Science

Most breakfast advice focuses on what to put on your plate. But a large study of US adults suggests the clock may deserve attention, too: The time you consume your…

In the field of nuclear fusion energy, scientists and engineers are studying plasma—which is referred to as the fourth state of matter. They are doing this as part of their…

What’s the secret to health and happiness? For some, it’s an optimistic spirit. Others might say your experiences are what matters, or maybe your personality is paramount. There’s no single…

Researchers at the University of Essex have developed microscopic medicines that could pave the way for new approaches to treating neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and motor neurone disease…

NASA is calling off the effort to save its Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory after a private rescue spacecraft couldn’t overcome its own problems in orbit. LINK, the specialized probe from…

Gov. Maura Healey is keeping the potential of nuclear power in her sights, announcing Wednesday that she plans to host other New England governors next month to explore how advanced…

Whither Star Trek? With the current streaming era of Paramount+ Star Trek shows seemingly at an end, the future of the Final Frontier is technically in flux. While screenwriters Jonathan…

Thea Energy has completed an extension of its Series B financing round to support the engineering and manufacturing of its nuclear fusion systems. The expanded round adds backing from Brevan…

Practically all modern computers, from the cheap microcontroller in your dishwasher to high-tech hardware crunching numbers for artificial intelligence systems, rely on versions of the same technology: slabs of silicon…

Your brain and the ocean share an unexpected feature: waves. Electrical activity can move across the brain’s surface in patterns known as traveling brain waves or neural traveling waves. Like…

Entanglement is one of the best tricks in the quantum physics magic box, two particles that are inextricably linked when measured – a key component of potential advances in computing,…

It’s called climate change because it’s not just about hotter or drier, colder or wetter climate shifts. It’s about the increased and often unpredictable variability in the weather events that…

I have always believed in nuclear power as an excellent source for electricity generation. It generates almost no emission, fuel prices are steady, and it can operate continuously under all…

We know that sugary drinks aren’t good for us, but that doesn’t seem to stop most people drinking them – and on a daily basis. Evidence suggests about two-thirds of…

On 12 August 2026, astronomers reported something in Nature that sounds almost too theatrical to be useful science: a “black hole star.” It is not a conventional star, and nobody…

A beautiful warrior with a cat’s eyes glares furiously at his opponent. He positions his spear, ready to strike. What follows is one of the most spectacular fight sequences in…

A little more than a century ago, Albert Einstein turned his attention from gravity itself to the fate of the entire universe. In 1917, shortly after developing his general theory…

Dominic Toretto might live his life one quarter-mile at a time, but Vin Diesel — who’s played the character in 20 years’ worth of Fast & Furious movies — thinks…

Certain imagery-based psychotherapy techniques may help reduce fear of failure connected to painful childhood experiences, according to research from scientists at SWPS University and the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology….

Note: Slight spoilers for Spider-Man: Brand New Day. A plot device in the new Spider-Man movie is real-world science. A trick used to turn off fictional superpowers in the movie…

Astronomers may have found some of the strongest evidence yet for one of quantum mechanics’ strangest predictions: even apparently empty space can influence the way light travels. Known as ‘vacuum…

The liver is one of the most remarkable organs in the human body. This multitasking dynamo performs around 500 vital functions, including processing nutrients and filtering out harmful substances in…

Sophie Adenot will make spaceflight history today (Aug. 18). The European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut will become the first French woman ever to conduct a spacewalk, an activity she’ll undertake…

While It: Welcome to Derry might have started as a (mostly) conventional prequel to Warner Bros.’ It duology, it was clear by the end of its first season that it…

  Diamond is more than a dazzling gem — the extremely hard form of carbon makes up the pellet that encases fuel for inertial confinement fusion, and scientists believe it…

It’s always hard being left out of the loop on a huge footage presentation, like the ones Marvel puts on for Comic-Con and D23. The studio dropped some big previews…

Ursula Quitterer calls it “Compound 10,” a chemical substance developed by her research team that could potentially slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. Quitterer, Professor of Molecular Pharmacology at ETH…

Not all slime is created equal. A species of land snails tweaks its slime’s chemical recipe to create five different varieties of mucus, using each for a particular job. Depending…

In a Webb image, MoM-BH*-1 is scarcely more than a red point. Its spectrum, however, looks like no ordinary star or galaxy. The object existed only about 660 million years…