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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced that Germany intends to build the world’s first fusion power plant as part of a broader strategy to strengthen the country’s long-term energy security and…

“Baby brain” isn’t the deficit it’s stereotyped to be, research suggests. Neural adaptations during pregnancy can prime soon-to-be-moms to become more attuned to their children and enhance social cognition Daliah…

May 8, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm The Pentagon just started releasing UFO files, but skeptics say they’re not impressed The Pentagon’s first UFO file release…

Across the Milky Way, about 190 light years from Earth, astronomers have identified a highly unusual planetary pairing. A massive hot Jupiter, a type of giant planet typically found alone,…

Diet and exercise are both factors that can influence how long you live, but they’re not the single greatest predictor of your longevity, research suggests. According to a recent study,…

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May 8, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm See the Pentagon’s new UFO image release The Pentagon has started releasing files related to unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP),…

May 8, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Wildfire breaks out in Chernobyl exclusion zone A fire covering at least five square miles burned through the exclusion…

Scientists studying gravitational waves believe they may have uncovered how the Universe creates its biggest black holes. Instead of forming directly from collapsing stars, these enormous objects appear to grow…

The U.S.’s most ambitious particle physics project ever is one step closer to reality. The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) will be a giant in both budgetary and basic science…

Less than a year ago, astronomers spotted a comet passing through our solar system that originated far beyond it. The object, known as 3I/ATLAS, is only the third confirmed interstellar…

WASHINGTON — Paraguay signed the Artemis Accords May 7, the sixth country to do so in the last two and a half weeks. Osvaldo Almirón Riveros, head of the Paraguayan…

Global infrastructure consulting firm Aecom has formed a consortium with two nuclear fusion developers to pursue what is being described as the first private‑sector‑led fusion power plant project in the…

In 2002, evolutionary biologist Jenny Graves shared a controversial calculation. The human Y chromosome, she wrote two years later in a commentary, “is running out of time.” The male-determining sex…

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have proposed a striking idea that links the deepest laws of physics to the existence of life itself. Their work suggests that the…

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Today we’re doing a deep dive on an extremely hot topic: peptides. Hype around these basic chemical building blocks has…

A strange mouse study suggests that the brain isn’t a ‘blank slate’ at birth, waiting for memories to be written onto it. Instead, it appears to start life ‘full’ and…

US-based Inertia Enterprises has entered into a strategic partnership with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) to accelerate the commercialization of fusion technology. This partnership aims to reduce the time required…

Researchers at Loma Linda University Health report that eating eggs may be linked to a lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease in adults age 65 and older. Their findings suggest…

May 7, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Getting the same amount of rest each day may be tied to slower biological aging Stable rhythms of rest…

SAN FRANCISCO – British startup SatVu released imagery from HotSat-2, a thermal satellite built to keep tabs on energy infrastructure. HotSat-2, built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd., is the second…

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered an unexpected feature in a distant, early galaxy. Despite forming when the universe was still very young, this galaxy shows no…

King Charles rides electric: BMW replaces traditional British limo The National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the only facility to achieve nuclear fusion in a lab, is moving…

Beans really are good for the heart, according to a new study from the UK and Norway. The researchers discovered that a higher intake of legumes – such as beans,…

May 7, 2026 4 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Trump administration cut funding to study hantavirus, the virus behind the deadly cruise ship outbreak The Centers for Research…

Since DC Comics first introduced the concept with 1961’s Flash of Two Worlds and then refined the idea with 1985’s seminal Crisis on Infinite Earths, the multiverse has become a…

MIT neuroscientists have uncovered a surprising feature of the adult brain. It contains millions of “silent synapses,” which are immature connections between neurons that remain inactive until they are needed…

“When you can do the things that I can,” Peter Parker (Tom Holland) says in Captain America: Civil War, “but you don’t, and bad things happen, they happen because of…

May 7, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Shake it off: NASA’s Curiosity rover gets its robotic arm stuck inside a rock on Mars Haters gonna hate,…