British physicist and broadcaster Brian Cox has received the 2026 Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication, an award honoring figures who have helped bring science beyond academia and closer to the public. Cox received the medal Oct. 2 at the Royal Astronomical Society in London from Queen guitarist and astrophysicist Sir Brian May and Armenian astrophysicist Garik Israelian, the co-founders of the STARMUS science and music festival. The award was created a decade ago with Stephen...

Armenia is closely monitoring a suspected case of pneumonic plague in Russia and could introduce health screenings for travelers if the risk increases, Health Minister Anahit Avanesyan said Wednesday. The alert follows the October 2 death of 28-year-old Darya Shipilova, an employee of the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Russia. Her cause of death has not been officially confirmed. Russian authorities have described it as “pneumonia of unknown etiology,” while about 200 people have...

VOTE: Armenia is in the running for one of the World Travel Awards’ top global tourism honors, earning a nomination for World’s Leading Heritage Destination 2026. Voting in the worldwide category opened October 6 and will continue through October 30, according to the World Travel Awards. Winners will be recognized at the organization’s Grand Final Gala Ceremony in Tanzania on December 12. The nomination puts Armenia’s centuries-old cultural and architectural heritage back on the international...