Topic: Science — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-16 02:38 UTC+10:00] [Germany] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Chancellor says he no longer views US as land of opportunity amid ‘deeply polarising’ social climate
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[2026-05-16 00:45 UTC+10:00] [Conflict] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday he would no longer advise young people to move to the U.S. for work or study, citing what he described as the worsening “social climate” in America.
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[2026-05-15 23:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US boasts impressive military capabilities that solidify the country’s position among the world’s military powers. This also applies to missile technology – the US maintains its status as a major global missile power, and long competed with the Soviet Union in the missile and space race.
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[2026-05-15 23:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US boasts impressive military capabilities that solidify the country’s position among the world’s military powers. This also applies to missile technology – the US maintains its status as a major global missile power, and long competed with the Soviet Union in the missile and space race.
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[2026-05-15 22:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Partnership with Paris-based Centre Pompidou also covers research and talent exchange
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[2026-05-15 22:34 UTC+10:00] [France] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Partnership with Paris-based Centre Pompidou also covers research and talent exchange
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[2026-05-15 22:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Italy says five of its citizens have drowned, including a marine biology professor, her daughter and two young researchers
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[2026-05-15 22:28 UTC+10:00] [Malé] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Italy says five of its citizens have drowned, including a marine biology professor, her daughter and two young researchers
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[2026-05-15 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing is vague on whether AI cooperation was on the summit’s agenda, even as experts urge collaboration on common problems
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[2026-05-15 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Guo Jiakun] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing is vague on whether AI cooperation was on the summit’s agenda, even as experts urge collaboration on common problems
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[2026-05-15 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Heavily shorted Gemini Space Station soared in premarket trading after Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss injected $100 million into the money-losing crypto exchange, buying Class A shares at $14 apiece in a bitcoin-funded transaction.
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[2026-05-15 20:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Launched by Galaxy Corporation on 5 May, the park spans about 16,500 square metres in the city’s eastern Gangdong district. Visitors can watch robots perform choreographed concerts, create portraits and compete in staged fights inside a central “Robot Arena”. Chief executive Choi Yong-ho said the project was created to help younger generations become familiar with robots as part of daily life.
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[2026-05-15 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Mohamed Moutii via the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER)
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[2026-05-15 20:20 UTC+10:00] [Games] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The open world driving sim has roared through locations from Colorado to Australia, its authentic feel resting on exhaustive research. But, as the team explain, this was the toughest challenge yet
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[2026-05-15 19:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Filipinos seeking weight-loss treatment were urged to undergo medically supervised and science-based care instead of self-medicating amid the growing popularity of drugs sold through the black market. Wei Sun, general manager of Novo Nordisk, said obesity medications should only be taken with proper consultation, diagnostics, and monitoring from healthcare professionals.
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[2026-05-15 18:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Prominent young professor becomes doctoral supervisor at leading Chinese research university amid high-level recruitment drive
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[2026-05-15 18:26 UTC+10:00] [South China Morning Post] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Prominent young professor becomes doctoral supervisor at leading Chinese research university amid high-level recruitment drive
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[2026-05-15 16:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The Andoya spaceport. (Screenshot from the website of the European Space Agency)
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[2026-05-15 16:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: On this day five years ago, China became the third country in the world to safely land a rover on Mars after months of space travel
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[2026-05-15 16:15 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong Polytechnic University] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: On this day five years ago, China became the third country in the world to safely land a rover on Mars after months of space travel
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[2026-05-15 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Air pollution] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Study of samples from seven winters suggests neurotoxic metal coming from wood itself rather than old paint
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[2026-05-15 14:33 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A transgender woman who won a landmark discrimination suit after she was excluded from a social media app marketed as a “women-only safe space” has had her victory increased by an appeal court and her damages doubled.
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[2026-05-15 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s new programmable photonic quantum computing prototype, Jiuzhang 4.0, completed a complex calculation in microseconds
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[2026-05-15 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s new programmable photonic quantum computing prototype, Jiuzhang 4.0, completed a complex calculation in microseconds
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[2026-05-15 10:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Hollywood may not be dead after all, if a proposed $110 billion mega-merger of Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros Discovery goes through.
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[2026-05-15 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Housing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Rents will rise and homelessness quadruple in a decade unless serious steps to cut emissions are taken, University of Sydney researchers find
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[2026-05-15 07:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Michael Stumo, holding a photo of his daughter Samya Stumo, and his wife Nadia Milleron, sit behind FAA Administrator Steve Dickson during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing on the implementation of aviation safety reform at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Nov. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)
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[2026-05-15 06:59 UTC+10:00] [Latest] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
Snippet: Switch to the dark mode that's kinder on your eyes at night time.
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[2026-05-15 06:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Fri 15 May 2026 at 6:37am
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[2026-05-15 06:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Along a meandering river in a warm and arid region that is now Thailand roughly 113 million years ago, a plant-eating behemoth almost 90 feet (27 meters) long browsed on the treetops without much fear of predators due to its sheer size.
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[2026-05-15 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: CAPE CANAVERAL — A NASA spacecraft chasing a rare metal asteroid swings past Mars this week for a gravity boost, snapping thousands of pictures as practice for the main encounter in 2029.
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[2026-05-15 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A stretch of prime land from the southern end of Sydney’s CBD to the airport and Port Botany, which new modelling shows generates $33 billion for the state’s economy each year, is under increasing pressure from competing development, illustrating growing friction between jobs and housing across the city.
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[2026-05-15 04:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FBI director Kash Patel testifies before the Senate Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing on Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request for the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration; the United States Marshals Service and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives the on Capitol Hill, Tuesday May 12, 2026, in Washington.
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[2026-05-15 04:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A Long Island high school doled out a $125,000 settlement to a former student after district officials removed a pro-Palestinian mural she painted on her senior parking space.
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[2026-05-15 04:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The American flag flying alone beside an empty flagpole that previously had the flag of the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, are pictured in the reflection of a window that previously had the sign and the seal of USAID, outside the agency’s headquarters in Washington, Feb. 7, 2025.
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[2026-05-15 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Along a meandering river in a warm, arid region that is now Thailand, roughly 113 million years ago, a plant-eating behemoth almost 90 feet long browsed in the treetops with little fear of predators because of its sheer size. This was Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis, the largest-known dinosaur from Southeast Asia.
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[2026-05-15 02:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A discovery straight out of a King Arthur legend recently unfolded in Norway, where a hiker unearthed a 1,500-year-old gold sword fitting hidden beneath a tree.
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[2026-05-15 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Philippine economy is beginning to show signs of stagflation as slowing growth, elevated inflation, and weakening labor market conditions increasingly converge, HSBC Global Research said.
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[2026-05-15 02:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LAST May 8, the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (Searca), based at Los Banos, Laguna, held a forum on how to “effectively respond to the triple shocks impacting the Philippine agriculture sector.”
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[2026-05-15 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Esta imagen, proporcionada por la NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU desde la nave espacial de la misión Psyche, muestra Marte, el domingo 3 de mayo de 2026.
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[2026-05-15 01:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A rendering of the Axiom Station planned by Axiom Space. (Axiom Space)
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[2026-05-15 01:18 UTC+10:00] [Yorkshire] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Exhibition of Melsonby hoard in York challenges ideas about life in northern Britain 2,000 years ago
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[2026-05-15 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian foreign policy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Prof Abbas Rajabifard of the University of Melbourne says he was listed as a co-author of research with Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran’s chief negotiator in recent peace talks, without his knowledge
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[2026-05-15 00:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Africa is stepping up its ambitions in the space sector, with more countries launching satellites to support agriculture, climate monitoring, security and disaster management.
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[2026-05-14 23:12 UTC+10:00] [Asia Pacific] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism.
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[2026-05-14 22:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Just last year, a massive landslide in Alaska triggered a megatsunami that researchers have now mapped and analyzed— identifying it as the second-highest tsunami wave ever recorded.
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[2026-05-14 22:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This image provided by the NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU from the Psyche mission spacecraft shows Mars on Sunday, May 3, 2026.
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[2026-05-14 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China Minmetals Economic Research Institute says disruption of sulphur shipments through strait is having ripple effects on copper production
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[2026-05-14 22:00 UTC+10:00] [copper] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China Minmetals Economic Research Institute says disruption of sulphur shipments through strait is having ripple effects on copper production
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[2026-05-14 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: SpaceX, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic brought rocket-powered space tourism – these start-ups are promising a more serene ride
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