Climate extremes reshape the benefits of group living: A 33-year study of wild capuchin monkeys shows that droughts and heavy rains can disrupt the balance between cooperation and competition within animal societies.

Bigger groups aren’t always better: While large groups usually offset competition by dominating space and resources, extreme climate events erode these advantages and increase the costs of living together.

Changing climates may alter animal societies: As extreme events become more frequent, social groups may fragment or reorganize, potentially reshaping population structure and ecosystem dynamics.

The Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes have revealed thousands of young star clusters emerging from their birth clouds. The observations, published in Nature Astronomy, show that more massive clusters clear away their natal gas faster than lower-mass clusters. The result has important implications for our understanding of star formation and how the young stars affect their surroundings.

Solar storms can quietly disrupt satellites, power grids, and communication systems across the globe. After a 2022 geomagnetic event knocked out dozens of Starlink satellites, the risks are no longer hypothetical. At EGU26, scientists unveil Swarm-AWARE, a new ESA project using satellite data and machine learning to distinguish space weather signals from natural hazards, paving the way for smarter forecasting and more resilient infrastructure.

Concordia researchers developed a high-fidelity CPR simulator that replicates blood flow in reduced gravity, using a mannequin with a 3D-printed cardiovascular system. Tests in parabolic flights showed it reproduces realistic pressure patterns while revealing key differences in blood flow under hypogravity, helping improve CPR techniques for future space missions.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers measured the composition of a mini-Neptune inside the orbit of a hot Jupiter. They say this highly unusual planetary system probably formed out beyond its star’s “frostline,” in the colder region of the system’s early disk of protoplanetary material.

Are we ready for solar storms, submarine cable cuts, satellite disruptions, and extreme weather to disrupt communication networks and potentially trigger a “digital pandemic"?

A new report – “When digital systems fail: The hidden risks of our digital world​" – outlines risk scenarios on Earth, at sea, and in space, analysing the fragility of interconnected digital systems and offering a roadmap for preparedness.

Experts brought together by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), and Sciences Po, call for coordinated action between countries to improve digital resilience and protect essential services like healthcare, finance, and emergency response.

The Laureates of the prestigious 2026 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in Israel are announced today by the Blavatnik Family Foundation, the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and The New York Academy of Sciences.  Each Laureate will receive US$100,000 in prize money. The Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in Israel are the largest unrestricted prizes available to scientists across Israel aged 42 or younger. Now in their ninth year in Israel, the Blavatnik Awards recognize research with the potential to transform lives, advance scientific understanding, and address global challenges across disciplines. The three Laureates are: Sergey N. Semenov, PhD, a chemist at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Uri Ben-David, PhD, a cancer biologist at Tel Aviv University, and Paz Beniamini, PhD, an astrophysicist at the Open University of Israel.

Manganese dioxide can convert amino acids into hydrogen cyanide (HCN) without requiring methane, solving a long-standing puzzle about the origin of this key prebiotic molecule on early Earth, as reported by researchers from Science Tokyo. Although HCN is central to origin-of-life theories, recent evidence suggests early Earth's atmosphere didn’t contain sufficient methane needed for classic HCN-producing reactions. The newly found chemical pathway shows that HCN could instead have been continuously supplied from abundant amino acids.