Science

Senate panel seeks action on high Quetta air fares

• Wants mandatory flights to underserved regions, probe into repeated cancellations • Seeks report on Karachi airport deficiencies and upgrade plan ISLAMABAD: The Senate Stan­ding Committee on Defence on Tu­­e­­sday expressed concern over…

As gas price rises, trees fall

The relentless rise in the price of cooking gas is no longer merely an economic inconvenience for Nigerian households; it is fast becoming an environmental and food security emergency. As Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) slips beyond the…

What happens when cities grow faster than infrastructure

As the rains intensify across Nigeria, familiar scenes are returning: flooded streets, submerged homes, gridlocked roads and communities cut off by rising waters. For many Nigerians, these disruptions have become an almost expected feature…

Tinubu urges Kwali residents to protect road infrastructure

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has urged residents of Gomani, Dafa and Yangoji communities in Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to take ownership of the newly commissioned Gomani–Dafa–Yangoji Road, describing the…

Apple iPhone Ultra vs Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide: What we know and what to expect

Birds’ nests of fiber-optic cables show war’s impact on Ukraine

The nests demonstrate how the more than 4-year-old conflict is reshaping the natural environment, researchers say.

Will China build an electric rocket launch pad on the roof of the world?

With SpaceX completing the biggest public offering in history, Elon Musk’s reusable chemical rockets seem to be the only game in town for getting to space. But halfway around the globe, in a little-known Chinese town tucked against the…

Why Asia still struggles to create its own mega-IPOs like SpaceX

Asia has no shortage of entrepreneurs, engineers or giant domestic markets. Yet when it comes to producing the kind of blockbuster listings seen in the U.S., the region continues to lag.

How FAIR data are helping to build trust in science

Nature, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01982-y The FAIR guidelines laid a solid foundation for ensuring data accessibility and reproducibility. A decade on, researchers are thinking beyond them.

Nanodiamonds made from tiny graphene triangles

Nature, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02001-w Nanodiamonds can host atom-sized light emitters for quantum sensing and imaging, but making nanodiamonds that are small, crystalline and uniform has been difficult. A…

Aerosols and hydrocarbons in the atmosphere of a white dwarf planet

Nature, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10514-7 Transmission spectroscopy of the planet WD 1856 b, orbiting a white dwarf, with the James Webb Space Telescope reveals the presence of hydrocarbons and aerosols in its…

Scientists should recognize their own political biases to build public trust

Nature, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01975-x Public trust in science can’t be sustained by the support of narrow constituencies at one end of an ideological spectrum.