku Rinpoche, Jamyang Choephel Jampa Gyaltsen, was formally enthroned at Gangchen Monastery in Sakya County, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR)...

Brown Brothers Media is a media empire raking in millions of clicks with AI, fake writers, and plagiarism.

New forecasts suggest electricity use underpinning the artificial intelligence boom will grow in the next 10 years four times more than expected a year ago.

At Weeki Wachee Springs State Park becoming a mermaid takes breath, ballet, and serious underwater athleticism. Our writer signs up for mermaid camp to see what it takes to keep Florida’s wonderfully ...

A Texas district canceled classes amid a COVID spread as cases rise in 47 states and outbreaks continue disrupting schools.

The pro-democracy dissident was accused of urging Western politicians like Nancy Pelosi and Marco Rubio to pressure Hong Kong by imposing sanctions on the city.

(TibetanReview.net, Sep01’26) – Amid widespread allegations that it is concealing facts and censoring information about the Aug 26 morning flash flood disaster which bombed on the Tibet-Nepal border, ...

While journalists can report freely on grief and anger in Nepal, China’s official media have presented a sanitized disaster aftermath in Tibet.

President Xi Jinping is targeting officers affiliated with previously ousted leaders, analysts say, even as Beijing seeks to project power across the Indo-Pacific.

NASA’s new Nancy Grace Roman space telescope will tackle nearly every aspect of astrophysics, including dark matter, dark energy and alien planets.

The arrival of new trainsets, renewed lines, and refurbished stations indicates that train travel in America is poised for growth.

Company filings show links to United Front cadres, while owner says aim is to “spread China’s voice effectively”

The US Geological Survey (USGS) will soon change the name of Lake Ontario in its official documents to Lake America, the White House said, citing a letter from USGS Director...

“At one time,” Sen. Barbara Mikulski wrote of her, “a Kansas newspaper claimed, ‘the only thing more popular than Nancy is wheat.’"

Towering woodlands in the West are being permanently replaced by tracts of spiky shrubs. Conditions “just aren’t normal anymore,” one researcher said.

Decades of free spending have run up a $40 trillion national debt. But this week's bond market sell-off suggests Washington may soon be compelled to make some long-deferred, and politically unpalatabl...

When the government steps down, parents have to step up and safety becomes a private good, writes Corinne Low.

Someone carved a notch to lock two logs together—half a million years before Homo sapiens.

An unsecured police dashboard was a rare window into how the authorities track foreigners by collecting and aggregating vast amounts of private data.

The administration is preparing to brief leading AI companies on its blueprint for reviewing advanced AI models.