Day: October 13, 2026

The ‘Halloween Fireballs’ are coming. Here’s what to expect from the Taurids in October 2026

The 'Halloween Fireballs' are coming. Here's what to expect from the Taurids in October 2026

They don’t produce anything like the torrent of “shooting stars” associated with August’s Perseids or December’s Geminids, but the Taurid meteor showers have something else going for them: fireballs. The Taurids are famous for occasionally producing exceptionally bright, slow-moving meteors that can dramatically streak across the night sky from September to December. As an added … Read more

Why Does IBD Keep Flaring Up? Scientists Found a Clue in The Gut Lining : ScienceAlert

Why Does IBD Keep Flaring Up? Scientists Found a Clue in The Gut Lining : ScienceAlert

For people with inflammatory bowel disease, feeling better on treatment doesn’t always mean a permanent improvement – the disease can flare again.A study suggests part of the explanation may lie in intestinal cells that stay fragile even when symptoms such as abdominal pain and diarrhea are controlled.Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis are the main forms … Read more

CJP: India ‘cockroach’ leaders detained after entering barricaded protest site

CJP: India 'cockroach' leaders detained after entering barricaded protest site

The arrests came a day after the federal Home Ministry announced that Jantar Mantar, long associated with public protests in Delhi, would no longer be a designated protest site. Instead, authorities identified three alternative locations where demonstrations can be held with permission. Before the decision, the CJP had met Delhi Police officials to seek permission … Read more

Senate ratings change: Kansas and Minnesota tighten

Senate ratings change: Kansas and Minnesota tighten

With three weeks until Election Day, the Senate battleground is getting bigger. MS NOW is moving Kansas toward “lean Republican” and Minnesota toward “lean Democratic,” moving two seats that once seemed safer into competitive territory. Kansas Kansas joined our list of races to watch last month, when we categorized it as “likely Republican.” While we … Read more

U.K. prime minister accuses Russia of meddling in Brexit vote

U.K. prime minister accuses Russia of meddling in Brexit vote

LONDON – Prime Minister Andy Burnham sparked fury in Britain on Monday with his claim that Russia had tried to interfere in the 2016 Brexit vote that took the country out of the European Union, breaking with previous prime ministers who said there was no evidence Moscow had meddled.

Scientists discover genetic code that breaks rules of life

Scientists discover genetic code that breaks rules of life

A microscopic organism in a freshwater pond is governed by a different set of genetic rules. The newly identified protist, Oligohymenophorea sp. PL0344, which scientists stumbled upon while testing DNA sequencing technology, does something researchers haven’t seen before. It uses two genetic signals that normally tell cells to stop making proteins to insert two completely … Read more

With vaccine study, Trump administration’s abuse of Africa continues

With vaccine study, Trump administration’s abuse of Africa continues

A disturbing vaccine experiment backed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been facing accusations of eugenics and has garnered comparisons to the racist Tuskegee syphilis experiment — yet it’s moving forward in the African nation of Guinea-Bissau. So continues the Trump administration’s fundamentally racist strategy when it comes to Africa, a continent the … Read more