NASA's chief is defending the all-male crew picked for the Artemis 3 Moon landing, saying the choice reflects experience and readiness. Critics note that Artemis — named after the Greek goddess — was long sold as the mission to land 'the first woman and first person of color' on the Moon, and say an all-male crew breaks that pledge.
The Ebola outbreak is now spreading at an 'unprecedented' pace, the Africa CDC says, with the virus crossing from DR Congo into Uganda — the WHO chief has flown in and the EU pledged €5 million. The response leans on vaccines and emergency funds, but a burned treatment centre and clashes with responders show that trust and community engagement matter as much as any vaccine.
When the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS swept through our solar system, Harvard's Avi Loeb flagged 'anomalies' he said could hint at alien technology. Most astronomers said it was simply an unusual comet.
Most physicists invoke invisible 'dark matter' to explain how galaxies move; a minority argue our laws of gravity need modifying (MOND) instead. Decades on, neither side has landed a knockout blow.
Years on, the origin of SARS-CoV-2 is still contested: most scientists favour a natural jump from animals at a Wuhan market, while others — and some US agencies — suspect a leak from a Wuhan lab.