Seoul to host Nobel Prize laureates for a discussion on AI’s impact on science - NobelPrize.org

This year, we have the privilege of celebrating the University of Alberta 2026 Killam Laureates, a remarkable cohort of 28 doctoral students, postdoctoral scholars and academics who have made outstanding contributions to the university through their teaching, research and creative endeavours. Since 1967, the Killam awards have recognized outstanding academic achievement, leadership and extraordinary success in teaching and research at the U of A. The support of the Killam Trusts plays a vital role in advancing research and excellence across the U of A and among its Killam Laureates. This year, we also celebrate winners of the inaugural Killam Grand Challenges Scholarship for Interdisciplinary Research. This award is given to exceptionally talented doctoral students undertaking research which combines two or more diverse disciplines, to resolve “wicked problems” and contribute to solutions to grand challenges. Congratulations to the U of A’s 2026 Killam Laureates!

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researcher Isaiah Santistevan led the development of three-dimensional simulations exploring how a nuclear device could deflect or disrupt an asteroid threatening Earth. Credit: Blaise Douros/LLNL Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers are developing three-dimensional simulations to examine how a nuclear device could be used to deflect or potentially disrupt an asteroid threatening Earth.

Orcas are hunting great White Sharks around the world, scientists confirmThe killing of great whites by orcas has been reported in the waters of South Africa, California, and Australia, and the implications that the hunting behaviour would have on the marine ecosystem have been considered. In fact, it all started back on May 3, 2017, when the body of a female great white, weighing 1,100 kilograms, washed ashore in Gansbaai, close to Cape Town, with a deep gash through which its 90-kilogram liver had been extracted. Five more corpses of great whites appeared with similar wounds in the coming months, as claimed by shark biologist Alison Towner of Rhodes University. Two adult males, called Port and Starboard, who are supposed to be brothers judging by their dorsal fins that fold differently, were identified as the most probable perpetrators. The connection was officially established in 2022 based on video footage of a drone that caught three orcas chasing and biting a 3-meter great white off Mossel Bay. The sharks quickly disappeared from Dyer Island, one of the best places in the world to witness a great white.