Here's your AnewZ Daily Brief for 18 September 2026. These are the top five stories making headlines in the field of science.
SpaceX said it was preparing to launch its next Starship flight test on or before 22 September, a mission expected to send the vehicle into orbit for the first time and deploy Starlink V3 satellites. Starship's 14th test flight would mark a major leap in the rocket's development over its last test in July.
New research based on satellite data dating back to the 1970s has documented major polar ice losses in Greenland and Antarctica - home to Earth's two great ice sheets, that have contributed to rising global sea levels. Between 1979 and 2023, according to data from 27 satellite missions, Greenland and Antarctica lost a combined 11.3 trillion tons of ice.
NASA says the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope could have a potential operational lifespan of up to 22 years, even before reaching its planned orbit. Ahead of its launch last month, the U.S. space agency had said Roman was designed for a five-year primary mission, plus a five-year extended mission, with a 10-year fuel budget in total.
Augustus, ancient Rome’s first emperor, placed the gilded Milliarium Aureum, or Golden Milestone, in the Roman Forum in 20 BC to mark the symbolic starting point of the empire’s roads. Researchers have now conducted a detailed structural analysis of the network, which stretched roughly 190,000 miles (300,000 km) across Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
A previously unknown species of tiny wild cat has been identified in Bolivia’s cloud forests, marking the first formal description of a new living cat species in more than a century. Known as Tilcayo by local communities, the tiger cat measures about 46 cm long and weighs around 1.4 kg, making it smaller than an average domestic cat.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards Navy said a Togo-flagged oil tanker was st...
Here's your AnewZ Daily Brief for 18 September 2026. These are the top five stories making headlines in the field of science....
The European Union will disburse €3.3 billion ($3.8 billion) to Ukraine for missiles and drones, European ...
Saudi Arabia said its air defences destroyed a Houthi drone south of Mecca before it could enter prohibited airspace over the holy city, as attacks by the Iran-aligned group deepen regional tensions.
Russian air strikes injured 13 and damaged buildings in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and in the Black Sea port city of Odesa in the early hours of Thursday, officials said on the Telegram messaging app.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine was carrying out tests on a new weapon to intercept drones and had recorded a successful hit overnight.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is outlining the EU's priorities in her annual State of the Union address, covering security, support for Ukraine, trade with China, migration, climate and artificial intelligence.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he hoped the war against Iran was nearing its end and that Tehran wanted to reach a deal, but Iran dismissed his comments as “mixed signals” as the conflict approaches its seventh month.
French prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into suspected sexual harassment involving smart glasses, amid mounting global concern over the privacy risks posed by the devices.
Some of the world’s most powerful technology executives are lobbying U.S. President Donald Trump over artificial intelligence regulation, exposing growing divisions within the industry over how governments should respond to rapidly advancing AI.
Governments need to move faster to manage the security risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI), defence officials and experts warned at a major security conference in Beijing.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that the world “cannot afford a race to the bottom” on artificial intelligence safety, calling for stronger global safeguards as increasingly powerful systems develop faster than understanding of their risks.
Warnings from researchers at leading U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) developer Anthropic, that increasingly powerful AI models could escape human control have drawn attention in China, where policymakers have already been preparing for some of the same risks.
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