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Russian Cosmonaut Removed From ******* eX's Crew 12 ISS Mission, And It's Clear Why

A Russian cosmonaut scheduled to fly on the next trip to the International ******* e Station with ******* eX has been removed, apparently for violating U.S. national security regulations. As reported by Russian news outlet The Insider on December 2, Oleg Artemyev from Roscosmos allegedly used his phone to photograph restricted ******* eX documentation, as well as engine designs and other sensitive details during his training visit to the company's headquarters in Hawthorne, California. That mission, *******

Fresh US economic data is sending a clear but nuanced signal to markets. Inflation pressures are easing, but consumers remain under strain.
For Bitcoin and the broader crypto market, that mix points to improving macro conditions, tempered by near-term volatility.
US consumer sentiment edged up to 52.9 in December, slightly higher than November but still nearly 30% lower than a year ago, according to the University of Michigan.
At the same time, inflation expectations continued to fall. Short-term expectations dropped to 4.2%, while long-term expectations eased to 3.2%.
For markets, those i

A star becoming a black hole happens in the same way as Ernest Hemingway described going bankrupt: “First it happens gradually, then all at once.” The gradual part of the process can take a lot longer than the time it takes to drain a bank account—billions of years in some cases. That’s why astronomers were puzzled when they found evidence that supermassive black holes existed less than a billion years after the Big Bang.
In order for the timeframe to make sense, the stars that collapsed to form these black holes would’ve had to have been gargantuan—1,000 to 10,000 more massive than our sun.

This lake vanished from Death Valley 10,000 years ago. It's started reappearing.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:
Lake Manly hasn’t been a permanent fixture in Death Valley since the Ice Age, but recently, it has reappeared.
Record rainfall at the California site has allowed enough water to collect in the ancient lakebed.
The lake sits in Badwater Basin, the lowest point in North America at 282 feet below sea level.
A deluge of record rainfall has turned North America’s lowest point back into the lake it was during the Ice Age—even if just for a short moment in time. T

Scammers drained $700,000 from NYC grandma's accounts. Now she's suing the banks.

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The fraud started in August 2023 as fear dressed up as urgency. Pop-up warnings began flashing across 86-year-old Nina Mortellito’s computer screen, claiming her bank accounts had been hacked. What followed was a months-long tale of manipulation that ultimately drained her of $700,000 — her entire life savings.
According to a lawsuit filed against Merrill Lynch in Manhattan Supreme Court, the Upper East Side re

Getty Images tried to sue an AI company for copyright infringement, but its claim was rejected in court.
Getty Images is widely known for the array of stock images it offers, but the multi-million dollar company recently faced a disappointing court ruling when it tried to protect its intellectual property from the company, Stability AI.
Reporting by Reuters investigated the lawsuit, in which Getty Images accused Stability AI of "training" its image generators from copyrighted Getty Images stock pictures. However, the major corporation largely lost its lawsuit, exposing a lack of protection f

Every animal with a brain needs sleep — and even a few without a brain do, too. Humans sleep, birds sleep, whales sleep and even jellyfish sleep.
Sleep is universal “even though it’s actually very risky,” said Paul-Antoine Libourel, a researcher at the Neuroscience Research Center of Lyon in France.
When animals nod off, they're most vulnerable to sneaky predators. But despite the risks, the need for sleep is so strong that no creature can skip it altogether, even when it's highly inconvenient.
Animals that navigate extreme conditions and environments have evolved to sleep in extreme ways —

Russia unleashes massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine as diplomatic talks continue

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia unleashed a major missile and drone barrage on Ukraine overnight into Saturday, after U.S. and Ukrainian officials said they’ll meet on Saturday for a third day of talks aimed at ending the nearly 4-year-old war,
Following talks that made progress on a security framework for postwar Ukraine, the two sides also offered the sober ****** sment that any “real progress toward any agreement” ultimately will depend “on Russia’s readiness to show serious commitment to long-term pea

‘The Fall of Icarus’: How the remarkable shot was captured

Standing in Arizona’s largest dry lakebed, Wilcox Playa, astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy steadied himself as freight trains thundered by, threatening to blur the shot that took months to prepare. The crowd around McCarthy watched one morning last month in tense silence as he attempted and failed during six passes of a plane overhead to get the perfect image.
High above, his friend Gabriel C. Brown was perched on the edge of his plane seat, waiting for the signal to leap. “Originally, we we’re like, if we mess up the first attempt

Farmers sound the alarm as staple crops become nearly impossible to grow: 'Enough to ... lose the entire harvest'

Farmers across Eastern Europe are facing mounting challenges as ongoing droughts threaten agricultural systems and water supplies.
Per Rubryka, rising temperatures and shifting precipitation patterns have created conditions that could lead to widespread land degradation in regions once considered safe from such threats.
Ukraine's Kharkiv region has experienced three consecutive years of declining crop yields, despite farmers maintaining or increasing their investments in the l

The ***** e around Earth is aswarm with satellites. Recently, the dangers of overcrowding the area lower than 1,200 miles overhead—so-called low Earth orbit (LEO)—have emerged. For example, collisions threaten to destroy valuable tech and sometimes rain ***** e junk down on our planet.
Scientists have started sounding another alarm regarding the throng of satellites that encircles us: They’re now messing up astronomical images taken by ground and by ***** e telescopes designed to image the deep cosmos.
According to NASA researchers, if humanity continues to launch orbital satellites into low

A Russian cosmonaut was recently booted from an upcoming NASA and ******* eX mission to the International ******* e Station that will launch from Florida.
Russia's ******* e agency confirmed the ******* efarer's removal and replacement on the mission, known as Crew-12, but did not provide a reason. However, multiple reports have suggested the move could have been related to an alleged national security violation during training in the United States.
The news represents another recent blow to Russia's ******* eflight program after the launch pad the nation uses is Kazakhstan was damaged in a

Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. Credit - Prakash Singh—Bloomberg via Getty Images
Even as Russia once again made clear this week that it had no intention of pursuing genuine peace negotiations on Ukraine, Vladimir Putin landed in New Delhi to a red carpet treatment. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted the Russian leader on Thursday with a handshake and hug on the tarmac, breaking diplomatic protocol. The sight was a reminder that Russia is far from a geopolitical pariah in important parts of the world, and

A Russian cosmonaut was recently booted from an upcoming NASA and ******* eX mission to the International ******* e Station.
Russia's ******* e agency confirmed the ******* efarer's removal and replacement on the mission, known as Crew-12, but did not provide a reason. However, multiple reports have suggested the move could be related to an alleged national security violation during training in the United States.
Due to launch early in 2026, the Crew-12 mission could send a contingent of international astronauts – including two Americans – for a six-month science rotation at the Internationa

By Charlie Devereux and Jesus Calero
MADRID, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Spain is investigating whether a recent swine fever outbreak in Barcelona could have been caused by a laboratory leak, the ‌Agriculture Ministry said on Friday.
The country, the European Union's top pork producer, is ‌trying to reassure trading partners after 13 wild boars tested positive for the virus in hills outside the city. The disease is harmless to humans but can be deadly for pigs and wild boars.
Genome ⁠sequencing by a Madrid ‌lab showed the strain was “very similar” to one first detected in Georgia in 2007 and now wide

Micron to exit consumer memory business amid global supply shortage

Dec 3 (Reuters) - Memory chipmaker Micron Technology said on Wednesday it will exit its consumer business, as it doubles down on advanced memory chips used in artificial intelligence data centers amid a ‌global supply shortage of the essential semiconductors.
Shares of the company were down 2.6% in afternoon ‌trading.
Micron's move to dissolve its consumer business comes against a backdrop of worldwide strain in memory supply chains, with tight availability of semiconductors ranging from flash chips used in smartphones to

Headline 2: Türkiye receives first dedicated organic cotton training resource
The Organic Cotton Training Curriculum (OCTC) is now publicly available in Turkish and English, alongside a Trainer’s Handbook to support sector-wide adoption.
Developed with Ankara-based Prospera Impact and informed by Turkish sector partners, the curriculum adapts proven good farming practices to Türkiye’s soils, climate and growing conditions.
It also introduces the programme’s first module on regenerative agriculture, offering clear direction on soil health, biodiversity and long-term resilience.
Beyond field

Pandas and ping-pong: Macron ending China visit on lighter note

An ancient dam, pandas and ping-pong: French leader Emmanuel Macron concluded his fourth state visit to China on Friday, striking a more relaxed note in the city of Chengdu after tough discussions on Ukraine and trade with his counterpart Xi Jinping a day earlier.
Far from the imposing Great Hall of the People in Beijing where the two leaders held talks, Xi and First Lady Peng Liyuan showed Macron and his wife Brigitte around the centuries-old Dujiangyan Dam, a World Heritage Site set against the mountainous landscape of Sichu

Exclusive drone footage shows devastated Ukrainian town almost encircled by Russian forces

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Exclusive drone footage obtained by The **** ociated Press on Wednesday shows a devastated Ukrainian town nearly encircled by Russian forces near the city that Moscow this week claimed to now control.
Barely a street appears to be untouched in Myrnohrad in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from the key logistics hub of Pokrovsk. Some destruction is so fresh that smoke was still rising in the footage shot in the past few days.
“They are trying to simply er

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The New Economy Collaborative has quietly transformed workforce training in robotics and advanced manufacturing across 10 counties in southwestern Pennsylvania over the past three years, but as the federal grant that made it all possible nears its end, partners are trying to figure out which programs will continue and how.

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Alabama skywatchers will get a spectacular treat as the year's final supermoon rises over the state. Unlike a typical full moon, a supermoon happens when the moon swings closer to Earth in its orbit, making it appear brighter and slightly larger.
The full moon officially peaks on Thursday evening, but residents across the state can catch a nearly full moon on Wednesday and Friday as well.
There's a chance Mother Nature won't cooperate and will not allow Alabama residents to see the full moon, as the forecast calls for clouds and a slight chance of rain across the state.
Here's what to know

Alongside Walmart and Dollar Tree, value-oriented chain Dollar General just posted one of its strongest quarters in years. And just as with those other retailers, the results point to a consumer economy under significant strain.
The discount giant on Thursday reported almost 5% sales growth to almost $11 billion, with same-store sales up 2.5%. This kind of trade-down activity, which sees shoppers moving from middle-of-the-price-point chains to more value-oriented stores, is often ****** ociated with economic downturns.
In other words, Dollar General's quarter shows that Americans are still b

In 1999, hikers on Vancouver Island suddenly began falling mysteriously ill. Doctors found strange nodules growing on their lungs, and several people died as cases mounted over the next few years. The culprit was Crypotoccus gattii, a microscopic fungus that typically lives on rotting logs in tropical rainforests and that had somehow found its way thousands of miles north.
“We had this new fungus showing up in the Pacific Northwest that wasn't supposed to be there,” recalls molecular epidemiologist David Engelthaler, who was called in by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CD

Instead of stopping to smell the flowers, scientists suggest stopping to smell your farts.
While the thought may be enough to make your stomach turn, scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say the gas behind the foul, rotten-egg-smelling stench, known as hydrogen sulfide, can help protect aging brain cells from Alzheimer’s disease.
While the smelly gas is highly toxic in large quantities, smaller doses may provide some serious health benefits, Johns Hopkins researchers noted in a study published in an issue of the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science.
“Our new data firmly link agi

Nvidia’s (NVDA) AI chips have fueled a new debt market, and famed short seller Jim Chanos is flagging its risks.
Emerging AI cloud computing companies looking to rival Big Tech in the market for artificial intelligence have secured large loans backed by the $5 trillion chipmaker’s graphics processing units (GPUs), using that capital to buy more AI chips to scale up their operations. The firms lease ****** e in data centers, fill them with AI hardware, and rent out computing power from that hardware for tech companies to train and run artificial intelligence models.
Four firms in the growing

Africa’s forests have turned from a carbon sink into a carbon source, according to research that underscores the need for urgent action to save the world’s great natural climate stabilizers.
The alarming shift, which has happened since 2010, means all of the planet’s three main rainforest regions — the South American Amazon, Southeast Asia, and Africa — have gone from being allies in the fight against climate breakdown to being part of the problem.
Human activity is the primary cause of the problem. Farmers are clearing more land for food production. Infrastructure projects and mining are ex

Scientists Find Popular Diabetes Drug Impacts the Brain in Surprising Study

With buzzy medications like Ozempic and Mounjaro making headlines for blood sugar management, it’s easy to forget that some medications have been helping patients with type 2 diabetes for decades. Metformin is a popular one. But while this medication has been around for more than 60 years, scientists are uncovering what it does to the brain.
New research published in the journal Science Advances identifies a brain pathway that metformin seems to work through (along with the impact it has on other areas of the body)

Powerful coast-to-coast storm to bring major impacts from heavy snow to ice

Closely following a major winter storm that unleashed travel chaos during the busy Thanksgiving holiday weekend, meteorological winter is set to kick off this week with a powerful coast-to-coast storm delivering a wide range of impacts.
The cross-country storm starts Sunday in the Rockies and tracks through Wednesday into the Northeast, likely posing threats of snow, ice and rain to airports, roadways and communities along its path.
Snow will develop across portions of the northern Rockies and pivot south, bringin

Floods and cyclonic storms across Thailand, Sri Lanka and Indonesia leave over 900 dead and hundreds missing

The death toll from the devastating floods across several Asian countries has surpassed 900, with storms and cyclones battering Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Sri Lanka and bringing their heaviest rainfall in decades.
Millions of people across Southeast Asia have been affected as the exceptionally rare Cyclone Senyar has swept through Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, while the powerful Cyclone Ditwah has pounded Sri Lanka and India.
Over four million people have been impacted

Ukraine’s evolving plastics rules amid the ongoing war

Even as the Russia-Ukraine war continues to place extraordinary pressure on the country’s economy and infrastructure, Ukraine has pressed ahead with modernising its plastics and packaging laws.
The government’s commitment to aligning with European Union standards has not slowed; if anything, it has accelerated as Ukraine positions itself for closer EU integration and looks to rebuild its industries on more sustainable foundations.
For packaging producers, retailers and importers, this means navigating a regulatory landscape shaped not