Futura media bias and reliability
Futura is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum. We have seen it on 32 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Futura biased?
Futura is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Futura left or right?
Futura is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum.
Is Futura reliable?
We do not hold a factual-reliability assessment for Futura. A political-leaning label would not answer that question on its own, so we do not infer reliability from left, centre or right.
What Futura has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Futura’s own report linked underneath.
Archaeologists have uncovered evidence in a Siberian tomb suggesting cannabis was used for psychoactive purposes at least 2,800 years ago. This finding potentially predates similar documented use in China by 300 years, though some experts express skepticism.
Futura reported it asCannabis Found in a 2,800-Year-Old Grave: the dear... (opens Futura in a new tab)
Hackers stole $6.3 billion from Binance after a multi-stage attack that began in June. The breach involved a bogus job interview and malicious software, leading to the compromise of two engineers' computers and a record crypto heist.
Futura reported it asBinance says hackers used fake job interview to compromise computer before $6.3 billion attack (opens Futura in a new tab)
Scientists have detected evidence of volcanism on Mars, with some suggesting an inactive magma chamber may exist beneath the surface. Hydrogen chloride emissions are attributed to hot magma, and the rate of volcanic eruptions has declined significantly over billions of years.
Futura reported it asUnder the Dormant Volcanoes of Mars, Something Would Still Be happening... (opens Futura in a new tab)
Several countries are encouraging households to build emergency stockpiles of food, water, and other essentials. Recommendations for duration vary, with essential supplies including water, canned foods, medications, and hygiene items.
Futura reported it as"Keep 72 Hours Helpless": Why the Authorities of several... (opens Futura in a new tab)
Scientists have identified an icy object, named 2026 ED138, orbiting the sun beyond Pluto. The object's size is estimated between 600 and 1,500 kilometres in diameter. Classification as a dwarf planet depends on further study.
Futura reported it as"I Was Thinking of a Mistake": an "Enlarged" World Discovered above... (opens Futura in a new tab)
A major security vulnerability discovered in the PHP programming language has led to widespread alerts and the precautionary shutdown of numerous websites globally. Developers are releasing patches to address the flaws.
Futura reported it asWeb Alert: an AI Has Just Discovered Two Major flaws... (opens Futura in a new tab)
NASA's Perseverance rover has set a new record for the farthest distance driven on the surface of another planet, covering 45.22 kilometers (28.1 miles) on Mars. The mission has been extended until the end of 2028.
Futura reported it asOn Mars, Perseverance Just Realized a Feat that None of us... (opens Futura in a new tab)
An international team of scientists has reported that seven of the 16 tracked climate indicators have reached record extremes. The rate of global warming has accelerated significantly, and atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are at their highest in two million years, according to the study published in BioScience.
Futura reported it as"This Is No Longer a Warning, but a Diagnosis": Why ... (opens Futura in a new tab)
Federico Veronesi has won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 competition with his photograph "The Aftermath". The image, taken in Namibia, depicts a female elephant carrying her deceased calf. The competition received a record 65,403 entries.
Futura reported it as"This Photo Is a Real Shock": an Elephant and Her Little ... (opens Futura in a new tab)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that social media has become less hostile and experienced fewer bots following Ukrainian attacks on Yandex data centers. Cloudflare data shows a significant drop in YandexBot traffic after drone strikes on Yandex data centers.
Futura reported it asUkraine Has Just Hit Russia in the Heart: the "Goog... (opens Futura in a new tab)
A landslide blocked Nepal's Budhigandaki River on Sunday, causing sudden floods that swept away houses and damaged infrastructure. Five people are missing following the event, which comes weeks after devastating August floods.
Futura reported it as"We Have Fled to the Forest": in Nepal, a Wave of Mud Is devastated... (opens Futura in a new tab)
A report published in The Lancet has identified 17 major threats to human survival by the year 2100. Malicious use of artificial intelligence and nuclear conflict are highlighted as the most significant dangers, alongside issues like climate change, obesity, and pandemics.
Futura reported it asHow Could AI Bring About the End of humanity... (opens Futura in a new tab)
The World Meteorological Organization predicts the current El Niño event will intensify, reaching its peak in December 2026 and potentially persisting until February 2027. This strengthening is expected to increase global temperatures and raise the risk of droughts and floods worldwide.
Futura reported it asEl Niño 2026: Meteorologists Are Shocked by What They have... (opens Futura in a new tab)
A giant cloud near Mars' Arsia Mons volcano forms daily through a process called homogeneous nucleation, where water vapor turns directly into ice. This method has never been observed in a planetary atmosphere before, challenging previous assumptions about cloud formation.
Futura reported it asOn Mars, a Giant Cloud Appears Every Morning: Its Secret defies... (opens Futura in a new tab)
Jonathan, a 194-year-old Aldabra giant tortoise, has had his genome sequenced by scientists studying the secrets of his longevity. The research identified genetic changes associated with DNA repair and telomere function, offering potential insights into aging.
Futura reported it asIt's the Oldest Living Terrestrial Animal: Jonathan Will Soon have... (opens Futura in a new tab)
Research from Oxford University suggests animals may have evolved up to 200 million years earlier than fossil evidence currently shows. The study re-examined microfossil deposits and used molecular clock analysis to propose an earlier origin for animal life.
Futura reported it asThe First Animals Would Have Appeared Much Earlier, in a mo... (opens Futura in a new tab)
Swiss glaciers lost 5.5% of their ice volume in 2026, the second-largest annual percentage drop recorded. Over the past five years, nearly a fifth of the country's glacier ice has vanished, primarily due to heat waves and insufficient winter snowfall.
Futura reported it asThe Figures of the Glaciers in Switzerland Reveal an Unprecedented melting... (opens Futura in a new tab)
Researchers have demonstrated that certain microorganisms can survive in simulated conditions of Enceladus's subsurface ocean. The study, published in 'Science Advances', recreated the moon's ocean floor chemistry in a lab, using archaea that consume hydrogen and produce methane, suggesting Enceladus's geochemistry may be more favourable for life than previously thought.
Futura reported it as"Excellent News for the Search for Life": Geysers d... (opens Futura in a new tab)
US artificial intelligence company Anthropic announced its AI model Claude has identified a previously unknown enzyme system, dubbed ART, in bacterial DNA. The discovery, the first from Anthropic's biology lab, could potentially represent a new gene editing mechanism.
Futura reported it asAnthropic Gives Claude a Biological Laboratory: IIA Puts 21 ... (opens Futura in a new tab)
For the first time, astronomers have detected radio signals directly from an exoplanet, Beta Pictoris b, located 63.4 light-years away. The signals, likely from the planet's aurora, suggest a powerful magnetic field, offering new insights into planetary environments beyond our solar system.
Futura reported it asAstronomers Capture a Radio Signal From an exoplanet:... (opens Futura in a new tab)
Who says so
No rating organisation we draw on has placed Futura. We asked on 9 October 2026.
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
We hold no factual-reliability rating for this outlet.
Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for Futura.
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- France
- Official site
- futura-sciences.com
- Seen publishing on
- futura-sciences.com
- Access
- Free to read
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 32
- Reports listed
- 32
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 6 August 2026
32 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 0 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. Futura has not been placed on the spectrum, so there is no side to count against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 32 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Futura: its report arrived a median of 2 days after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 7 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 7 November 2026. Ratings pulled 9 October 2026.
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