Scientists Directly Date 3.5-Billion-Year-Old Evidence of Life For The First Time : ScienceAlert

Scientists Directly Date 3.5-Billion-Year-Old Evidence of Life For The First Time : ScienceAlert

At some point in Earth’s distant past, nearly 4 billion years ago, our planet’s first life forms somehow coalesced from primordial chemistry. Not much remains of the first organisms that inhabited Earth. Time and geology have changed everything that remains almost unrecognizable. But in some rare ancient stone formations around the world, you can find … Read more

CNBC Daily Open: The ‘Bessent Bid’ wears off

CNBC Daily Open: The 'Bessent Bid' wears off

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks during a press conference in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, May 28, 2026. Kent Nishimura | AFP | Getty Images Hello, I’m Leonie Kidd from London. It seems right to quote political statesman James Carville’s famous 1993 quote: “I used to think that … Read more

Charter plane crash kills 8 near remote radar site in western Alaska

Charter plane crash kills 8 near remote radar site in western Alaska

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A charter plane carrying eight people crashed Thursday at a remote radar site in western Alaska, killing all on board, the U.S. military said. The crash occurred at the Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site Airport, approximately 450 miles (725 kilometers) west of Anchorage, Alaska. “This is a devastating loss for … Read more

Hong Kong’s Tiananmen activists convicted in national security trial – BBC

Hong Kong's Tiananmen activists convicted in national security trial - BBC

Hong Kong Tiananmen activists convicted in national security trial BBC Hong Kong’s Tiananmen vigil fell into obscurity years ago. Now its organizers have been convicted CNNHong Kong court condemns activists who organized Tiananmen vigils WSJTiananmen Square vigil organizers found guilty in Hong Kong of ‘inciting subversion’ The GuardianHong Kong condemns Tiananmen vigil leaders for subversion … Read more

Stock market today: Live updates

Stock market today: Live updates

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on August 18, 2026 in New York City. Miguel M. Santiago | Getty Images Stock futures were steady early Friday, following a sharp pullback on Wall Street that put major averages on track for weekly declines. S&P 500 futures were … Read more

San Andreas Fault: New San Jose State University research finds fault is slipping faster than previously thought

San Andreas Fault: New San Jose State University research finds fault is slipping faster than previously thought

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Just a week after a magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck Oakland’s Hayward Fault, new research highlights a danger on the San Andreas Fault. Researchers at San Jose State University found that the fault is slipping faster than previously thought. RELATED: 3.8 magnitude earthquake centered near Oakland Zoo shakes Bay Area, felt as … Read more