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Issam Ahmed is Health, science and environment reporter for Agence France Presse

The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan Centaur rocket sits on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on January 7, 2024. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)

First US lunar lander in five decades blasts off on private mission

If all goes to plan, Peregrine will touch down on a mid-latitude region of the Moon called Sinus Viscositatis, or Bay of Stickiness, on February 23

Close up picture of man holding birth control pills and condom – contraceptive methods. (Getty Images)

Birth pill for mice, but what of men?

The recent findings mark a key step towards expanding birth control options – as well as responsibilities – for men

US formally quits Paris agreement as election hangs in balance

Environmentalists say Trump’s announcement that he would withdraw from the Paris agreement three years ago made it easier for countries such Australia, Saudi Arabia and Brazil to…

Mighty tiny: At 15mm long, the RoBeetle is the smallest and lightest crawling microrobot there is. It doesn’t require batteries and weighs in at just 88mg, but can carry more than twice its own weight. Photo: ASML

Beyond batteries: Beetle bots

A tiny robot is vaping methanol to power up its artificial muscles and punch above its weight

(Mike Blake/ Reuters)

Earth’s toughest creatures may be living on the moon

It is unlikely that they will be rescued in time. Even if they survived, they are doomed,”

No humans have returned to the Moon since 1972, the year of the final Apollo mission. (John Lamparski/Getty Images)

‘One giant leap’: US marks Apollo mission 50 years on

President Trump has relaunched the race to re-conquer the Moon — this time with the first woman — and to journey onwards to Mars

Senator Cory Booker, Senator Elizabeth Warren and former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke pose together before the start of the first US 2020 presidential election Democratic candidates debate in Miami. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters)

Warren leads Democrats in spirited first 2020 debate

The biggest American political debate since the 2016 presidential campaign is occurring over two nights in Miami

At the core of Trump’s message to his raucous, adoring supporters is the now near daily warning that America is literally under attack from an “invasion” of illegal immigrants. (Yuri Gripas/Reuters)

Trump hits election trail threatening troop surge on Mexico border

Trump hopes to fire up core Republican voters and spur the party to retain dominance of both chambers of Congress.

Former US president Donald Trump. File photo

Trump accuses Saudis of ‘lies’ over Khashoggi killing

The US president’s comments are his strongest comments to date on the affair

Professor speaks out about alleged sexual assault by Trump Supreme Court pick

​A college professor went public for the first time on Sunday to accuse Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault in the 1980s

A woman looks at empty shelves that are normally filled with bottles of water after Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello declared a state of emergency in preparation for Hurricane Irma

Caribbean girds for Hurricane Irma threat

The threat comes as Texas and Louisiana are still cleaning up from disastrous flooding caused by mighty Hurricane Harvey last weekend.

A headquarters for the Church of Scientology.

Church of Scientology strikes back at ‘ludicrous’ tell-all book

The Church of Scientology has lashed out at a new book by its leader’s niece recounting being brainwashed and cut off from her family before escaping.

Musicians Paul Stanley

KISS band members back Pussy Riot

Members of veteran rock band KISS say they back Russia’s punk rockers Pussy Riot even if they don’t think much of their music.