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The new space race: how China plans to break SpaceX’s launch monopoly with IPO push

South China Morning Post

ScienceJul 13, 2026 · 1 min

The new space race: how China plans to break SpaceX’s launch monopoly with IPO push

To challenge the global launch market dominance of Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Beijing is adopting a coordinated, multi-company “wolf-pack” strategy fuelled by recent engineering breakthroughs in reusable rocketry. The milestones come as a wave of…

South China Morning Post

Former public servant accused in foreign interference case involving China

CBC

ScienceJul 13, 2026 · 1 min

Former public servant accused in foreign interference case involving China

A former federal scientist in an alleged foreign interference case is accused of copying more than 2,000 documents off a shared departmental server as his lifelong career was nearing its end, with the intention of sharing them with China…

CBC

Euronews

ScienceJul 13, 2026 · 1 min

Europe records 10,000 excess deaths during June heatwaves, new data shows

The June heatwaves would have been "virtually impossible" without climate change, the World Weather Attribution group of scientists said.

Euronews

Europe unveils reusable rocket concept to challenge SpaceX Starship

Times of India

ScienceJul 13, 2026 · 1 min

Europe unveils reusable rocket concept to challenge SpaceX Starship

European researchers have proposed a new rocket concept called RLV C5. This design offers a partially reusable launch vehicle for Europe's heavy lift needs. The RLV C5 utilizes liquid hydrogen and oxygen, which is more efficient. Its…

Times of India

Euronews

ScienceJul 13, 2026 · 1 min

Why is Europe still wasting clean energy? Take our poll.

Europe is producing more renewable electricity than ever before, but much of it cannot be used when demand is highest. For that, EU governments have launched a new push to expand energy storage, hoping to make clean power reliable and…

Euronews

Expert rejects claim linking Batanes to China through Ivatan ancestry

Philippine Daily Inquirer

ScienceJul 13, 2026 · 1 min

Expert rejects claim linking Batanes to China through Ivatan ancestry

MANILA, Philippines — A Filipino anthropologist has dismissed as “politically motivated” the claim of a Chinese researcher that “anthropological evidence” backs the assertion that Batanes, the northernmost province of the Philippines…

Philippine Daily Inquirer

Euronews

ScienceJul 13, 2026 · 1 min

Major wildfire rages south of Paris during heatwave

A major wildfire has spread through France's Fontainebleau forest south of Paris, prompting a large emergency response, disrupting road and rail traffic, and forcing authorities to deploy firefighting aircraft.

Euronews

Wildfire of 'exceptional scale' breaks out in forest near Paris

Sky News

ScienceJul 13, 2026 · 1 min

Wildfire of 'exceptional scale' breaks out in forest near Paris

A wildfire of "exceptional scale" has broken out in a forest near Paris, as the country battles it third heatwave of the summer.

Sky News

$China’s optical chip breakthrough boosts AI speed 100-fold using fraction of compute power$

South China Morning Post

ScienceJul 13, 2026 · 1 min

China’s optical chip breakthrough boosts AI speed 100-fold using fraction of compute power

Chinese researchers have developed a new all-optical interconnect system linking standard electronic chips, boosting AI distributed inference speeds by over 100 times while using just one-ninth of the typical computational resources. As AI…

South China Morning Post

Five students who just made India world number 1 in Physics

Times of India

ScienceJul 13, 2026 · 1 min

Five students who just made India world number 1 in Physics

Five Indian students—Kanishk Jain, Riddhesh Anant Bendale, Rishit Garg, Shresth Suraiya and Svarit Joshi—created history by winning gold medals at the 56th International Physics Olympiad 2026 in Colombia. Their achievement helped India…

Times of India

June heatwave killed up to 440 people a day in England and Wales, data suggests

The Guardian

ScienceJul 13, 2026 · 1 min

June heatwave killed up to 440 people a day in England and Wales, data suggests

Extreme temperatures in May and June led to about 2,700 lost lives in total with climate crisis adding 3C to 4C The heatwave that affected England and Wales in June killed about 440 people a day during its three-day peak, scientists have…

The Guardian

Daily Trust

ScienceJul 13, 2026 · 1 min

Experts advocate improved investments in cancer care, research

Health experts, researchers and policymakers have called for increased investments in cancer research, local production of cancer medicines and stronger regional collaboration to improve access to quality cancer care in Nigeria and across…

Daily Trust